Ready – ‘Brahmanandam’aina Comedy
June 23, 2008
Sravanthi Movies had always been a great production house and their latest product ‘Ready’ scores much above all their previous films. Ram is very lucky to have such banner backing him up, which is known depicting family values, human emotions and comedy that reflects the lifestyle, fun, responsibilities and helping nature of average Telugu family in any part of Andhra Pradesh.
Ready is such a clean entertainment that though you notice the length of the film which is almost 2 ¾ hours you find it difficult to choose which are the unwanted scenes are and which ones can be edited to have a shorter run-time. At the end of it you will not complain about the length of the film as you will be thoroughly entertained. Though the story and narration of the movie may remind you of other films like Venki, Dhee, Kshanakshanam, Bommarillu, Vinodam and Gudumba Shankar (especially the marriage song with villains too dancing to the tunes), you will still love the film for the novelty in treatment of the subject. If you are a Brahmanandam fan like me you may have already watched the movie more than once and must be planning for another visit to the theatre.
Seenu Vytla achieves a hat-trick and scores big with ‘READY’ without really depending on heavy weight heroes. He now joins the Telugu Top Directors league which hitherto consisted of Puri Jagannadh, SS Rajamouli & VV Vinayak. No doubt expectations will be soaring very high for his next project ‘KING’ with Nagarjuna. For the success of the movie he gets the lion’s share for his tight screenplay and treatment of the story, though there is nothing new in it. Then Brahmanandam, who with his typical mannerisms and dialogue delivery style takes over the second half to the extent that the movie ends on his face as the credits roll on. Seenu Vytla again depended heavily on his trademark comedy to deliver the goods for him.
Brahmanandam in his role of McDowell Murthy all through the second half, MS Narayana as Chinna Sastry and his expressions during the Dog episode, Sunil as Kuchipudi Dancer with the body language of a female and his Sagara Sangamam 'Thakita Thadhimi' Dance steps , Srinivas Reddy as Bangarraju and his dialogues on Mahesh Babu & B.Gopal, Master Bharath in China Rayudu role imitating his grand father and again in Spiderman episode, Surekha Vani as the mother of Master Bharath and taking her frustration on her maama garu by yelling at her son referring him as China Rayudu all the time were hilarious and tests how much can the audience bear in their guts with their stomach churning comedy. Nasser, Thanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan, Sudha, Satya Krishnan, Rajitha, Kota Srinivas Rao, Jayaprakash, Bharath (Ravi Teja’s brother), Shafi, Sunil Shetty and Balayya in support cast justify their roles and keep the screenplay moving forward very smoothly and entertainingly. Tamanna, Navdeep and Naga Babu make guest appearances adding some more value to the movie.
Ram needs to be commended for his unselfish nature of making other characters dominate him. However he did excel in his role of a fun loving and doted child showing concern and respect towards elders. He was full of enthusiasm and energy and his dances and fights are noteworthy. His timing in delivering comedy dialogues is impeccable though at times it does remind you of Pawan Kalyan. He also looked very glamorous and in the title song his eyebrow movement expressions for the line ‘Sweet Symphonilakey, Hot Bhangraalakey & Cute Thandanalakey’ were simply superb. Genelia’s role was an extension of her bubbly character of Bommarillu Hasini though she looked a little older on the screen beside Ram. Savitha Reddy’s stereotyped dubbing for her sounded okay but the mischievous tone was missing in major part of the film except barring the scenes in forest, especially when Genelia hangs on to a tree branch and says ‘ Poyettu Vunnanu’ while answering to Ram’s question ‘ Vunnavaa? Poyaavaa?’ and in the same scene when she says ‘Thokkalo Nadumu… mundu nannu kaapadavayya daanayya’.
