Neene Neene
Neene Neene is going to be released on 6th June 2008. Probably the producer was waiting for the release of Indra before announcing the release of Neene Neene. This movie is of a completely different genre than of Indra. And so the target viewers for both the movies are completely different. Looks like Neene Neene is targeting class(educated) viewers. On June 6th, there is another big release in Hindi, Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar Raj. Because Sarkar Raj also caters to the same set of viewers, Neene Neene might face problems there.
| Movie Name: | Neene Neene |
| Release Date: | 06 JUNE 2008 |
| Director: | Shivadwaj |
| Producer: | S. Basava Reddy |
| Starring: | Dhyan, Ananth Nag, and Aishwarya Nag |
| Music: | Srimurali |
Neene Neene Movie Review: Been There, Seen That!
By Raju Shanbhag
Debutant director Shivadhvaj is looking for few good writers. The most important quality that is expected out of these writers is that they should not repeat the “done to death” stories and the listless scenes sans any imagination. For more information on how not to write a story for him, please watch Nenne Neene!
This is one of the major drawbacks of the film Neene Neene. The story is as old as the hills and there is no visible effort to make it look new in any way, unless you believe that making the lovers meet in Café Coffee Day instead of Cubbon Park is the height of creativity. Every single scene and dialogues in the film gives you a sense of déjà vu and leaves you wondering what emboldened the producers to invest their money in such a medieval subject. Within first ten minutes of the film, any moviegoer who has watched at least five films in any language in any time period can predict every dialogues and sequences with amazingly good degree of success. Yawn!
There are a couple of aspects of the film that fight valiantly to keep this sinking ship afloat. First and the most noticeable is the debutant director Shivadhvaj who does a commendable job in his very first effort. If he can make such a dilapidated story at least tolerable, imagine what he can do if he gets a real good script in his hands! He shows considerable restraint and maturity in handling many scenes, notably the ones between Anant Nag and Aishwarya Nag. If you just look at the direction, Shivadhvaj scores real good marks on this movie. If he stops promoting brands like Café Coffee Day so blatantly and get a good script writer, he can be a real asset for the Kannada industry.
Music director Srimurali has some real good tunes on offer. Dinesh Babu has shrewdly restricted himself to handling the camera (may be after listening to the story!) and the camera too is not bad. Other aspects of the film such as editing also fall in the “neither good, nor bad” category.
As usual, Anant Nag shines in the very few scenes he gets. It’s amazing to see how a veteran actor like Anant Nag can reflect so many emotions without screaming at the top of his lungs. This man is a true legend. Newcomer Aishwarya Nag acts well and will gain a bright future if she can lose some weight. Dhyan can act too, only if he can stop trying to look ‘cho cute’ in each frame of the film.
So, if you think having a worn out story is not as bad as not having a story at all, you can still go and watch this movie. A couple of good songs, Shivadhvaj’s direction and Anant Nag might stop you from walking out of the theatre.
Neene Neene Music(Audio) Review: Promising!
By Raju Shanbhag
Does anyone know who the music director Srimurali is? Well, we better know, because Srimurali seems to be a talented music director and will go places soon. The songs of the film (well, most of them) are worth listening to for one or the other reason. But Shrimurali’s penchant for Bollywood singers(like many of his famed colleagues) spoils the fun to some extent. It will be better for the Kannada industry if we can grow out of this reverence for Hindi singers and work with our talented artists instead.
Yeni idu yenu: Music director Srimurali starts off with a promising tune that will grow on you after you listen to it a couple of times. Namma! Sonu Nigam is an amazing singer. But in this song, he seems to be hurried in some places. It could be that the man wanted to get this over as soon as possible to sing other, more important Hindi songs or the music director was too much in awe of the singer to correct him.
Yeni idu yenu II: Slow and steady wins the race! Singers Rajesh Krishnan and Nanditha provide the song the much needed smoothness and clarity that Sonu Ningam missed. Of course, this is the sad version of the song and the singing will be a bit slower anyway. But the pronunciation of the words is clearer and as many readers in Bellitere keep saying, Kannada singers rock! This song has the potential to be a chart buster.
I am in Love: And I am not in Love, at least with this song.
Mobile Mobile: This looks like one of those songs where the music director decided to make the tune after the lyrics was written. Sadly, it seems he forgot to put the tune even after the lyrics were written and it was outright mayhem there with people singing, talking calling each other and some crazy guys beating drums as if there was no tomorrow . But lyricist Hrudaya Shiva almost makes up for the lack of tune with some funny lines. His dig at Country Club in the song is really funny.
Kusumari Kusumari: If we had enough VC funding, we would have announced cash prizes for people who could recite the complete lyrics of this song. It is difficult to say whether it is the magic of singer of Hariharan or the music director wanted him to sing the song in that way. The lyrics of the song are completely incomprehensible. You know what’s the funniest thing about this song? It’s a slow, soothing number!
please give more and more chance to kannada play back singers….
First 2 songs are copied from the telugu movie Nee Sneham….I am great fan of these songs.
As you said Sonunigam has spoiled the song.
I am very disappointed/angry at Music director.
Is Aishwarya Nag anyway related to Ananth Nag or Shankar Nag? I heard that she’s Konkani babe and an NRI too.