''Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene'' () is a 2019 Indian

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film written and directed by

Caarthick Raju Caarthick Raju is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He debuted as a director with the Tamil film ''Thirudan Police'' (2014) and continued with Telugu films ''Ninu Veedani Need ...

. The film stars

Sundeep Kishan Sundeep Kishan (born 7 May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who has worked in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Early life and career Sundeep Kishan was born in a Telugu family in Madras (present-day Chennai). He is the nephew to the cine ...

, Anya Singh,

Vennela Kishore Bokkala Kishore Kumar (born 19 September 1980), known professionally as Vennela Kishore, is an Indian actor and director who works in Telugu cinema. Known for his comedic roles, he earned the moniker "Vennela" after his first feature film ''Ven ...

Pragathi Pragathi Mahavadi (born 16 April 1976) is an Indian film and television actress who has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema and in addition to Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. Early life Pragathi was born in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. ...

, and

Murali Sharma Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films including Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Marathi lang ...

in the lead roles. The film was simultaneously shot in

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titled ''Kannaadi''; however, the Tamil version remains unreleased. The music of the film was composed by

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and was theatrically released on 12 July 2019.

Plot

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

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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

as Arjun/Rishi * Anya Singh as Madhavi/Diya (Voiced by Chinmayi) *

as Rishi/Arjun * Divya Ganesh as Diya/Madhavi *

as Dr. Tharun *

Poornima Bhagyaraj Poornima Bhagyaraj (née Jayaram) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also done a few Hindi and Telugu films. She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985. She married actor and director K. Bhagyaraj, who ...

as Arjun's mother *

as Lalitha, Rishi's mother *

Posani Krishna Murali Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also conte ...

as ACP *

Jeeva Ravi Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor and casting director who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film being a prefix for h ...

as Arjun's father * Kumaravel as Subbu Reddy * S. N. Surendar as Church priest * Sivasankar as Priest * Kayal Devaraj as Priest *

Malavika Nair Malavika Nair is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She has appeared in more than 20 films, mostly as a child artist and is a two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist, in 2006 and 201 ...

and

Karthick Naren Karthick Naren (born 23 July 1994) is an Indian filmmaker who works in Tamil cinema. Naren broke into the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry having had directed several award-winning short films like ''Pradhi'' and ''Nirangal Moondru'' before his ...

as Psychology students (cameo appearance) *

Vi Anand Vi Anand is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing science fiction films. Early life Anand was born in Erode, Tamil Nadu on 20 February 1979. He graduated from Sathyabama Insti ...

as surgeon

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by S. Thaman, and released by Think Music India.

Release

The film was released on 12 July 2019. The Hindi dubbed version titled ''Main Hoon Sarfira Jigrawala'' premiered on Sony Max TV channel on 19 September 2022.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' 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". A critic from ''

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'' wrote, "''Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene'' is promising in parts with entertaining moments but loses steam when it matters the most".

References

External links

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