Maryada Ramanna Movie Review
Genre: Comedy/Action
Type: Straight
Banner: Arka Media works
Type: Straight
Banner: Arka Media works
Cast:Sunil, Saloni Aswani, Brahmanandam, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others.
Music: MM Keeravani
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Art: Rajiv Nayyar
Story: S S Kanchi
Direction: S S Rajamouli
Producer: Prasad Devineni & Shobu Yarlagadda
Release date: 23 July 2010
Background : If there is any Telugu film director who has loads of brand value and can easily be signed by a brand company, it is S.S.Rajamouli. He has never had a failure, and his last film ‘Magadheera’ elevated his value to an all time high. So much that his next film ‘Maryada Ramanna’ an otherwise small film comes with loads of expectations.
Story : The story is simple and was already announced by the director himself. A poor but good at heart ‘Ramu’ has only few trusted friends. One of them is his old bicycle and the other thing is his famous ill-luck. So when he gets an offer that he can’t refuse he goes to his village Gandikota, in Rayalaseema to claim the land he just happened to earn. But what he doesn’t know is that his dead father was a ‘seema factionist’, and someone who killed the brother of a well known Rayalaseema factionist Ramineedu.
Artists Performance : Sunil, Saloni, Nagineedu, Brahmaji make the best of the opportunities they have been given. Sunil not only cuts down on his typical dialogue delivery but also emotes with extreme innocence. Saloni has all the makings of a heroine, and one wonders why she hasn’t had many opportunities. Ramineedu, a first timer in Telugu, emotes with extreme goodness in hospitality scenes while he elevates himself to a typical Telugu cinema villain easily.
Ravi Teja’s voice for the bicycle is funny, and in some scenes he becomes an invisible actor. If there is someone claiming to put Telugu culture at the fore, they better look at this film. Telugu culture doesn’t become the vital part of the tale, but gets real value.
Analysis: Filmmaking is like cricket, more so for Telugu people. The moment you perform in one innings (read film), the second innings (next film) generates unnecessary hype inspite of having a different story and different demands. Nagarjuna after ‘Annammayya’, Krishna after ‘Alluri Seetarama Raju’ must have realized it the hard way. This is where Rajamouli does well. He can now take the burden of ‘Magadheera’ off his shoulders and yet get a good hit with this film. He can sleep better now. Go watch 'Maryada Ramanna' with your family. This is a good Telugu commercial cinema.
Movie Rating: 3.5/5
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