Ramayya Vastavayya Movie Review - 2.5/5

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[color=#999999][size=2]MOVIE:[/size][/color]Ramayya Vastavayya[/b][/size][/color] [color=#DC4B37][size=5][b]
[color=#999999][size=2]RATING:[/size][/color]2.5/5[/b][/size][/color]
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[b]Cast:[/b] NTR, Samantha, Shruti Hassan, Ravi Shankar and Others[/size][/color] [color=#454545][size=4]
[b]Directed by :[/b] Harish Shankar[/size][/color] [color=#454545][size=4]
[b]Produced by :[/b] Dil Raju[/size][/color] [color=#454545][size=4]
[b]Banner :[/b] Sri Venkateswara Creations[/size][/color] [color=#454545][size=4]
[b]Music :[/b] SS Thaman[/size][/color] [color=#454545][size=4]
[b]Release Date :[/b] 2013-10-11[/size][/color]

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Ramayya Vastavayya is one of the most hyped up project of the year for many reasons. NTR, who has delivered his first forty crore film with Baadshah teamed up with Harish Shankar, who scored a blockbuster with his previous film Gabbar Singh. NTR and Harish duo doing a film on successful producer Dil Raju's banner made it a super hot product in the trade. Did Ramayya live up to the hype surrounding it?

[b]What is it about?[/b]

Nandu (NTR) falls in love with Akarsha (Samantha) in first look and teases her and follows her until she reciprocates. One fine day Nandu is invited to Akarsha's sister's marriage. There we get to know that Nandu is a man on a mission. He has a bad past and he targets everyone that caused pain to him.

[b]Performances:[/b]

NTR is totally different in this film. His makeover, especially in the first half of the movie is a surprise. His comic timing and different body language is absolute joy to watch. He is good in emotional scenes and his dances in a couple of songs will please his fans. Samantha is lovely and gorgeous as Akarsha. She doesn't have much scope to perform, but she leaves a mark on the movie with her good screen presence. Shruti Haasan's character is cliched and annoying at times. She played a brief yet important role, but bad writing didn't help her much. Ravi Shankar is good as one of the villains. Rao Ramesh has an important role as the investigating officer. He has a very good scene in which he excelled as an actor. All others did their bit.

[b]Technicalities:[/b]

Music by Thaman is average. Couple of songs are good musically as well as on screen. Background score is good in parts. Cinematography is alright. Nothing great about Chota's work in this movie. Editing is not up to the mark. The film drags on and on in the second half. Urgent editing of scenes in second hour is needed. Dialogues written by Harish Shankar are just okay. He excelled as a dialog writer in Mirapakay and Gabbar Singh. In this movie, his work as dialog writer doesn't stand out. Story and screenplay are routine. Direction is good in first half, but Harish faltered big time in the second half. Both the halves of the film goes entirely in opposite directions and Harish failed to strike a balance between them, thus giving the feeling of watching two films on single ticket.

[b]Analysis:[/b]

Except for NTR's characterization and youthful style in the first hour, Ramayya Vastavayya offers nothing new. It is a very routine subject which has been made many times in Telugu till now. Recent hit Racha has a similar storyline. Most of the scenes in this movie resemble that film. First half of the film is mildly entertaining and races ahead at a smooth pace. Although there is nothing fascinating about the first half, NTR makes it special with his performance and style.

The story takes a U turn during the interval and the mood shifts completely. Second half has no comedy or entertainment of any means. Shruti Haasan character which should have evoked sympathy annoys too much and one will literally wait for her character to be eliminated! Harish Shankar fails to get back on track once the flashback opens. It gets heavy towards the end and excessive violence in last half an hour will not please hardcore fans of NTR too.

Ramayya Vastavayya is a strict no no to family audience. NTR fans may like it as their favorite hero has shown a different angle in him. Masses who like to watch bloodshed and mindless action may find it worth a watch. As per content of the film and cinematic experience, Ramayya leaves nothing to take home. NTR's sincere attempt has gone wasted on a mediocre script. His wait for that much needed blockbuster continues.

