Keedaa Cola

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Keedaa Cola
Keedaa Cola.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tharun Bhascker
Written byTharun Bhascker
Pranay Koppala
Shanthan Raj
Ramya Kakumanu
Produced byK. Vivek Sudhanshu
Saikrishna Gadwal
Srinivas Kaushik Nanduri
Sripad Nandiraj
Upendra Varma
Rana Daggubati (presenter)
Starring
CinematographyAJ Aaron
Edited byUpendra Varma
Music by Vivek Sagar
Production
company
VG Sainma
Distributed by Suresh Productions
Release date
  • 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
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.

Contents

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]

Cast

Music

The music was composed by Vivek Sagar.

Keedaa Cola
Soundtrack album by
Released2023
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length31:24
LanguageTelugu
Label Saregama
Vivek Sagar chronology
Neetho
(2022)
Keedaa Cola
(2023)
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Keedaa Cola – Jukebox Side A on YouTube
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Dipiri Dipiri"Bharadwaj GaliHanuman Ch4:09
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 SunkojiKandukoori Shankar Babu3:15
6."Sakkani Bomma" Rahul Ramakrishna Vivek Sagar 3:28
7."Emantivi Emantivi"Kittu Vissapragada Mohana Bhogaraju 3:00
8."Pattana O Pattu"Bharadwaj GaliSri Krishna and Malavika 1:35
9."Naa Saavu Nen Sastha"Vivek SagarSahithi Chaganti1:58
10."The Rage of Jeevan"Bharadwaj Gali Smaran 1:55
Total length:31:24

Reception

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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References

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