Nee Tata Naa Birla (transl. You are Tata, I am Birla) is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed and scripted by Nagendra Magadi. The film has an ensemble cast including V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Pooja Gandhi, Jennifer Kotwal, Nikita Thukral and Keerthi Chawla in the leading roles. It is based on the 1985 Malayalam movie Boeing Boeing.

Nee Tata Naa Birla
Directed byNagendra Magadi
Based onBoeing Boeing
by Priyadarshan
Produced byD. Ravikumar
StarringV. Ravichandran
Jaggesh
Pooja Gandhi
Jennifer Kotwal
Urvashi
Nikita Thukral
Keerthi Chawla
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited byLakshman Reddy
Music byGurukiran
Production
company
Mother India Movie Tone
Release date
  • 27 June 2008 (2008-06-27)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The film revolves around two con men (Ravichandran and Jaggesh) who are experts at stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor. In this process, they are approached by a well known don who gives them a deal of wooing two young girls, who work for the bank. The assignment is to get the code numbers from both the girls and loot the money from the bank. The film takes on the comical track about how the men succeed in their assignment and how they face their real families.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Gurukiran and lyrics written by V. Manohar and Hrudaya Shiva.[1] A total of 5 tracks have been composed for the film and the audio rights brought by Skanda Audio.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yardo Duddu"V. ManoharKarthik, Chaitra H. G.04:35
2."Mutthu Kodala"Hrudaya ShivaRajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra04:34
3."Sakha Sakhi"V. ManoharGurukiran, Chaitra H. G.04:18
4."Yavva Yavva"V. ManoharUsha Uthup, Malgudi Subha, Gurukiran04:03
5."Nee Tata Naa Birla"V. ManoharHemanth Kumar, Gurukiran, Shamitha Malnad04:31

Reception

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Critical response

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R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ravichandran's comedy timing is always perfect, and he shines in here too though the same cannot be said of a repetitious Jaggesh. Jennifer and Pooja Gandhi are seen mostly in song and dance sequences. The other girls just come and go. Only a fan of Ravichandran and Jaggesh will call this even a time pass film".[2] Sify wrote "The theme is absolutely worn out and comedy scenes are shabby. Director Nagendra Magadi Pandu also known for comedy flicks has consumed a lot of time to tell the same old story. The novelty is missing in this film. Every scene in the film is predictable".[3][4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Songs list
  2. ^ "Review: Nee Tata Naa Birla". Rediff.com. 30 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Nee Tata Na Birla". Sify. Archived from the original on 10 July 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ Filmibeat review
  5. ^ Indiaglitz review
  6. ^ Bharat Student review
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