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[size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Rating: [color=#FF0000]2.75/5[/color]
Banner:[/b] Sri Venkateshwara Creations
[b]Cast:[/b] NTR, Samantha, Shruti Haasan, Mukesh Rishi, Ravi Shankar, Rao Ramesh, Kota, Ajay, Rohini Hattangadi, Tanikella Bharani and others
[b]Music:[/b] Thaman
[b]Cinematographer:[/b] Chota K Naidu
[b]Editor:[/b] Gautham Raju
[b]Director:[/b] Harish Shankar
[b]Producer:[/b] Dil Raju
[b]Release date:[/b] 11/10/2013[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]After scraping through with some success in the form of ‘Baadshah’, junior NTR has teamed up with Harish Shankar who is floating with ‘Gabbar Singh’s success. Let us see if this combination worked.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Story[/b]
Nandu (Jr NTR) and his group of friends are happy go lucky guys and he gets struck when he sees Akarsha (Samantha). From thereon, he tries all ways to impress her and finally manages to do that. He is invited for Akarsha’s sister marriage and there he meets her father (Mukesh Rishi) who is going through a series of life threats and other issues from hidden enemies. Nandu comes forward and offers to help. However, there is a motive behind Nandu’s help and what happens from there forms the rest of the story.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Performances[/b]
Junior NTR is the life and soul for this film. He has excelled in every department and few expressions of his in certain scenes are really absorbing. Of course, the quota of his punch dialogues is less.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Samantha looks cute with her somewhat plastic shaping but more than that, she has put on few kilos which has upped her sex appeal and oomph factor. As a role, it wasn’t much but she did her job as required.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Shruti Haasan looked a little misfit for her role. Added to that, her dubbing was not that effective. Barring the one song she did and her last scene, rest of the times her makeup and dressing were not proper.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ravi Shankar was superb. His dialogue delivery, body language and expressions showed the much needed menacing effect. Though he arrives at a later stage he managed to grab attention in a big way.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mukesh Rishi got a significant role and made his presence felt, few powerful dialogues for him would have given a good result. Kota was brief but brilliant. Rao Ramesh was elegant. Rohini Hattangadi was a miscast. Tanikella was neat. The group of friends for NTR brought some light moments.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Highlights[/b][/font][/color][/size][list]
[*][size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NTR[/font][/color][/size]
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[size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Drawbacks[/b][/font][/color][/size][list]
[*][size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No substance in plot and script[/font][/color][/size]
[*][size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Loud BGM[/font][/color][/size]
[*][size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Insufficient punch dialogues[/font][/color][/size]
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[size=4][color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Analysis[/b]
Story being old fashioned cannot be a complaint when the film is not up to expectation. Intact dialogues, in depth emotional quotient and a right intensity in all parts with conviction can work wonders despite old story. Harish Shankar could do that partly but not sufficiently.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There is no doubt about Jr NTR’s caliber as an actor and his screen presence. But that needs to come with a sensible plot and a reasonably good share of entertainment to expect a blockbuster from him.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Harish Shankar tried to exploit NTR’s action image ignoring the muscle needed for romance and entertainment. Since he was unable to cook up the right plot, he should have focused on giving a tacky screenplay with very convincing and interesting dialogues to keep the audience hooked, but that didn’t happen completely.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The other aspect that Harish must have focused was on giving strength and elevation to all the antagonists. Though he did a fantastic job with Ravi Shankar, Harish didn’t work on giving some strong dialogues to Mukesh Rishi, despite bigger screen space. Similarly he missed generating more fun with comedian like Praveen. And Rohini Hattangadi proves to be a miscast for the role. She is known for her decent roles and Seetaramayya Gari Manavaralu is yet to be forgotten by many. Some other actress who is known for generating laughs could have worked the comedy episodes made on her.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Also, he didn’t define his style of film making like that of Trivikram and Boyapati. He is making films for hero not defining his signature style which may damage his image in future. It is only after the interval bang that the real story begins and since the plot was predictable something different should have been included to make it more engrossing.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The entire first half goes without any direction towards the story and the typical songs, fights, some comedy, romancing follows one after the other mechanically. Even the music part is not gripping to keep the audience glue to seats. Except the songs ‘Neneppudaina’ and ‘Jabilli..’, others became cigarette songs. The final song ‘Idi Ranarangam…’ smelled rotten with out-dated idea. How can the director imagine a song in such a situation? The second half is completely action filled. Though there a couple of sparks on a whole, it ended up as an obsolete treat with cliched climax.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Given the stardom and image of NTR, he must have packed with strong dialogues. Story is less and buildup is more. Technically and production wise the film has no compromise but quality and ability to provide wholesome entertainment failed.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Bottomline:[/b] [b]Ramayya Visigistavayya..![/b][/font][/color]



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