Keedaa Cola | |
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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 |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Box office | ₹ 15 crore |
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 is composed by Vivek Sagar.
It was released on 3 November 2023 to positive reviews from the critics. The movie, after its theatrical release, started streaming on aha from 29 December 2023. [1]
The music was composed by Vivek Sagar.
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Released | 2023 | ||||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 31:24 | ||||
Language | Telugu | ||||
Label | Saregama | ||||
Vivek Sagar chronology | |||||
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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 |
Janani 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". [2] Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "A philosophical quest wrapped in quirkiness!" [3]
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". [4] 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". [5]
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". [6] 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". [7]
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