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Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, VG Sainma’s titled 'Keedaa Cola'

The highly talented Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam directed two films ... Read More
The highly talented Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam directed two films so far and both 'PelliChoopulu' and 'Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi' were big hits. The director who is a specialist in making hilarious and youthful movies is coming up with a crime comedy this time. It’s the very first feature-length production of VG Sainma. The makers in addition to announcing the project have also unleashed its title. The movie has been titled intriguingly and peculiarly 'Keedaa Cola'.

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'Keedaa' means a creature with six legs and Cola is the name of a popular soft-drink brand. The poster sees the cap of a soft drink bottle with the title written on it. Indicating the crime part, we can spot the blood. In the down part, we can also observe a creature. “Experience crime comedy like never before…” assures the makers.

Following the sentiment, the poster is painted yellow. It may be mentioned here that, the 'Pelli Choopulu' and 'Ee Nagaraniki' Posters were also designed in yellow colour.

Produced by Bharath Kumar, Sripad Nandiraj, Upendra Varma, Srinivas Kaushik, Saikrishna Gadwal, and Vijay Kumar, the film will release in 2023.

​19 International films Inspired Kamal Haasan movies…?

Kamal Haasan is a passionate actor, who has experimented time and again with various new filmmaking technologies, formats, contents, and characters. But a few of his self-made movies are either official or inspired movies of several Hollywood and Bollywood films is not a denying fact. Below are some of his Hollywood-inspired movies, which we have compiled based on various online resources, please leave your comments in the below comment box...!

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The above-action thriller Tamil film directed by Rajesh M.Selva starring Kamal Haasan and Trisha is dubbed into Telugu as Cheekati Rajyam (2015) and was produced under Kamal Haasan's own production house. The film is a remake of Nuit Blanche (2011), which is a Frech film that was well-received in Telugu.

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The above spy film was directed and produced by Kamal Haasan. Have reports indicating its comparison to several English Films especially the 2001 American Psychology thriller ‘Hannibal’, ‘Mission Impossible Series’ and other spy thrillers. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the same title and was a huge successful.

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Kamal Haasan’s 2010 film ‘Manmadan Ambu’ was also based on the 1948 English film ‘Romance on the High Seas. The film starred Trisha and Madhavan and was directed by K.S.Ravikumar. The film had its music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

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The Sundar C directorial Comedy drama written by Kamal Haasan and Madhan discusses themes such as Communism, Atheism, and altruism depicting Kamal Haasan’s humanist views and has reports that have several reflections on the 1987 English film ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ‘Sathyame Sivam’ and had a decent run here.

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Kamal Haasan’s production venture ‘Nala Damayanthi’ is reportedly based on the 1990 English film Green Card directed by Peter Weir. The film starred Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell and has been remade into Tamil as Nala Damayanthi starring R. Madhavan.

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The 2022 Tamil film Pammal K.Sambandam is reportedly based on the 1999 English film ‘Bachelor’ which was dubbed into Telugu as ‘Brahmachari’ and did well musically.

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The film’s plot was inspired by the 1998 English film ‘Very Bad Things’ made by Peter Berg in his debut. The film starred Simran as a female lead and was dubbed into Telugu under the same title in, the same year and it was commercially viable.

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His 2000 Tamil comedy film directed and produced by KS Ravikumar is said to be heavily inspired by the 1991 American film ‘What about Bob?’. The film is also dubbed into Telugu under the same-titled and was economically viable here.

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The above film in which Kamal Haasan starred in the role of a Police officer is based on Peter Weir’s 1985 acclaimed English drama ‘Witness’. The film was reportedly directed by Mani Ratnam’s long associate Krishnamurthy.

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