''Keedaa Cola'' is a 2023 Indian

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film, written and directed by

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. It stars

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Rag Mayur Rag Mayur is an Indian film actor who appears in Telugu films. He is best known for his role Maridesh Babu in the film ''Cinema Bandi'', produced by Raj & DK films, and in '' Keedaa Cola'' directed by Tharun Bhascker. Early life Rag Mayur was bo ...

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, Tharun Bhascker, Jeevan Kumar, Vishnu Oi,

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and

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in the main roles. The music was composed by

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. It was released on 3 November 2023 to mixed reviews from the critics. It started streaming on

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from 29 December 2023.

Cast

as Vaasthu *

as Kaushik alias Lancham, Vaasthu's friend *

as Varadaraju, Vaasthu's grandfather *

as Bhakta Naidu alias Naidu Anna *Jeevan Kumar as Jeevan Naidu *Vishnu Oi as Sikander *

as CEO *

as Shots, CEO's fixer

Music

The music was composed by

Reception

Janani K. of ''

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'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Though ''Keedaa Cola'' is predictable, it still remains to be a fun and entertaining watch". Paul Nicodemus of ''

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'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "A philosophical quest wrapped in quirkiness!" Raghu Bandi of ''

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'' 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". A critic from ''

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'' 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". 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". On the contrary, a critic from ''

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'' 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".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 25376056 Indian comedy films Films scored by Vivek Sagar