Director Venkat Prabhu is one of the most important directors in Tamil cinema.
He has given many hit films to Tamil cinema. Among them ‘Chennai – 28’, ‘Saroja’ and ‘Mankatha’ are important. Chennai – Venkatprabhu made his directorial debut with the film Chennai 600028. After that he has directed films like Saroja, Goa, Mankatha, Biryani, Mass, Chennai-28 Part 2, Maanaadu, Manmadha Leelai.
Venkat Prabhu has released a statement on the occasion of his 15th year as Director. In it, a Surya fan told Venkatprabhu, “Neega panadhulaye mosamana movie #Mass as a @Suriya_offl anna fan a kooda adhu enaku pudikala “
Venkat Prabhu replied, “Aaahhh!! Will try and full full ur expectations the next time I do a movie with surya na! But it’s my fav film of mine “
The movie Masss was released in 2015. The film was produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja in association with his newly created studio Atna Arts under his Studio Green banner. The film was also distributed by Eros International and Dream Factory. The film stars Surya, Nayanthara, Pranita Subhash, Premji, Parthiban, Samuthirakani among others. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music, cinematography and editing were done by RD Rajasekar and Praveen KL respectively.
The title of the film was changed to ‘Mass Engira Masilamani’ in order to exclude Mass from the entertainment line. The film was released on about 1900 screens worldwide including 425 screens in Tamil Nadu, 570 screens in Andhra and Telangana, 143 screens in Kerala, 100 screens in Karnataka, 140 screens in North India and almost 600 screens abroad. Mass Movie Release is the biggest release of Surya’s career.
Source: Behindwoods