Mass: Dammunte Kasko 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 himself as the titular character, 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. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Veeran and later in Hindi as Meri Jung: One-Man Army. The film was unofficially remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Khomota (2006).
Plot Ganesh, 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 Ganesh as it would land him in danger, but she finally accepts his feelings. Anjali tells Ganesh 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, Ganesh finds that he forgot to bring his late mother's photo and goes back to bring it with him. Aadi reaches the temple for Ganesh 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. Ganesh gets enraged at Aadi's death, where moves into Vizag under a new identity as Mass and begins to eradicate Satya and Seshu's crime syndicate. In a final confrontation Ganesh 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, Seshu's sister Charmy Kaur as Priya Raghuvaran as Satya, Seshu and Anjali's father Rahul Dev as Seshu, 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 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).
Release and reception The film opened with 191 prints.
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". 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".
Awards and nominations Award category Artist Result CineMAA Award for Best Actor - Male Nagarjuna Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Nagarjuna Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Jyothika Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Charmy Kaur Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South Raghava Lawrence
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