Mass (film)

Mass
Directed by	Raghava Lawrence
Produced by	Akkineni Nagarjuna
Written by	Raghava Lawrence, Paruchuri Brothers
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jyothika, Charmme Kaur, Raghuvaran
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Annapurna Studios
Release date(s)	23 December 2004
Running time	170 min.
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	10 Crores.

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Mass (Telugu: మాస్) is a 2004 Tollywood film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence. The film has Akkineni Nagarjuna in the main role, and Jyothika and Charmme Kaur as the love interests. Akkineni Nagarjuna also produced the film on his home production, Annapurna Studios. The film released on 23 December 2004. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Veeran,which also became a blockbuster. and Hindi as "Meri Jung - One Man Army".

Plot

Mass (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi (Sunil). He is behind a collegian Anjali (Jyothika) who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya (Raghuvaran). This restricts her from falling for him, as it would land him in danger but she finally gives in. She suggests that he ties the knot immediately before her brother (Rahul Dev) and father try separating them. The gangsters in the process kill Mass's best friend Adi (Sunil) when he tries to stop them when they try separating the lead pair, before their marriage. The hero moves into Vizag and stays in an apartment hiding his identity to take revenge on the mafia dons. Finally his quest for revenge is complete, and also he eliminates the anti-social elements in the society by killing them.

Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna ... Ganesh/Mass
• Jyothika ... Anjali
• Rahul Dev ... Seshu
• Charmme Kaur ... Priya
• Raghuvaran ... Satya
• Sunil ... Adi
• Prakash Raj ... Durga Prasad (guest appearance)

Crew

• Director: Raghava Lawrence
• Screenplay: Raghava Lawrence
• Story: Raghava Lawrence
• Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
• Producer: Aditya Chopra
• Music: Devi Sri Prasad
• Cinematography: Nirav Shah
• Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
• Art Director: Thotta Tharani
• Choreography: Raghava Lawrence
• Stunts: Allan Amin

Box-office performance

• The film opened with 191 prints[1] and collected a distributors' share of Rs.42 to 43 million in its opening week.[2]
• The film had a 100-day run in 74 centres.[3]
• It collected a share of 18.48 crores in just 50 days which was one of the highest collections of those days.[4]
• Dubbed into Tamil as Veeran and Hindi as Meri Jung: One Man Army.

External links

• Mass at the Internet Movie Database