Neninthe

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Neninthe (transl. “I am like this”) is a 2008 Telugu action drama written and directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by D. V. V. Danayya under Universal Media. Set inside the Telugu film industry, it stars Ravi Teja as an assistant director trying to get his first film made, with Siya Gautam, Supreeth, Subbaraju and Brahmanandam. It was released on 19 December 2008 and won three Nandi Awards, including Best Actor for Ravi Teja.

What the story is about

Ravi is an assistant director working under the hack director “Idly” Viswanath. On a shoot he meets Sandhya, a group dancer, whose brother-in-law Rambabu is trying to exploit her. Ravi has a story he believes in, but the producer Shankar, burned by earlier flops, will not risk it on a debutant, and the hero Mallik doubts it will work. When Ravi pleads for a chance, Mallik agrees to a trial shoot, and Ravi enlists Sandhya and his friends. Meanwhile Yadu, a rich land-grabbing goon, has his eye on Sandhya. How Ravi’s film gets made, and what it costs him, is the rest of the story.

Cast

• Ravi Teja as Ravikumar
• Siya Gautam as Sandhya
• Supreeth as Yadhu
• Subbaraju as Mallik
• Brahmanandam as Idly Vishwanatham
• Sayaji Shinde as Shankar, a film producer
• Krishna Bhagavaan as Rambabu
• M. S. Narayana as a co-director
• Raghu Babu as Raghu, Ravi’s friend
• Mumaith Khan as Mumaith
• V. V. Vinayak and Harish Shankar in cameos

Writer-director: Puri Jagannadh. Music: Chakri (Aditya Music). Cinematography: Shyam K. Naidu. Editing: M. R. Varma.

Reviews

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com described it as “more like a personal film made from Puri Jagan’s personal experiences”. The Times of India said the director “widely covers the opinions of the film fraternity including fans but somewhere lost his way in churning out a money-spinner”.

Awards and box office

At the 2008 Nandi Awards, Ravi Teja won Best Actor, Puri Jagannadh Best Dialogue Writer and Ram-Lakshman Best Fight Masters. Wikipedia describes its box-office result as average, but its only source for that is a distributor’s catalogue page, and we have not found figures from a named outlet. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Vinashak (2009).

Where to watch Neninthe

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Neninthe and the reviews it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.