Thalapathy Vijay who was shooting for his 'Master' movie in Neyveli coal mines on Wednesday had to stop his work as Income Tax officials raided the spot and after five hours of probing also took the star to Chennai. After a total of 35 hours probe, the officials gave a clean chit to Vijay and left his residence at around 10pm. Thalapathy Vijay has reportedly left for Neyveli and received a thunderous welcome from the cast and crew there and the shoot has resumed full swing.

'Master' directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj with music score by Anirudh Ravichander has the ensemble cast of Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Arjun Das, Gowri Kishan, Brigida and Dheena. The release has been locked for April 9th ahead of the long summer holidays.