In what has become another joyful moment to the pile of wonders, Vijay's 'Master' has now set a huge milestone, displaying that the movie has been unstoppable in touching new feats. In happy news for the ardent Thalapathy fans, Master has become the most popular and critically acclaimed Indian movie so far in 2021. With this achievement, Master has beaten Dhanush's starred 'Karnan'. 

According to reports, the global online database IMDb has on Friday unveiled data on the most popular Indian films and web series of 2021 so far. The list of most popular movies and web series was between January 1 to June 3, 2021. In the list of top ten movies, Vijay's 'Master' has topped the list as the most popular movie in India in the current year while Karnan was spotted at the sixth place. 

What are the movies and web series that hit the top ten list? Master is the top of the table followed by 'Aspirants', 'The White Tiger', 'Drishyam 2', 'November Story', 'Karnan', 'Vakeel Saab', 'Maharani', 'Krack', and 'The Great Indian Kitchen'. Of these ten, Aspirants, November Story, and Maharani are the web series. All of the titles have an IMDb user rating of 7 or higher and are available to stream online, based on data from June 7, 2021. 

The IMDb said that its audience in India has demonstrated interest in a diverse set of films this year, and titles in a variety of languages have been embraced, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi. According to the official release, these 10 movies and web series were released theatrically and/or online in India between January 1 and June 3, 2021.  These movies and web series had generated the most IMDb page views in India within a four-week post release window, based on IMDbPro data. 

Master was released during Pongal in January 2021 and the movie was a blockbuster hit across and beyond the borders. The movie has poured with a rain of money as it had invited the large-scale audience to the theatres for being starred by Vijay, for its storyline, and it was the first big Tamil movie to hit the big screens after the lockdown. 

Master has earned grand reception and positive critics and days after its release in theatres, the movie was released on Amazon Prime, reaching the hands of the fans directly. Master is bankrolled by Xavier Britto under the banner of XB Film Creators and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. While Vijay has played the lead role, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea, Santhanu, and Gauri Kishan had played the important roles. For the first time, Vijay Sethupathi had played the antagonist against Vijay in Master, which has become one of the best hero-villain combos in Kollywood. 

Master has been going trending on Amazon Prime and with a great welcome, Master has become the most popular movie in India in 2021 so far by beating prominent movies like Karnan and Drishyam 2. Ever since the news of Master's new achievement came to light, hundreds of ardent fans of Thalapathy have been sharing the news and celebrating it on social media. 

Master has become one of the career-breaking movies for Vijay and with the blockbuster hit, Vijay is currently in the outing with Nelson Dilipkumar for what has been tentatively named Thalapathy 65. The shooting for Thalapathy 65 was at a rapid pace but in the wake of the lockdown, the shooting has been paused with no surety on when the resumption will happen. Thalapathy 65 is bankrolled by Sun Pictures and Pooja Hegde will be playing the female lead. As the shooting has stopped, the movie team, which planned to release the movie on Diwali 2021, is now planning to release the movie in April 2022.