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Neninthe
Neninthe
Soundtrack album by Chakri
Released	7 December 2008;
Recorded	2008
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	24:55
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology

Neninthe
Neninthe
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	D. V. V. Danayya
Starring	Ravi Teja; Siya Gautham
Narrated by	Puri Jagannadh
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	M. R. Varma
Music by	Chakri
Production; company	Universal Media
Distributed by	Vaishno Academy
Release date	19 December 2008;
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Box office	₹28 crore (US$3.3 million)

Neninthe (transl. I am like this) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh^[1] and produced by D. V. V. Danayya under his banner Universal Media. The film features Ravi Teja and Siya Gautam in the lead roles,^[2] while Supreeth, Subbaraju, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. The music is composed by Chakri with cinematography by Shyam K. Naidu and editing by M. R. Varma.

The film released on 19 December 2008 and was average at the box office. However, the film won three Nandi Awards and eventually gained cult status. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Ek Aur Vinashak (2009)^[3]

Plot

Ravikumar works as an assistant director for director Idly Viswanath in the Telugu film industry. During the shooting, Ravi meets Sandhya, a group dancer. Sandhya's sister Surekha marries Rambabu, who harasses her only to exploit Sandhya. Ravi narrates an interesting story to producer Shankar, but the latter is not ready to take the risk with a debutant director like Ravi.

Meanwhile, a rich goon Yadu, who usurps prime lands, casts his eyes on Sandhya, and Rambabu tries to make use of this in his favor. At this juncture, Ravi narrates the story to hero Mallik, who also expresses his doubts regarding its feasibility. When Ravi pleads for a chance, he agrees for a trial shoot, and they seek the help of Sandhya and other friends. Popular director V. V. Vinayak asks Ravi for a heroine. Having seen Sandhya's performance in the trial shoot, he books her.

When Sandhya becomes a heroine, Rambabu ignores Yadu. Mallik, impressed with the trial shoot, convinces Shankar. Shankar had suffered much loss due to Vishwanath's film. The film shooting begins with Mallik as the hero and Sandhya as the heroine. At this time, an item dancer Mumaith, who had an affair with Mallik, attempts suicide and is raped. This and the paucity of funds puts the project in trouble. Yadu comes forward to finance the project. Once the shooting is over, Ravi finds his name missing in the titles. Eventually, he teaches Yadu a lesson and replaces the name.

Cast

Ravi Teja as Ravikumar
Siya Gautam as Sandhya
Supreeth as Yadhu
Subbaraju as Mallik
Brahmanandam as Idly Vishwanatham
Sayaji Shinde as Shankar, film producer
M. S. Narayana as Co-Director
Rama Prabha as Rajyam (Ravi's mother)
Mumaith Khan as Mumaith
Kovai Sarala as Urmila
Raghu Babu as Raghu, Ravikumar's friend
Surekha Vani as Surekha
Krishna Bhagawan as Rambabu
Abhinaya as Aditri, Shankar's daughter
Venu Madhav as Sathibabu/Senthil/Venu
Uttej as Bhaskar, Shankar's assistant
Satyam Rajesh as Rajesh
Sairam Shankar as Sai
Raja Ravindra
Harish Shankar (cameo appearance)
V. V. Vinayak (cameo appearance)
Kona Venkat (cameo appearance)
Chakri (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakri and released by Aditya Music.^[4] The song "Oh I Miss You" is based on "Miss You" from Insomniac.^[5]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Krishna Nagarey"	Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar	Chakri	4:39
2.	"Puduthuney Uyyala"	Bhuvana Chandra	Chakri, Geetha Madhuri	5:17
3.	"Veluguley"	Kandikonda	Chakri, Kousalya	4:20
4.	"Nuvantene Pichchi"	Kandikonda	Chakri, Nilayini	5:19
5.	"Oh I Miss U"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Raghu Kunche	5:20
Total length:				24:55

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Overall, Neninthe is more like a personal film made from Puri Jagan’s personal experiences".^[6] A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Director Puri Jagannath widely covers the opinions of the film fraternity including fans but somewhere lost his way in churning out a money-spinner".^[7]