No Dash..Dash.. Only 'Neeku Naaku'

Director Teja’s recently released film 'Neeku Naaku Dash Dash' is facing bad time at box office. Now the makers have decided to change the film’s title from 'Neeku Naaku Dash Dash' to Neeku Naaku as the 'Dash Dash' and the adult rating are damaging the film's image among the family audience.

Prince and Nandita were introduced as hero and heroine in this movie. The film was produced under Bhavya creations banner by Anand Prasad of Bhavya cements. Yaswanth Naag debuted as music director with this film and Rasool Ellore handled the camera and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the editor. Lets hope this name change may get some luck to poor Teja.

Director's madness puts producer in trouble

Director Teja is known for doing whatever he believes without thinking much about the logic. Teja's decision to stop the screening of his recent release 'Neeku Naaku Dash Dash' came as a shocker to many. The reason for stopping the screening is the main reason for the shock factor. Teja says that the film didn't shape up as per his expectations.

Teja is not impressed with the climax part of the movie and hence he believes that it has to be redone. But isn't it too late now? Teja doesn't think so! He decided to stop the screening and is all set to go for a reshoot. NNDD will be released with a new climax in few weeks. During the days where a film gets pirated right on the first day, can anybody take a worse decision than this?

NNDD may not be doing well, but it should be in theaters until the collections completely dry out. Removing it from theaters after five days is nothing but asking for more trouble. The producer who invested big money in this will be losing so much in it. Now with Teja's atrocious decision the losses will further go up. There are few producers who backed out off doing a film with Teja before Anand Prasad decided to make NNDD. All those producers must be thanking the almighty from this Dash project and Dash director!

Fat Comedian Makes A Comeback

Some comedians take a long time to get good break irrespective of their top notch performances. One such example is fat and short comedian Suman Shetty.

Suman Shetty debuted with hit superhit movie 'Jayam' long back. It took many years for him to establish as a happening comedian but he never enjoyed the lime light. He is busy both in Telugu and Tamil but hasn't won accolades. Fortunately, his latest movie with mentor Teja opened doors for his productive innings again through Neeku Naaku Dash Dash. The fat comedian takes a key position in the whole movie to entertain audiences. Many a times he made viewers bump out of seats with his 'raw' jokes and titillating performance.

His 'whitened' skin tone with over make-up and his height came out as a package of laughs for cine lovers. Let us see how he will utilize this 'hit' as a turning point to his career.

Neeku Naaku Dash Dash

Movie : Neeku Naaku Dash Dash
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast : Prince, Nandita, Teertha and others
Directed by : Teja
Produced by : Anand Prasad
Banner : Bhavya Creations
Music : Yashwanth Nag
Release Date : 2012-04-13

Director Teja was one of the biggest brand names in Tollywood a decade ago. But a series of flop products damaged his reputation as the director and he was forced to take a break from filmmaking after disastrous Keka. He is back again with Neeku Naaku Dash Dash, which is also the same old Teja's tree in new forest! After taking a very big break Teja believed that his old formula should work again and made an attempt. Let's see how it is...


What is it about?

Shiva (Prince) and Gayathri (Nandita) are workers at a yard that makes cheap liquor. They fall in love with each other. Falling in love is completely prohibited in that business and that puts the couple in trouble. Added to that Shiva steals crores of money from the liquor mafia goons for a reason. So the chase is on and like in every Teja's film the couple runs in to the forest and what happens next is left to your imagination.


Performances:                                                                                                                                
Prince is an okay looking guy. He did an Okay job as an actor. Nandita is good as rebellious Gayatri. She dominated the hero in every frame. She has cute looks. Teertha is fine as the baddie. Director failed to etch her character in a proper way. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao is good. Suman Setty is usual. Venu is Okay. The bald headed villain didn't look powerful enough.


On the Technical Front:

Yashwant Nag's music is passable. "Maa orri dash gadu" song is catchy and entertaining. Background score was done by Anup Rubens and he did a pretty decent job. Rasool's cinematography is an asset. Teja himself being a cinematographer, his films always have good visuals. Editing is alright. Dialogues are not up to the mark.

As a director Teja did an average job. There were few instances where he showed few sparks from his brilliant past, but on a whole he is yet to get into form. Teja should have come up with a better story and screenplay after taking a big gap. Instead he tried to play it safe. He doesn't have that extraordinary story narrating skills anymore. Those intelligent scenes which used to arrest the audiences are completely missing.

