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{{Infobox film
| name = Keka
| image = Keka (film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| native_name = 
| director = [[Teja (director)|Teja]]
| writer = Teja
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = Teja<br /> K. Jagadeesh Reddy
| starring = {{plainlist|*Ajay
*[[V. N. Anoop Kumar|Anoop Kumar]]
*Ishana
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[P. C. Sreeram]]
| editing = Shankar
| music = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]
| studio = 
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|10|26|ref1=<ref name="I" />}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Keka ''''' ({{Translation|Scream}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Teja (director)|Teja]] and starring Ajay, [[V. N. Anoop Kumar|Anoop Kumar]] and Ishana. The film was released to highly negative reviews.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*Ajay as Raja
*[[V. N. Anoop Kumar|Anoop Kumar]] as Kiran
*Ishana as Sujata
*Soumya as Meghna
*[[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Constable
*[[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]] as Doctor
*[[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Kiran's father
*[[Nimu Bhowmik]] as Head of orphanage
*[[Duvvasi Mohan]] as Orphanage Helper
*[[Vaiyapuri]] as Police Inspector
*[[Mayilsamy]] as Shopkeeper
}}

'''Dubbing artists'''{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
*[[Navdeep]] for Raja
*[[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]] for Kiran
*[[Raasi (actress)|Raasi]] for Ishana

== Production ==
The film featured 36 newcomers including [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]'s son Raja.<ref name="R">{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=16 October 2008 |title='Telugu films are crude' |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/16slde1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409022205/https://m.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/16slde1.htm |archive-date=9 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> Bubbly was renamed Ishana by Teja although officially she is unnamed by her family due to astrological reasons.<ref name="R" /> Initially Chennai-based [[Ilaiyaraaja]] was to compose the music but after [[Teja (director)|Teja]] fell sick and couldn't shift between cities, he opted for Hyderabad-based [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]].<ref name="I">{{Cite web |date=15 October 2008 |title=Interview with Teja |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/teja2008.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409022201/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/teja2008.html |archive-date=9 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref> The film was shot in 60 days in Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Rajasthan.<ref name="R" /> The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''Manase Manase'', but that version was never released.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2011 |title=itsv – bitsv |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/01/02/stories/2011010250100400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426042247/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/01/02/stories/2011010250100400.htm |archive-date=26 April 2011 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| headline = Soundtrack
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_music = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]

| title1 = Jhum Jhum Jhummani
| lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
| extra1 = Venu, Pranavi
| length1 =

| title2 = Adigava Mataina
| lyrics2 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
| extra2 = [[Hemachandra (singer)|Hemachandra]], [[Kousalya (singer)|Kousalya]]
| length2 =

| title3 = Gayalu Palike Geyam
| lyrics3 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra3 = Harshika, Sudha
| length3 =

| title4 = Keka Petti Keka Petti
| lyrics4 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra4 = Chakri
| length4 =

| title5 = Love You I Love You
| lyrics5 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra5 = Chakri
| length5 =

| title6 = Chitti Chilakavo
| lyrics6 = [[Veturi]]
| extra6 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Kousalya
| length6 =
}}

== Reception ==
The film was released on 26 October 2008.<ref name="I" /> A critic from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Director Teja seems to have got embroiled in the stereotypical pattern of filmmaking. Gone is the freshness associated with his films (as his earlier films Chitram and Jayam reflect). One can't help but wonder if he has lost his touch".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=23 October 2008 |title=Keka: Same old love story |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/23sskeka.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707215800/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/23sskeka.htm |archive-date=7 July 2022 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]'' rated the film one out of five and wrote that "''Keka'' is a movie three years too late".<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2008 |title='Keka' deserves a miss (Telugu Movie Review) |url=https://www.indiaforums.com/article/keka-deserves-a-miss-telugu-movie-review_8984 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407210059/https://www.indiaforums.com/article/keka-deserves-a-miss-telugu-movie-review_8984 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |via=India Forums}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|2358074}}

{{Teja (film director)}}

[[Category:2008 Indian films]]
[[Category:2008 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2008 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Teja (film director)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Chakri]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]

Keka (film) - Revision history

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