Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi

Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi (English: What happened to this city?) is a 2018 Indian  Telugu language buddy comedy written and directed by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam and produced by Suresh Babu.. The film received positive reviews from the audience and a majority of the film critics.

Plot
Vivek, Karthik, Kaushik and Uppi are childhood friends who dream of a career in film making during their college days. But they eventually give up their plans and settle in other jobs. Vivek resigns his job and lives in isolation, still trying to get over his breakup, Karthik works as a manager to a club and plans on marrying his owner's daughter and settle in USA, Kaushik works as a dubbing artist and Uppi works as a wedding photographer. After a misfired bachelors' party, they all end up in Goa. Karthik loses the engagement ring and needs ₹5 lakhs to buy a similar kind of one. So they decide to participate in Goa Short film festival for the prize money. Vivek doesn't agree to make a romantic film but later agrees as they don't have an alternative. Karthik handles cinematography, Uppi edits the film and Kaushik acts in it. Vivek couldn't get out of his past and gives a sad ending to the film, and later gives up on the project as he fears the negative feedback. Karthik realizes that he is losing everything else for the social status and calls off his marriage. Kaushik gets confidence to act in films and Uppi becomes an editor. After working on a few short films, they start their first feature film, Pelli Choopulu.

Cast

 Vishwak Sen as Vivek (Psycho Vivek)
 Sai Sushanth Reddy as Karthik
 Gautham Menon as himself, Cameo Appearance
Abhinav Gomatam as Kaushik
 Venkatesh Kakumanu as Upender/Uppi
Anisha Ambrose as Shirley
 Simran Choudhary as Shilpa
Vijay Deverakonda as himself

Soundtrack
This film has five songs composed by Vivek Sagar and Released By Aditya Music.

Release 
Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi was released worldwide on 28 June 2018.

Reception

Box Office
The film has collected $98,136 from the premiere shows in USA held on Thursday night. On Day 1 on Friday, the film has collected $81,127.The total US box office collection was $179,263.

Critical reception 
The Hindu praised the film and stated "With Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam breaks the second-film jinx that hounds many filmmakers who’ve delivered an impressive first film."

The Times of India gave 3.5/5 rating and commented that: "Make no mistake, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi belongs to Tharun Bhascker. The filmmaker’s flair for comedy once again shines through and his dialogues are terrific."

123 Telugu gave 3.25/5 rating and wrote, "With Ee Nagarainiki Emaindi, Tollywood steps into the buddy comedy genre which has been rarely explored. This movie has no great story but is filled with a lot of fun and precious moments which a group of buddies share in real life."

The Hans India gave 3/5 rating and wrote, "...is one of the best youthful entertainers in the recent times. On the whole, the film is enjoyable entirely and even makes us emotional in parts."

Idlebrain gave 3/5 rating and wrote, "...is a buddy comedy that has good moments and a slow second half!"

References

External links
 

Category:2018 films
Category:2010s Telugu-language films
Category:Films shot in Telangana
Category:Indian films
Category:Indian buddy comedy films
Category:2010s buddy comedy films

Vishwak Sen Wiki