Music for the movie was an asset. Best song of the movie for me is ‘Mere Sajana Mere Sajana.’ But unfortunately it comes just before the interval and some sections of audience who feels the pressure of 90 minutes length of first half does leave the theatre for a cigarette break or a nature’s call. Sirivennela penned the title song and embezzled it with very intelligent and clever English words that are popular among youth to go with the ‘Get Ready’ lead. Ram rocked with his steps while dancing for this song. Of course as with so many of Devi Sri Prasad’s songs, the music of this song sounds similar to that of his previous composition, in this case ‘Bhoogolamantha Sanchi Lona‘ from Shankar Dada Zindabad. 'Naa Pedhavulu Neevaithe' song is very melodious. ‘Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo Daanayya’ is a well written song and with cute expressions of Genelia and Ram teasers going with those words makes it appeal to the younger audience a lot. Last song of the movie ‘Ninne Pelladukuni’ is the best picturized song in recent times with so many big names coming into a single frame and has an aura of richness surrounding it. It must have really been a daunting task for Ravi Kishore to assemble so many busy artistes in front of the camera at the same time. That particular song’s picturaization does have shades of other marriage songs in films like Hum Aap Ke Hai Kaun, Ninne Pelladutha and Murari. Not having ‘Om Namasthe Bolo’ song would not have affected the flow of the movie at all. Even the fight scenes including the Krish getup scene were a little bit dragged and do affect the overall tempo and length of the movie. Camera work is good but for the songs shot in foreign locations which sometimes appeared little hazy and dull on screen. This inconsistency did make the audience rub their eyes.
Overall, this movie can be considered as the best family entertainer of the year till date. If you liked the movies ‘Dhee’ & ‘Krishna’ then you would love this movie and don’t mind watching it more than once. Kudos to Sravanthi Ravi Kishore for sticking to his ethics and moral values in making good family entertainers and not yielding to the pressures of commercial formula to get back in to the reckoning in spite of suffering three continuous flops before this. His movie making style does give a new lease of life and scope for more varied roles for Ram. The biggest beneficiaries of this film will no doubt be the common audience who would like to watch any film along with their other family members without becoming uncomfortable and be entertained in the process along with a message to carry home. Ready does deliver whatever they want and a lot more they wish for & do not ask but won’t mind having it anyway.
Moving over to cricket, my other passion, you know that I already have complained about the 50 Overs ODI. Here is another example of how boring and insignificant they might become going forward: New Zealand beat England by 22 runs in a game wherein the Kiwis could muster just 182 runs in their allotted overs and were all out, but they still went on to win the match as the Pommies were bowled out for 160 under 46 overs. In IPL, teams scored more runs in 20 overs than the England & New Zealand did in the 50 overs ODI. I revert back to the comments I made in my earlier articles that there should be just two formats: one the traditional Test Cricket and the other a limited overs international, either 50 or 20 but not both.
If ICC still wants to continue ODI cricket, then to make it more entertaining and for having closer finishes, instead of stipulated 50 overs it is better to have a newer format with two innings of 25 overs for each team. This would bring more interest and shorten the number of one-sided games and remove the boredom for the spectators. I am sure someone out there must be already thinking about this as ODIs will not be viable economically if T20s get more and more popular. With new leagues and championships already being planned left, right and center, the ODI as we know it may not stand up to the entertainment punch that T20 delivers for a very long time to come.
However one of the greatest wins in Indian Cricket History still continues to be attributed to ODI Cricket i.e., India’s 1983 World Cup campaign. Today marks the 25th Anniversary of our semi-final victory against England which gave us a chance to compete in the final of the 1983 Prudential Cup and dethrone the then World Champions – Clive Lloyd’s West Indies. I still consider it is the best team that India ever had in terms of team spirit. Indian Cricket should be really grateful to Kapil’s Devils for bringing India a glory that was not repeated ever since. That victory not only made cricketers as demi-gods but also let BCCI become the major force in World of Cricket with the kind of money that poured into its coffers. My salute to the India's Cricketer of the Century – the one and only KAPIL DEV NIKHANJ.
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About Vijay Jeedigunta: Vijay Saradhi Jeedigunta is a great fan of Cinema and Cricket and follows them as passoinately as any other Indian in spite of living in US for last 14 years. He Lived in Hyderabad,Graduated from Osmania in Electrical Engg and worked for Allwyn and Dr. Reddy's Labs before moving to USA in 1994. Before going to US he worked on some Doordarshan Documentaries and won the best TV Reviewer award for his Eenadu column called 'Cinnithera Chidvilasam'. He also had small stints as All India Radio's Official Statistician for Reliance Cup and some ODIs and Test matches. He was also a frequent contributor to Deccan Chronicle in their weekly sports page. He lives in Bridgewater, NJ with his wife and children. Currenlty employed by IBM as Managing consultant, he spends his spare time writing for dreamcricket.com. He also participates in a weekly radio show on cricket for EBCRADIO (1170 AM) in New Jersey.
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