Mass (2004 film)

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 (2004-12-23)
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).

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.

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]

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]

• Mass at IMDb