Many trade analysts and exhibitors praised the film's team for the revival of theatrical business which suffered heavy losses due to the pandemic. Master was released in Malaysia a month later after its original release date. The News Minute published that the film's final gross was ₹300 crore. In Nagercoil, 2002, a 17-year-old boy named Bhavani witnesses his family get murdered by his father's rivals. He is forced to take the blame and is incarcerated in a juvenile detention facility, where he is tortured mercilessly. As a consequence, he develops a ruthless and brash persona. Years later, Bhavani escapes from the facility and becomes a criminal in the lorry and trade business. Gradually, he becomes a feared gangster, and remains immune from punishment by coercing the inmates of the detention facility to take the blame for his crimes.