Mass Jathara

Mass Jathara is a 2025 Telugu action comedy written and directed by Bhanu Bogavarapu in his directorial debut, with Ravi Teja as Lakshman Bheri, an honest railway police officer who takes on a ganja-smuggling strongman in a tribal hill area. Sreeleela and Naveen Chandra co-star. The film, Ravi Teja’s 75th as a lead actor, opened in theatres on 31 October 2025, runs 160 minutes, and has streamed on Netflix since 28 November 2025.

What the story is about

Lakshman Bheri is a railway police officer who cannot stand by when he sees injustice, even when it falls outside his jurisdiction. After crossing a minister’s son in Warangal, he is transferred to the remote Adivivaram railway station in Alluri district. The hills there are ruled by Sivudu (Naveen Chandra), who grows ganja with local farmers and smuggles it to Kolkata with political protection. The film follows how a railway SI with little official power sets out to bring down Sivudu’s empire.

Cast and characters

• Ravi Teja as Lakshman Bheri
• Sreeleela as Tulasi
• Naveen Chandra as Sivudu
• Rajendra Prasad as Hanuman Bheri, Lakshman’s grandfather
• Naresh as Dharmaraju, Tulasi’s father
• Ajay Ghosh and Hyper Aadi as Sivudu’s aides
• Murali Sharma as SI Kandukuri Phanendra and Samuthirakani as B. Ajith Narayana

Crew and music

• Writer-director: Bhanu Bogavarapu, who earlier wrote Samajavaragamana (2023)
• Production: Sithara Entertainments with Fortune Four Cinemas and Srikara Studios
• Music: Bheems Ceciroleo (songs include “Tu Mera Lover”, “Ole Ole”, “Hudiyo Hudiyo” and “Super Duper”)
• Cinematography: Vidhu Ayyanna; editing: Naveen Nooli

The project was announced in April 2024 as RT 75 and reunited Ravi Teja with Sreeleela after Dhamaka (2022). The title Mass Jathara was revealed on 30 October 2024, and filming began in Hyderabad in June 2024.

Release and reception

The film was first set for 9 May 2025 and then 27 August 2025, but was delayed by industry-wide strikes and released on 31 October 2025, the same day as the re-release of Baahubali: The Epic. Reviews were mixed to negative. T Maruthi Acharya of India Today (3/5) said it “reminds you why Ravi Teja still commands loyalty”, and Raisa Nasreen of Times Now (2.5/5) felt it brought back his mass-hero avatar in a routine good-versus-evil story. Swaroop Kodur of The Indian Express (2/5) called it “as unappealing as it is tedious”, BH Harsh of Cinema Express (1.5/5) singled out a “competent Naveen Chandra” as its only redeeming element, and Srivathsan Nadadhur of The Hindu found the second half better but the packaging “lazy”. We have not found a box-office figure from a reliable named outlet, so none is given here.

Where to watch Mass Jathara

Mass Jathara streams on Netflix. It started streaming on 28 November 2025 in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Mass Jathara and the reviews it summarises; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.