Neeku Naaku Dash Dash Movie Review

Film: Neeku Naaku Dash Dash

Rating: 2.75/5

Cast: Prince, Nanditha, Benarjee, Teertha, Venu, Parachuri Venkateswara Rao and others

Dialogues: Ramaswamy and Teja

Cinematography : Rasool Ellore

Music: Yashwanth

Background music: Anup Rubens

Produced by: Anand Prasad

Banner: Bhavya Creations

Story, screenplay and directed by: Teja

Release date: April 13, 2012

CBFC Rating: A

Story:

Siva (Prince) joins as supply boy in a liquor mafia company run by Bapineedu and ChittiTalli (Teertha) to clear off his debts. The company has full of young boys and girls, each of them have financial woes. There hemeets a girl Gatyathri (Nanditha) and love blossoms between them. A problem prompts Gayathri and Siva to flee from the company and Bapineedu and Chitti Talli go after them.

Analysis:

Young lovers caught in a messy situation is director Teja's favourite subject. He adds dash of bootlegging to it in Neeku Naaku Dash Dash, his new romantic thriller, bringing novelty factory. Introducing newcomers in the lead roles, Teja tells the subject of youngsters working under bootleggers. This backdrop of liquor mafia in dense Araku valley gives fresh look to an otherwise oft-repeated subject of teenage love.
Teja seems to have inspired by two recent Tamil movies - Angaadi Theru (dubbed in Telugu as Shopping Mall ) and Mynaa ( Prema Khaidi in Telugu).
The film's story takes momentum after 50 minutes of the movie and sustains the interest post interval too but pre-climax sequences fizzle out. Plus points of the movie are its cinematography, first 40 minutes of second half, and music.
But the movie needs trimming especially -an unnecessary song of hero going after heroine.

Performances:

Newcomers Prince and Nanditha are good in roles of a simple boy and girl - both of them have played deglamorised roles. Nanditha has expressive eyes. Teertha has played lady villain role perfectly. Suman Shett y and Venu have tried to provide laughter in a film that has not much entertainment. Parachuri Venkateshwara Rao and the actor who portrayed the role of Bapineedu are good. Benarjee as a cop is also neat.
On technical front, Rasool Ellore 's camera work stands out. Shot on Red Epic camera, Rasool Ellore has captured the misty Araku valley locations beautifully. Two songs by new music composer Yashwanth are good to ears while Anup Rubens has provided background score.
Some dialogues are pretty good. Director Teja has selected good storyline and he has not infused unnecessary comedy to focus more on script. But he should have used taut narration. His work is far better than inhis recent movies. The movie's length should have been trimmed.

Bottom-line:

Lovers on the run - is an oft-repeated theme but director Teja adds dash of bootlegging to it.That liquor mafia backdropset in a dense forest for a love story has added some novelty to Teja's Neeku Naaku Dash Dash . Good locations and music are plus points of this movie. On the whole, it is an okay movie.