Analysis:                                                                                   

Neeku Naaku Dash Dash is a casual film with routine script. It doesn't have the elements to make the audiences involved in the film. There are many boring moments in the film. First half is pretty mediocre. Second half is slightly better with story moving to lush green locales.

There are many ups and downs throughout the film. First half an hour and last half an hour are the biggest drawbacks. It is better in the remaining part but not good enough to impress the audience. The film is likely to leave a below average to average impression.

Teja's trademark element that made his films successful has been missing in this one. Lack of powerful villain made the climax part very weak. There are shades of Shopping Mall movie in the backdrop. Enough home work is not done and hence NNDD ended up as a half baked product.

Although made at a low budget, the film will have to struggle hard to get back the investments amidst the tough competition.

Verdict:  Teja is still in 'Jayam' mode!

'Can't make good films with Tollywood Stars'

Tough task maker Teja (Director) clarified that he doesn't want to make films with Tollywood star heroes who locked themselves in a 'image' cage.

When asked about why he is not making films with Stars, despite having a lot of potential, Teja replied,"I can't make films with stars. In fact, I don't want to do with them, because we can't make good films with them. 6 songs, 6 fights, interval bang, big climax fight and in the remaining time slot we should tell the entire story. The same stories were recycled for every big budgeted film. We can't make something new. In the last 10 years, 'Ghajini' is the only different film done with a star hero in the lead role. Here, hero has an image. We can't make films coming out of that image. So, working with stars will be like working in jail."

Teja's take on Records - "In my opinion, records are waste. Every Friday new records will be created and existing ones will be shattered. Even my films broke some records in the past. But, we shouldn't estimate a film's potential comparing with records. What matters is the content, reach and the repeat value. records is not my game."

Tollywood Star Heroes have 'Zero' knowledge: Director

Director Teja ('Chitram', 'Nuvvu Nenu', Jayam' fame) always speaks his mind and never minces the words. He launched an attack on the star heroes in the Industry for not attempting new stories and instead blaming the directors.

When asked him to react on 'Stars blaming directors for failing to come up innovative ideas, though they are ready to experiment', Teja replied,"If a director approaches the heroes with 100 punch dialogues, then the film will be okayed instantly. Our Heroes aren't having that much knowledge on the stories. In Telugu, no star is attempting a new story. If someone approaches them with a new story, they will not listen to it. For example: If we say that the delivery of a baby will be done using a vacuum cleaner in the climax, our heroes will walk away from the story sitting. 3 Idiots was done will the same concept and the film turned out superhit. I can't understand, what's the meaning of new story".

"Our heroes will say that they are open for new ideas, but they don't listen to them when a director approaches them. We are living in the comparitive terms. If films like 'Magadheera' and 'Businessman' turned superhit and got record collections last Friday, then heroes will ask the directors to tell similar stories. If someone tells a new story, they are apprehensive to do it," he added.

Neeku Naaku Dash Dash releasing on April 13!

Director Teja’s new film titled "Neeku Naaku Dash Dash" has completed its censor formalities recently and the movie got A certificate. The movie was supposed to be released on April 12th but now the filmmakers have been pushed by a day and now it is releasing on April 13th, 2012.
Teja is made this film with almost all the new artists and newcomers Prince and Nandita is playing the lead roles in the film.Neeku Naaku Dash Dash is said to be a youthful love story set in the backdrop of liquor mafia.
The film is being produced by Anand Prasad under Bhavya creations banner. Yashwanth Nag has composed the music and Anup Rubens has composed the background score.Rasool Ellore is the cinematographer.

Slight Delay in NNDD Release

Director Teja’s new movie Neeku Naaku Dash Dash will release on April 13. Actually it was planned for release on April 12. But Teja decided to have a customary Friday release. This movie stars Prince and Nandita in the lead roles.

This is the story about a young love pair under liquor mafia back drop.  This film’s censor was done and has been awarded by 'A' certificate. Paruchuri Gopalakrishna, Thirdha, Tanikella Bharani, Darmavarapu Subramanyam are playing important roles in this film. 

The film is produced under Bhavya creations banner by Anand Prasad of Bhavya cements. Yaswanth Naag is debuting as music director with this film and Rasool Ellore handled the camera and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the editor.