Maska (2009 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Maska
| image = Maska 2008 DVD.jpg
| starring = [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] <br />[[Hansika Motwani]] <br />[[Sheela Kaur]] <br />[[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]
| director = [[B. Gopal]]
| producer = M.S.Raju
| cinematography = [[Sekhar V. Joseph]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|1|14}}
| studio = [[Sumanth Art Productions]]
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao]]
| language = Telugu
| story = Krishna
| music = [[Chakri (music director)|Chakri]]
| country = India
| budget = {{INRConvert|5|c|year=2008}}
| gross = {{INRConvert|11|c|year=2008}}
}}
'''''Maska''''' is a 2009 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] [[romance film|romantic]] [[action comedy film]]. It was directed by [[B. Gopal]] and starred [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]], [[Hansika Motwani]], [[Sheela (Tamil actress)|Sheela]], and [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]. It was released on 14 January 2009 with 300 prints in 550 theaters. It was remade into Bengali (Bangladesh) as ''[[Onnorokom Bhalobasha]]'' in 2012 for Valentine's Day. It was also remade into Bengali (India-Bangladesh joint venture) as ''[[Hero 420]]'' in 2016 for Valentine's Day. The film was dubbed into Hindi as ''Phool Aur Kante''. It turned out to be an ''Average'' at the box office.

==Plot==
Krish ([[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]) is a happy-go-lucky guy who lives with his brother ([[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]]) and sister-in-law ([[Anchor Jhansi|Jhansi]]). He was in love with a girl named Manju ([[Sheela (Tamil actress)|Sheela]]), who happens to be the daughter of Simhachalam ([[Mukesh Rishi]]). Krish's only intention is to become rich by marrying her, and he does not have any feelings whatsoever towards her. He weaves a love story between him and a girl called Meenakshi, aka Meenu ([[Hansika Motwani]]), to make Manju fall for him. He also meets Meenu, starts to like her for real, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Simhachalam and Shinde ([[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]]) run against each other in a presidential election in Delhi. Shinde is a man of misdeeds and tries to find faults in Simhachalam's personal life so that he can expose him in front of the high command of the party so that his route will be clear to get the party ticket. Shinde comes to learn that Simhachalam has another wife ([[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]]) and a daughter who lives in Hyderabad. He sends his men to find them. Unfortunately, Simhachalam fixes Manju and Krish's marriage, but Krish loves Meenu. Manju discovers it and points a gun on Meenu, but she leaves Krish to her and reveals that Meenu is the unofficial daughter of Simhachalam and the sister of Manju. Simhachalam, Krish, and Shinde arrive. Meenu and Manju emotionally ask their father to forget everything and live happily. He gives up the election to Shinde. Krish then marries Meenu, and Manju lives happily.

==Cast==
{{Div col}}
* [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] as Krish
* [[Hansika Motwani]] as Meenakshi (Meenu)
* [[Sheela (Tamil actress)|Sheela]] as Manju
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Krish's friend
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] as Simhachalam, Meenu and Manju's father
* [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Meenu's mother
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Doctor
* [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] as Shinde
* [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]] as Krish's brother
* [[Anchor Jhansi|Jhansi]] as Krish's sister-in-law
* [[Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao]] as Simhachalam's assistant
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Software Company M.D.
* [[Telangana Shakuntala]] as Shinde's sister
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Priest
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
* [[Krishna Bhagavaan]]
{{Div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Maska
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 25 December 2008
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:03
| language = [[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Chakri
| prev_title = [[Neninthe]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Raju Maharaju
| next_year = 2008
}}

The music of Maska was launched at a function organized in song set erected at Rama Naidu studios on the night of 25 December 2008. Dasari launched the audio CD and gave the first unit to D Rama Naidu. D Suresh Babu launched the audiocassette and gave the first unit to the main leads of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-maska.html|title=Maska music launch|publisher=idlebrain.com|access-date=25 December 2008}}</ref>

{{track listing
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| headline = Track-List <ref>{{cite web |title=Maskaa - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/maskaa/Z74dKEJbCYc_ |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
| total_length= 28:03
| all_lyrics = [[Kandikonda]]
| title1=Hare Hare Rama|extra1=[[Suraj Jagan]]|length1= 4:25
| title2=Gunde Godarila|extra2=[[Zubeen Garg]], [[Kousalya (singer)|Kousalya]]|length2=5:11
| title3=Kalloki Dilloki|extra3=Chakri|length3=4:17
| title4=Kalagannana Kalagannana|extra4=Chakri, Kousalya|length4=5:31
| title5=Aa Vaipunna Ee Vaipunna|extra5=[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]|length5=4:12
| title6=Bhagdad Gajadongai Vasta|extra6= Ravi Varma, [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]|length6=4:27
}}

==Box office==
The film collected Rs 2.25 crores on its opening day and Rs.10 crores in its first week in theatres.<ref>{{cite web |author=sales@andhravilas.net |url=http://www.andhravilas.com/movienews.asp?id=82667&curPage=10 |title='Maska' - 100 days collections in just one week - Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News , Bollywood , Songs |publisher=Andhravilas.com |date= |access-date=2012-08-04 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120721124020/http://www.andhravilas.com/movienews.asp?id=82667&curPage=10 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
This film had one of the biggest openings at that time and the biggest in Ram pothineni [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]'s career and Made him as Upcoming Star. As per the sources, it is said that the movie is a one of highest grosser at the box office in that Year.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Imdb title|1579806}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by B. Gopal]]
[[Category:2009 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic action films]]
[[Category:2000s romantic action films]]

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