Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene (transl. I'm the shadow that doesn't leave you) is a 2019 Indian Telugu supernatural romantic thriller film written and directed by Caarthick Raju. The film stars Sundeep Kishan, Anya Singh, Vennela Kishore, Pragathi, and Murali Sharma in the lead roles.[3] The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil titled Kannaadi; however, the Tamil version remains unreleased.[4] The music of the film was composed by S. Thaman and was theatrically released on 12 July 2019.[1]
| Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene | |
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 First look poster | |
| Directed by | Caarthick Raju |
| Written by | Caarthick Raju |
| Produced by | Dayapannem Vijisubramanian |
| Starring | Sundeep Kishan Anya Singh Vennela Kishore Murali Sharma |
| Cinematography | P. K. Varma |
| Edited by | Praveen K. L. |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
Production company | Venkatadari Talkies |
| Distributed by | AK Entertainments |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹7.05 crore[2] |
Plot
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Rishi and Diya are college youngsters who married each other without their parents' approval. After taking a detour while returning home after celebrating Diya's birthday, a distracted Rishi drives their car into a road roller parked on the side of a deserted road. After recovering from the shock, they step out of the car and approach a flickering light, which turns out to the funeral pyre at a crematorium. Upon the scared Diya's insistence, they return home and find that each of their reflections shows a different face. What caused this change and whether the couple recover from this trauma forms the rest of the story.
Cast
edit- Sundeep Kishan as Arjun/Rishi
- Anya Singh as Madhavi/Diya (Voiced by Chinmayi)
- Vennela Kishore as Rishi/Arjun
- Divya Ganesh as Diya/Madhavi
- Murali Sharma as Dr. Tharun
- Poornima Bhagyaraj as Arjun's mother
- Pragathi as Lalitha, Rishi's mother
- Posani Krishna Murali as ACP
- Jeeva Ravi as Arjun's father
- Kumaravel as Subbu Reddy
- S. N. Surendar as Church priest
- Sivasankar as Priest
- Kayal Devaraj as Priest
- Malavika Nair and Karthick Naren as Psychology students (cameo appearance)[5]
- Vi Anand as surgeon
Soundtrack
edit| Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene | ||||
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| Released | 21 July 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Studio | SPI Music Pvt. Ltd. | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Think Music India | |||
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The music of the film was composed by S. Thaman, and released by Think Music India.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Excuse Me Rakshasi" | Samrat | Siddharth | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Amma Song" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Srikrishna, Nandita Jyoti | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene" | Neeraja Kona | Yazin Nizar | 3:37 |
Release
editThe film was released on 12 July 2019.[1] The Hindi dubbed version titled Main Hoon Sarfira Jigrawala premiered on Sony Max TV channel on 19 September 2022.[6]
Reception
editA critic from The Hindu wrote that "This isn’t the smartest film in the horror space, but it tries to bring in something new. If only the taut first half was followed by an equally gripping latter half".[7] A critic from The Times of India wrote, "Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene is promising in parts with entertaining moments but loses steam when it matters the most".[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene Movie Review". Times of India. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Ninnu Veedani Needanu Nene Total WW Collections". T2BLive. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene, my most confident film: Sundeep Kishan". Times of India. 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Sundeep Kishan ventures into film production with 'Kannada'". The News Minute. 25 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Karthick Naren and Malavika Nair play extended cameos in 'Kannaadi'". Times of India. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Main Hoon Sarfira Jigrawala | AKS | World TV Release | 19 Sep Mon 9pm, retrieved 19 September 2022
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (12 July 2019). "'Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene' review: Caarthick Raju and Sundeep Kishan's film is built around an interesting premise". The Hindu.