''Mass'' is a 2004 Indian

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written and directed by

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in his directorial debut. Produced by

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under

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banner, it stars Nagarjuna,

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, Charmy Kaur,

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and

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. It has with the music composed by

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. The film released on 23 December 2004 to Positive reviews from both the audience as well as the critics. It became a Huge Blockbuster in the Telugu States and almost became an Industry Hit in TFI, grossing almost 46cr with a distributor share of 39.91 cr. The movie was the first well received Telugu dubbed film in the North and achieved

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over the years. The title song of this film was a hit all over India. Nagarjuna's acting and his chemistry with Jyothika was appreciated by the audience.It's the first ever Telugu film with over 10 shows on the first day in most of the centres in AP, which shows the then craze of Nagarjuna Akkineni. The film was dubbed and released in

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as ''Veeran''.

Synopsis

Mass is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi. He is behind a collegian Anjali, who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya. This restricts her from falling for him, as it would land him in danger, but she finally gives in after some time. She suggests that he ties the knot immediately before her brother Seshu nd Satya try separating them. The gangsters, in the process, kill Adi when he tries to stop them when they try separating the lead pair before their marriage. Mass moves into Vizag and stays in an apartment hiding his identity to take revenge on the mafia dons. Finally, his quest for revenge is completed and he also eliminates the antisocial elements in the society by killing them.

Cast

as Mass / Ganesh *

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.

as Anjali, Mass's love interest * Charmy Kaur as Priya *

as Satya, Anjali's father *

as Seshu, Anjali's elder brother, the Don of Vizag *

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as Advocate Durga Prasad * Sunil as Aditya a.k.a. Adi, considering him as Mass's younger brother *

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as Adi's father * M.Balayya as Anjali's Grand father * Jeeva as Police Officer *

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as Police Officer * Venu Madhav as a Beggar * Narsing Yadav as Narsing *

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as Taxi driver * Karuna as Sirisha * Apoorva as Priya's mother *

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as ACP of Visakhapatnam * Varsha * Ruthika *

in a special appearance in "Mass" song *

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in a

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in "Mass" song

Soundtrack

Music composed by

and was released on ADITYA Music Company. The audio was released in an entertaining function held at Taramati Baradari (Golkonda).

Release

The film opened with 191 prints.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Nagarjuna (actor) 2004 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad Indian action films 2000s masala films Indian films about revenge 2004 directorial debut films 2004 action films Films directed by Raghava Lawrence