Lokesh Kanagraj's recently released Leo starring Vijay in the lead role has been having a golden run at the box office. Within 12 days of its theatrical release, the film has grossed a sum of more than Rs 540 crores.
The film was released with a U/A certification in India after a few changes were made featuring blood and violence. Ahimsa Entertainment, one of Leo's overseas distributors, has announced that the film's uncut version will be released in the UK from Friday, November 3. Taking to their X handle, they wrote, "By popular demand, Leo uncut (strictly for ages 18+) is coming to Cineworld cinemas from Friday. The first Tamil film in the UK to release with an 18-classification."
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the Vijay-starrer is part of Lokesh Cinematic Universe, which already consists of Kaithi (2019) and Vikram (2022). The film also stars Trisha, Arjun, Sanjay Dutt, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sandy, Trisha, Myskiin, Priya Anand, Mansoor Ali Khan, and Sanjay Dutt, among others.
The film, released on October 19, opened to positive to mixed reception. An excerpt from the CE review of the film reads, "In this enjoyable first half, Lokesh Kanagaraj breaks many rules of the hero-centric film format. It feels like Vijay is well and truly invested in playing this almost crazy man, with all his jagged edges."
Leo has cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and music by Anirudh Ravichander. Philomin Raj handles the editing.