Keedaa Cola

Keedaa Cola is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language crime-comedy film, written and directed by Tharun Bhascker. It stars Chaitanya Rao Madadi, Rag Mayur, Brahmanandam, Tharun Bhascker, Jeevan Kumar, Vishnu Oi, Ravindra Vijay and Raghu Ram in the main roles. The music was composed by Vivek Sagar.

It was released on 3 November 2023 to mixed reviews from the critics. It started streaming on Aha from 29 December 2023.

Cast

 * Chaitanya Rao Madadi as Vaasthu
 * Rag Mayur as Kaushik alias Lancham, Vaasthu's friend
 * Brahmanandam as Varadaraju, Vaasthu's grandfather
 * Tharun Bhascker as Bhakta Naidu alias Naidu Anna
 * Jeevan Kumar as Jeevan Naidu
 * Vishnu Oi as Sikander
 * Ravindra Vijay as CEO
 * Raghu Ram as Shots, CEO's fixer

Music
The music was composed by Vivek Sagar.

Reception
Janani K. of India Today gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Though Keedaa Cola is predictable, it still remains to be a fun and entertaining watch". Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "A philosophical quest wrapped in quirkiness!"

Raghu Bandi of The Indian Express gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and noted that, "Tharun Bhascker’s Keedaa Cola is a fine comedy if you go in with no expectations and are ready to accept a few zany characters and outlandish settings". A critic from 123telugu gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Keedaa Cola is a watchable crime comedy-drama that has an engaging second half, and the last few minutes were crazy".

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote, "There's plenty to root for in Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam's Telugu caper comedy Keedaa Cola, packed with oddball characters and unexpected situations". On the contrary, a critic from NTV wrote that "While the team wanted to deliver a satire, they just delivered an obsession of ideas that don’t really sit together. Movie could have been a fun screwball dark comedy had the characters had been connectible. Tharun seems to have gone for Japanese weird style dark comedy but it fizzed off by the end".