‘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
Minutes after intermission, we get a wide-angle shot that includes two teams, one at both finish of the display screen, in a abandoned location. It’s the type of state of affairs we’ve got seen in a number of mainstream movies. Somebody is kidnapped and there’s a product that turns into a bone of rivalry. Most characters concerned are pushed by the will or keeda to make fast cash. Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, who has directed and acted on this Telugu caper comedy, ensures that the hilarity of Keedaa Cola arises from conditions and banter that we least count on. What occurs when these two teams face off brings the home down; the comedy is foolish, outrageous and is a pleasant payoff for the conditions and characters constructed within the comparatively sober first hour.
Comedy is acquainted terrain for Tharun — his debut movie Pelli Choopulu had a simple sprinkle of humour in a romance drama and his subsequent, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi, was within the buddy comedy house. With Keedaa Cola, he ventures into the world of a criminal offense comedy stuffed with quirky and borderline bizarre characters. It’s a wacky comedy on the floor and inside its framework, he weaves in philosophical musings about cash, energy and greed. He additionally takes a dig on the methods of the movie business.
We will get to the story and its characters in a bit. When it comes to narrative fashion, Tharun deviates from the safer zones of his earlier movies and pays homage to Quentin Tarantino (notably Pulp Fiction) and Man Ritchie, and in addition locations a couple of Easter eggs from his personal universe, if we will name it that, to the cheer of avid film buffs who’ve carefully adopted his work. When a key character’s actual title is revealed as Kaushik, many within the corridor cheered in recognition of the character from Pelli Choopulu, which is in flip, a reference to considered one of Tharun’s pals. When Geetha Bhascker’s voiceover provides, ‘is that clear?’ to the No Smoking disclaimer, it serves as a throwback to Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi.
Keedaa Cola (Telugu)
What if you don’t recognise these Easter eggs? Does it dampen the enjoyable? Not fairly. There’s lots to root for, even when every part on this bizarre world of Keedaa Cola doesn’t add as much as an excellent movie.
As if factoring within the viewers’s quick consideration span and the tendency to maintain checking the cell phone, Tharun and his workforce pack the two-hour movie with swift cuts and ample enjoyable traces and conditions, sometimes mellowing it right down to let a couple of characters introspect. It really works to a big extent, however there are events the place the narrative comes off as hasty.
We’re ushered into the world of Varadaraju thatha (Brahmanandam) and his grandson Vaasthu (Chaitanya Rao Madadi). Their story is narrated in a tragicomedy trend. We snort aloud when the phrases ‘mundu choopu’ (foresight) are uttered, regardless that what is going on is totally tragic. Vaasthu has Tourette Syndrome and stutters, whereas thatha is a wheelchair person and has a urine bag. However there’s no room to wallow in sympathy as they subtly poke enjoyable at one another’s handicap. A lot later within the movie, we meet one other motley bunch of characters, every with a distinct bodily limitation. There’s loads of humour however not at their expense. The writing (credited to Tharun and a workforce of writers) should have been like strolling on a razor’s edge — to make the viewers snort at conditions however not on the limitations of the characters.
Issues come to hurry when Vaasthu’s childhood pal Lancham (Rag Mayur), a lawyer who’s hopeless within the court docket however determined to earn money, hits upon the thought of suing a cola firm after they discover a cockroach in a bottle of cola. He thinks he’s sensible however on this planet of Keedaa Cola, there are extra twisted characters.
On the different finish of the spectrum are Jeevan (Jeevan Kumar) who needs to turn out to be a corporator, his brother Naidu (Tharun) and their sidekick Sikku or Sikandar (Vishnu Oi). On this trio, we get a narrative of determined aspiration for energy and a contrasting arc of transformation. Jeevan needs energy whereas Naidu, having simply stepped out of jail, is on a transformative journey. Tharun will get the loudest cheers when he’s launched as Naidu. His heroic entry is adopted by hilarious interactions between him and Sikandar, which represent a few of the finest parts of the movie. To disclose something about their banter would quantity to spoiling the enjoyable.
All of the characters are severe about what they assume and do however the result’s chaotic enjoyable. As if the prevailing oddball characters aren’t sufficient, we’re launched to the CEO (Ravindra Vijay) and his battle supervisor, Photographs (Raghu Ram). Not each character or state of affairs works. For example, I believed Photographs isn’t as lethal as he’s projected to be. At the least the CEO brings his conniving enterprise nature into the combo, however Photographs is simply one other glorified right-hand man, saved largely by Raghu Ram’s manner.
The one feminine character within the movie is Barbee, a simulation doll. When her character is leveraged for an unlikely romance, what begins on a foolish observe digs deep when she is used as a instrument to make a touch upon the movie business. In direction of the tip, Barbee additionally turns into a catalyst for Tharun to pay homage to masala movies and their illogical however comforting flip of occasions.
My largest gripe with the movie is the way it makes use of Brahmanandam, maybe as a result of I anticipated the veteran’s character to contribute to the humour. He not solely strikes away from the slapstick zone but in addition steps apart and lets the others ship the laughs; he has a been-there-done-that look when he laments concerning the world and its wonky folks.
Chaitanya delivers a restrained efficiency as somebody who’s pissed off with not with the ability to speak his coronary heart out, due to Tourette syndrome. Rag Mayur makes good use of the extra boisterous half and suits the invoice of a man determined to rise above his circumstances. Look out for what’s written on his tees by the movie. The casting of Jeevan because the aspiring corporator is apt, too, and he delivers.
The showstealers are Tharun and Vishnu Oi. Tharun makes the Naidu character and its complexities seem easy. The comedy between him and the harmless, poker-faced Vishnu is a riot as they successfully play off one another. After MAD, that is one other positive efficiency from Vishnu.
Keedaa Cola scores on the technical entrance. Cinematographer AJ Aaron provides us uncommon and fascinating angles when he movies the characters from the perspective of the cola bottle or when he makes use of heat golden-yellow hues as mild seeps into indoor settings.
Tharun’s long-time collaborator music composer Vivek Sagar is on a distinct journey on this movie. The music has not been strictly created from the standpoint of wanting the songs to prime the charts, when plucked out of the context of the movie. ‘Dipiri dipiri’ is a catchy quantity with Bollywood-ish vibes and with the opposite songs, he goes into an exploratory and experimental mode, mixing avenue and rock-pop influences. The Chikkadpally tune is an unlikely massy quantity from Vivek Sagar however is apt for the state of affairs through which it’s positioned. The music usually blends into the narrative and pushes it ahead, complementing the zaniness of the characters. Varun Venugopal deserves a point out for the sound design, which additional accentuates the narrative.
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