Keedaa Cola is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language crime-comedy film, written and directed by Tharun Bhascker. It stars Chaitanya Rao Madadi, Rag Mayur, Brahmanandam, Tharun Bhascker, Jeevan Kumar, Vishnu Oi, Ravindra Vijay and Raghu Ram in the main roles. The music was composed by Vivek Sagar.
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| Directed by | Tharun Bhascker |
| Written by | Tharun Bhascker Pranay Koppala Shanthan Raj Ramya Kakumanu |
| Produced by | K. Vivek Sudhanshu Saikrishna Gadwal Srinivas Kaushik Nanduri Sripad Nandiraj Upendra Varma Rana Daggubati (presenter) |
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| Cinematography | AJ Aaron |
| Edited by | Upendra Varma |
| Music by | Vivek Sagar |
Production company | VG Sainma |
| Distributed by | Suresh Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹16 crore[1] |
It was released on 3 November 2023 to mixed reviews from the critics. It started streaming on Aha from 29 December 2023.[2]
Cast
edit- Chaitanya Rao Madadi as Vaasthu
- Rag Mayur as Kaushik alias Lancham, Vaasthu's friend
- Brahmanandam as Varadaraju, Vaasthu's grandfather
- Tharun Bhascker as Bhakta Naidu alias Naidu Anna
- Jeevan Kumar as Jeevan Naidu
- Vishnu Oi as Sikander
- Ravindra Vijay as CEO
- Raghu Ram as Shots, CEO's fixer
Music
editThe music was composed by Vivek Sagar.
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| Released | 2023 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 31:24 | ||||
| Language | Telugu | ||||
| Label | Saregama | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dipiri Dipiri" | Bharadwaj Gali | Hanuman Ch | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Bring It On" | Vivek Athreya | Ram Miriyala | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Kayyala Chindhata" | Niklesh Sunkoji | Hemachandra | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Swaasa Meedha Dhyaasa" | Bharadwaj Gali | Jassie Gift | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Chikkadpally Centre" | Niklesh Sunkoji | Kandukoori Shankar Babu | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Sakkani Bomma" | Rahul Ramakrishna | Vivek Sagar | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Emantivi Emantivi" | Kittu Vissapragada | Mohana Bhogaraju | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Pattana O Pattu" | Bharadwaj Gali | Sri Krishna and Malavika | 1:35 |
| 9. | "Naa Saavu Nen Sastha" | Vivek Sagar | Sahithi Chaganti | 1:58 |
| 10. | "The Rage of Jeevan" | Bharadwaj Gali | Smaran | 1:55 |
| Total length: | 31:24 | |||
Reception
editJanani K. of India Today gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Though Keedaa Cola is predictable, it still remains to be a fun and entertaining watch".[3] Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "A philosophical quest wrapped in quirkiness!"[4]
Raghu Bandi of The Indian Express gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and noted that, "Tharun Bhascker’s Keedaa Cola is a fine comedy if you go in with no expectations and are ready to accept a few zany characters and outlandish settings".[5] A critic from 123telugu gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Keedaa Cola is a watchable crime comedy-drama that has an engaging second half, and the last few minutes were crazy".[6]
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote, "There's plenty to root for in Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam's Telugu caper comedy Keedaa Cola, packed with oddball characters and unexpected situations".[7] On the contrary, a critic from NTV wrote that "While the team wanted to deliver a satire, they just delivered an obsession of ideas that don’t really sit together. Movie could have been a fun screwball dark comedy had the characters had been connectible. Tharun seems to have gone for Japanese weird style dark comedy but it fizzed off by the end".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Keedaa Cola Total WW Collections Report!". T2BLive. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Keeda Cola OTT Rights and Streaming Date". Telugu Action. 27 December 2023.
- ^ "'Keedaa Cola' Review: Tharun Bhascker's absurd comedy film is fun and engaging". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Nicodemus, Paul (3 November 2023). "Keedaa Cola Movie Review : A philosophical quest wrapped in quirkiness!". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Keedaa Cola movie review: The Tharun Bhascker film is entertaining". The Indian Express. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Keedaa Cola Telugu Movie Review". 123telugu.com. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (3 November 2023). "'Keedaa Cola' Telugu movie review: There's plenty to root for in Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam's Telugu caper comedy, a laugh riot tempered with philosophical musings". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Keedaa Cola Movie Review: Fizzes off!". NTV. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links
edit- Keedaa Cola at IMDb