''Koffi Bar'' in Telugu and ''Nimidangal'' () in Tamil, is a 2011 Indian thriller film directed by

Geetha Krishna Geetha Krishna is an Indian film director, who has made Telugu and Tamil films. He made his debut with the Telugu film ''Sankeertana'' starring Nagarjuna, for which he won the Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director. Since then, he has ...

. The film was presented by Lakshmi Ganapathi Film.

Cast

* Shashank as Ramakrishna *

Bianca Desai Bianca Desai or Biyanka Desai is an Indian actress who has starred in predominantly Kannada and Telugu films. Career Bianca Desai has been part of more than 9 films in Kannada. Filmography See also *List of people from Karnataka A ''list ...

as Srijana * Atul Kulkarni as a rich businessman * Suman as a CBI officer *Baby Shivani *Moushmi in an item number

Production

The film was planned to be shot in Telugu-Kannada (as ''Koffi Shop'') and

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(as ''Nimidangal'') and began production in 2009. Biana Desai, known for glamorous roles, played a role without makeup for the film. Newcomer Murali from New York was brought to cinematograph the film along with

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. The film was shot in Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai. The film's plot begins in a coffee shop. Hindi actress Moushmi did an item number in the film. The film was shot for only three days in Bangalore. As a result, the Kannada version stopped production midway after the Karnataka Film Chamber Of Commerce found out that the film was dubbed from Telugu and that more than fifty percent of the film was not shot in Karnataka. For the Tamil promotions of the film, Shashank was referred to as Shasha and Bianca Desai was referred to as Priyanka.

Soundtrack

The director turned the music director for the first time. Lyrics by

Vanamali Mani Gopal (Telugu: మణిగోపాల్ ), popularly known by his pen name, Vanamali (Telugu: వనమాలి) is a Telugu lyricist and poet. He is the recipient of the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award. His works include the musical hit ...

who previously collaborated with Krishna for the Telugu dub of ''

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'' (1999).

Release and reception

The film was scheduled to release on 4 March and later 11 March 2011. Y. Sunitha Chowdhury of ''

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'' opined that "Despite Geeta Krishna's dramatic flabbiness, the film has its moments". Deepa Garimella of ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "This is a film begging to be ignored. Pay attention".

Home media

Sun TV bought the broadcasting rights for both the Telugu and Tamil versions.

References

Notes

{{noteslist Indian thriller films 2011 thriller films Indian multilingual films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2010s Telugu-language films