When a movie is 'inspired' by an old movie, comparisons are inevitable. Katha,
the original movie from which Nee Premakai has borrowed heavily as far as the
story is concerned, had a certain charm to it. With sterling performances from
Naseeruddin Shah and Faroukh Sheikh, even the anti-hero was lovable.
In Nee Premakai, Srinivas (Vineet) is an almost irritatingly benevolent do-gooder, with all the conceivable clichés associated with good Samaritans. However, the only person he cares about, Anjali (Laya), seems to make it a hobby to misunderstand and misinterpret al....