Mass (2004 film)

Mass
Mass
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	25 November 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	29:52
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology

Mass
Mass
	Film poster
Directed by	Raghava Lawrence
Written by	Raghava Lawrence; Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Produced by	Nagarjuna
Starring	Nagarjuna; Jyothika; Charmy Kaur; Raghuvaran; Rahul Dev;
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production; company	Annapurna Studios
Release date	23 December 2004;
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Mass is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by Raghava Lawrence, in his directorial debut, and produced by Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios. The film stars Nagarjuna, alongside Jyothika, Charmy Kaur, Raghuvaran and Rahul Dev. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while Shyam K. Naidu and Marthand K. Venkatesh handled the cinematography and editing respectively.

Mass was released on 23 December 2004 and became the highest-grossing film in Nagarjuna's career.^[1]^[2] The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Veeran and later in Hindi as Meri Jung - One Man Army.^[3] The film was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Khomota (2007).

Plot

Mass, an orphan, lives with his best friend Aadi and is in love with Anjali, a college student and the daughter of Satya, a disabled crime boss in Vizag. Anjali restricts from falling for Mass as it would land him in danger, but she finally accepts his feelings. Anjali tells Mass that they should marry immediately before her brother Seshu and Satya tries to separate them. While on their way to the temple where Anjali is waiting, Mass finds that he forgot to bring his late mother's photo and goes back to get the photo. Aadi reaches the temple for Mass and Anjali's wedding, but finds Seshu forcing her to return with him. Seshu kills Aadi when he tries to stop him from taking Anjali away. Mass gets enraged at Adi's death, where moves into Vizag under a new identity as Ganesh and begins to eradicate Satya and Seshu's crime syndicate. Mass fights with Seshu and defeats him, where he reunites with Anjali and leaves the city. Satya kills Seshu out of disgrace and commits suicide, thus avenging Aadi's death.

Cast

Nagarjuna as Mass / Ganesh, Anjali's love interest
Jyothika as Anjali, Mass' love interest, Satya's daughter, Sheshu's sister
Charmy Kaur as Priya
Raghuvaran as Satya, Sheshu and Anjali's father
Rahul Dev as Sheshu, Anjali's elder brother, the Don of Visakhapatnam
Prakash Raj as Advocate Durga Prasad
Sunil as Aditya a.k.a. Adi, Mass' younger-brother figured best-friend
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Adi's father
Balayya as Anjali's Grandfather
Jeeva as Police Officer
Sameer as Police Officer
Venu Madhav as a Beggar
Narsing Yadav as Narsingh
Satyam Rajesh as Taxi driver
Karuna as Sirisha
Apoorva as Priya's mother
Ravi Kale as ACP of Visakhapatnam
Varsha as Anjali’s friend
Ruthika
Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance in "Mass" song
Tanu Roy in a special appearance in "Mass" song

Soundtrack

Music composed by Devi Sri Prasad and was released on ADITYA Music Company. The audio was released in an entertaining function held at Taramati Baradari (Golkonda).^[4]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mass"	Sahithi	Mano, Ravi Varma	4:09
2.	"Valu Kalla Vayyari"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Karthik	5:34
3.	"Indhurudu Chandurudu"	Sahithi	Ranjith, Kalpana	5:19
4.	"Kottu Kottu Kottu"	Sahithi	Tippu, Prasanna	5:22
5.	"La La Lahirey"	Viswa	Venu, Sunitha Sarathy	4:34
6.	"Natho Vasthava"	Sahithi	Udit Narayan, Sumangali	4:54
Total length:				29:52

Release and reception

The film opened with 191 prints.^[5]

A critic from Sify wrote that "Mass, at best packs in sufficient thrills to add up to a fairly engrossing entertainer, which keeps the popcorn popping".^[6] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "There are no boring moments in this 2.45 hour film though. You should watch Mass on the big screen to enjoy the charming Nag in his new avatar".^[7]

Awards and nominations

Award Category	Artist	Result
CineMAA Award for Best Actor - Male	Nagarjuna	Won
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu	Nagarjuna	Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	Jyothika	Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Charmy Kaur	Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South	Raghava Lawrence	Nominated