Mazaka

The story revolves around a father and son duo named Ramana and Krishna. Ramana works in a visa office and Krishna is happy-go-lucky young man who lost his mother during childbirth. Both of them have the same dream: Create a family by means of Krishna's marriage. However, stating that they don't want to send their daughter to family with no woman, Krishna doesn't get a bride. Enter Meera for whom Krishna falls head over heels and tries to impress her while on the other hand, Ramana himself decides to get a wife to make Krishna's marriage easy and falls in love with Yashoda at first sight. After some hilarious and emotional aspects, both Krishna and Ramana successfully make their respective lovers fall for them. However, it is revealed that Meera and Yashodha are niece and aunt and now Bhargava Varma is in the picture. Bhargav Varma is a hilarious yet egoistic and sadistic CEO of a company and is unfortunately Meera's father and Yashodha's brother. Now starts a hilarious stunt with Bhargav stating that he will agree to both Ramana's and Krishna's marriage if they succeed in making Meera and Yashodha reconcile, who are enemies due to Yashodha's grip on Meera's life. Also, Bhargav Varma has a grudge against Krishna and Ramana because they made him miss an auction and now, he wants revenge and has set them up with Meera and Yashodha's fight, thinking both of them will spoil their relationship. How Krishna and Ramana make Meera and Yashodha reconcile while teaching Bhargav Varma a lesson forms the crux of the remaining story. Meanwhile, the whole story is a flashback told by Krishna and Ramana to a CI in the police station. ==Cast==

Theatrical Mazaka was initially planned to be released in January 2025 during the Sankranti festive season. The release date announced to be 21 February 2025, but was released on 26 February 2025, coinciding with Maha Shivaratri. Home media The post-theatrical digital streaming rights were acquired by ZEE5 and Amazon Prime Video begin streaming from March 28. == Reception ==

Sakshi Post rated the film 3 out of 5 and is positive of comedy and the lead cast performances. Echoing the same, The Hindu added that weak writing has led the film down. The Times of India too opined the same and wrote "the film is entertaining as long as audiences don’t take the narrative too seriously". Sashidhar Adivi of Times Now gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote that "It works in the first half but falters in the second", while appreciating the performance of Rao Ramesh. Giving the same rating Telugucinema.com stated, "Mazaka is presented as a comedy entertainer with an emotional aspect, but only a few sequences elicit laughter and the rest become gawky". BH Harsh of Cinema Express was critical of film's writing while praising Rao Ramesh's performance. == References ==