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Massu Engira Maasilamani is a film of genre Thriller directed by Venkat Prabhu with Nayantara
Massu Engira Maasilamani (2015)
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Add to a movie listMassu Engira Masilamani (English: Masilamani alias Mass), also known by its former title Masss, is a 2015 Tamil supernatural comedy thriller film directed by Venkat Prabhu. Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under his newly formed studio Aadnah Arts, it features an ensemble cast including Suriya, Nayantara, Parthiban, Samuthirakani, Premgi Amaren and Pranitha Subhash. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music and cinematography was handled by R. D. Rajasekhar. The film was released worldwide on 29 May 2015. A Telugu dubbed version, titled Rakshasudu, was released simultaneously in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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The film starts with the murder of ex-commissioner by an escaped prisoner Kamal Ekambaram (Riyaz Khan). The story then shifts to Masilamani aka Massu (Suriya) and his friend Jet Li (Premgi Amaren) who are small-time con artists. Massu falls for Manini (Nayantara) and they subsequently fall in love. While trying to escape after a heist gone wrong, Massu and Jet meet with a car accident, post which Massu starts seeing dead people, with whom he can communicate. Jet had died in the accident and is now a ghost, too. Massu forms a group of loitering ghosts to earn money by performing fake exorcisms and extorting money from scared rich people, while promising the ghosts that he would fulfill their last wishes in return. Meanwhile, Manini who thought Massu was working in a finance company gets to know about the fake exorcisms and leaves him in a heist.Actors
Nayantara
(Malini)
Suriya
(Masilamani (Massu) and Sakthi)
Amy Jackson
Premgi Amaren
(Jetli)
Pranitha Subhash
(Anuradha)
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