Neenade Naa
Neenade Naa (English: For Yourself, Right?) is a 2014 Indian Kannada romantic comedy film directed and written by "Kadhal" Kandhas who earlier worked as a choreographer for South Indian films. The film stars Prajwal Devaraj, Priyanka Kandwal[1] and Ankitha in the lead roles. The film marks the first productional venture of Devaraj's home production, "Dynamic Visions".[2] The film released on 17 October 2014 and positive response from critics[3]
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Directed by | Kandhas |
Written by | Kandhas |
Produced by | Chandrakala Devaraj |
Starring | Prajwal Devaraj Priyanka Kandwal Ankitha Avinash |
Cinematography | Srinivas |
Music by | Arjun Janya |
Production company | Dynamic Visions |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Plot
Dev (Prajwal Devaraj), who is an assistant director, is confused about his career and love life. He has a best friend called pavi, with whom he falls in love with. He drops her to office, temple, sings songs with her, watches movies and so on. But when the girl mistakes it is not just friendship but love, she dumps him and asks him to move on. Then the flashback that they were married by family pressure and now are divorced. Finally pavi realizes that dev always saw her as a friend and had no bad intentions. Pavi apologies to dev and with his help she achieves her dreams. In climax Pavi thanks dev for his supports and moves abroad. Dev confesses his love for lacchu who loved him from a long time.
Cast
- Prajwal Devaraj as Dev
- Priyanka Kandwal as Pavi, Dev's ex-wife
- Ankitha as Ankitha, Dev's love interest
- Doddanna
- Avinash
- Pavitra Lokesh
- Bullet Prakash
- Pannaga Bharana
Development
Based on true story..Its director's own life story..The title of the film is inspired by a popular song in the Prajwal's earlier starrer Murali Meets Meera.[4] The film features Prajwal's character in four different looks from a school going boy to a grown-up youth[5] and he had to shed around 14 kilos weight for portraying the role.[6]
Soundtrack
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Released | October 2014 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Arjun Janya has composed a total of 5 songs written by various lyricists.[7]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Byandu Baaja" | Shivananje Gowda & Chandan | Shankar Mahadevan | Choreograbhy = harsha |
2. | "Sumke Sumke" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Arjun Janya, Shilpa | Choreograbhy = kandhas(Director) |
3. | "Maribyadave" | K. Kalyan | Karthik | Choreograbhy = kandhas(Director) |
4. | "Bitt Budu" | Yogaraj Bhat | Vijay Prakash | Choreograbhy = Thribuvan |
5. | "Joru Joru" | K. Kalyan | Rajesh Krishnan, Archana Ravi | Choreograbhy = Sivasankar |
References
- "Another Hindi TV actress debuts in Kannada with Neenade Naa". The Times of India. 14 September 2014.
- "'It's a new-age film'". Deccan Herald. 12 September 2014.
- "Movie Review: Neenade Naa". Sify. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
- "'Neenade Naa' on schedule". Sify. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- "Prajwal goes from playing school kid to Grown up in his next". Times of India. 12 October 2014.
- "Prajwal's Schoolboy Look Evokes Nostalgia". The New Indian Express. 13 October 2014.
- "Neenade Naa's music set to impress audiences". The Times of India. 1 August 2014.