''Next Enti?'' () is a 2018 Indian

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-language

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Kunal Kohli Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer in Bollywood. He is best known as the director of '' Hum Tum'' (2004) and '' Fanaa'' (2006). He also owns the production house Kunal Kohli Productions, whose first was his ''T ...

, making his Telugu debut. The film stars

Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...

Sundeep Kishan Sundeep Kishan (born 7th May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who works in predominately in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Career Sandeep Kishan was born in a Telugu family in present-day Chennai. He is the nephew to the cinematographers Chota ...

, and

Navdeep Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who appears in Telugu films along with Tamil films. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai''. He starred in films such as ''Ar ...

. It is based on '' When Harry Met Sally...''. The music was composed by Leon James with cinematography by Manish Chandra Bhatt, and editing by Anil Kumar Bonthu. The film released on 7 December 2018. The film's title is based on a song from ''

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'' (2017).

Plot

Tammy (

) is a modern girl who breaks up with her boyfriend as he does not believe in true love. This is the time when she meets a marketing executive named Sanju (

) and connects with him instantly. They start living together, but Tammy is against a physical relationship with Sanju. This upsets Sanju, and he breaks up with Tammy. During this time, Tammy starts liking Krish (

), a businessman with a past, while Sanju also moves on. Tammy and Krish begin a relationship, and this time, she believes that Krish is the one for her. The rest of the story is what happens between Tammy, Sanju, and Krish.

Cast

as Tammy *

as Sanju *

as Krish *

Poonam Kaur Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She is also a politician, based out of Telangana and a member of the Congress Party. Career Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Poonam Kaur did he ...

as Prachiti * Sharat Babu as Prakash, Tammy's father *

Harsha Vardhan Harsha Vardhan is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil and Hindi language films, in addition to television. He is known for his performance in Telugu ...

as Sanju's friend * Larissa Bonesi as Roshini * Venkat Mikkilineni as Mahesh * Milla as Baby Tammy * Prajnaa Kumar and Laila Naim as Young Tammy

Production

The film is Bollywood director

's first

film. Principal photography began in London in late-May 2017. The title ''Next Enti'' was revealed on 8 November 2018.

Soundtrack

Leon James makes his Telugu debut with this film.

Release

''Next Enti'' was released in 7 December 2018.

Reception

Hemanth Kumar writing for ''

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'' rated the film 1 out of five, and criticised film's poor writing. "Kunal Kohli’s writing has the same annoying after effect of a tuning fork that’s thrusted into your ears. The problem isn’t with how ‘talkative’ everyone is, but it’s more about what the film wants to say and how much it wants to say within two hours of its runtime," Kumar added. ''

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'' critic Janani K, rated 1.5/5 and stated, "Bollywood director Kunal Kohli's debut Telugu film Next Enti tries to be a contemporary new age rom-com, but falls flat on its face." Neeshitha Nyayapati of ''

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'' also rated 1.5 of 5, writing, "The conversations seem forced, so do most of the scenes. The character developments are so inconsistent that when they finally flesh out in the second half, it almost makes one wish they go back to being the flat cardboards they were in the first half."

References

External links

* {{Kunal Kohli 2010s Telugu-language films 2018 romantic comedy films Indian remakes of American films Telugu remakes of Hindi films Indian romantic comedy films Films directed by Kunal Kohli