"READY" Movie Review

After Dhee, hopes are high on Sreenu Vaitla's films. He has come out with a formula of sorts-one family with goons, one happy, normal family with a son so dynamic he wins over the goons and their hearts and their girl! And Brahmanandam in a pivotal role, used so effectively, you can just go to watch that track. Decent music and picturization, all main characters used to create comic relief throughout and strong characterizations are all a part of both Dhee and Ready.

Plot An elopement drama, but Chandu picks up the wrong bride from the wrong wedding hall. This bride, Pooja, doesn't want to marry her suitor either and insists that Chandu and his gang drop her off at Kurnool. An America-returned orphan, Pooja is escaping marriage to her cousin, whose father and uncle (her two mamas) are warring over property. Chandu has already fallen in love with this girl, and he is ready to face any risk.

Story, Screenplay and Direction Every aspect of the movie, every track, every character has been explored before. But the plus is in how the director put it all together in a style that he has developed with each movie and ends it also in his trademark style. You remember how nothing really happens in Anandam till half the movie is over and done with? Well, there's been a bit of a deviation with Dhee and now Ready. Things do happen quickly, the story begins with scene 1 and continues till the end. All that outwitting-the-villain business that felt novel in the first few movies-from Dil to Dhee, looks a little lame already.

Brahmanandam enters post-break and contributes to the movie's asset quota. The chemistry of the lead pair is also good. The pace doesn't ever slacken and correspondingly, viewer attention doesn't waver. As mentioned before, it's all been done before; so now it's in SV style. The editing and cinematography are up to the mark.

The first half is just okay. The whole outwitting part obviously begins in the second half. So it's a fun forty minutes, where before it begins and towards the climax there are some fights et al, and some concluding dialogues. The director has this tendency to take the drama to a peak and just come to a hassle-free conclusion, as if he doesn't want any conflict just before a very happy ending. The movie signs off with a 'Punch'.

Genelia and RamPerformances Ram does a good job-he has it in him, and give and take a few years, he'll be a force to reckon with-if he gets to work with the right directors who will tap his talent and drive. Genelia still makes faces, but face it: she's perhaps the most consistent female lead out there today, in terms of performances and hits together. Shafi and Bharat as Genelia's cousins ham a little, Kota-__ and Jayaprakash Reddy- as her rival aunt-uncle pairs do their job well. All the members of Chandu's family, from Nasser to Bharani and others have soppy lines to sprout and soppy songs to dance to once in a while, which they've done justice to. Chandu's gang of pals, Srinivas Reddy, Vidya (with a fundo Telangana dialect) and others are believable.

Song and Dance The music is not bad, and the picturization is just okay.

Last Word Timepass. A few laughs, some senti scenes and SV Special Happy Ending to ensure that you leave the hall with a smile.

End Credits :

Starring : Ram, Genelia, Brahmanandam, Suneel, Nasser, Tanikella Bharani, Chandramohan, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Jayaprakash Reddy, Sudha, Vidya, Saranya, Srinivasa Reddy and Others.

Action: Peter Hein.
Art: AS Prakash.
Dialogues: Kona Venkat & Gopi Mohan.
Choreography: Shankar, Suchitra Chandrabose & Prem Rakshit.
Cinematography: Prasad Murella.
Editing: MR Verma.

Lyrics: Sirivennela & Ramajogaiah Sastry.
Music: Devisri Prasad.
Story: Kona Venkat.
Direction: Sreenu Vaitla.
Producer: Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.
Banner: Sri Sravanthi Movies.
Release Date: 19th June, 2008.