Credits
Banner: Arka Media
Cast: Sunil, Saloni, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Rao Ramesh, Supreet, Venu Gopal, Prabhakar, Kanchi, Anuj Gurwar, Kosuri Bharat Nag & Ravi Teja (voice)
Music: MM Keeravani
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Ananta Sreeram, Rama Jogaiah Sastri and Chaitanya Prasad
Cinematography: C Ram Prasad
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Art: R Ravinder
Visual Effects: RC Kamalakannan
Fights: Peter Heins
Styling: Rama Rajamouli
Story idea: Vara Mullapudi
Story - dialogues: SS Kanchi
Screenplay - direction: SS Rajamouli
Producer: Shobu Yarlagadda & Prasad Devineni
Release date: 23 July 2010
Writing/Direction
It’s basically remake or adaptation about Our Hospitality a silent movie and its a faction movie.
So obviously faction movies ruled from 1999-2005 it became outdated. Then 3 more movies came with the same story which brought something new:
Maryada Ramanda
Mirchi
Aravinda Samantha
Movie is very well done and so simple yet entertaining. Literally movie starts and brings into light the conflict. Sunil mom doesnt want him to fall prey to the violence so she dies and raises him in the city. And interestingly where movie starts, it also ends there. It opens with Gandikota visuals and then climax is there itself.
Hero and heroine both have goals in the movie. Hero needs money so he comes for the land and he’s very relatable because he’s a common man doesnt find etc just a simple guy, heroine likes to draw but her entire family and her would be bava makes fun of it and she’s very likable too so you start liking this love story too.
Then Ramu’s relative tells him about why it might be dangerous and explains about the godavalu. Ramu is innocent and he doesnt know. Then he meets Mallasuri and he finds out and danger starts.
They play hide and seek and then Sunil finds out and cuts back to what his babbai said and he realizes he is in danger and overhears everything.
Then fun starts with comedy and they want him to leave and he does everything he possibly can to not leave as it’s Avery unique point can only kill the guy if he’s outside the house. And you also start to feel the tension. He cuts the swing and he sets that up in the beginning and he cuts it, pretending to fake it and then hilarious situations ensue of everybody trying to get to leave the house.
Like the scenes:
He gets on a pole and it falls
Letter falls down and its outside, he comes from inside to outside and back inside and they miss the chance.
Balancing the tension and humor aspect is very tough and Rajamouli did a brilliant job at it.
For example: lead into Teluguammayi song. You literally have tension that anything can happen to Ramu but the Brahamaji dad puts pellichoopulu and makes things very funny and lighthearted
Also their uncles death ceremony, kind of symbolic like he’s responsible for his death in a way being born to Chatrapathi Sekhar was very funny.
Then the bath scene very funny. Just utilizes Sunil and the tension so well.
Climax gets very serious and riveting with action sequences and chases. Crazy turn of events. Jump is very athi from the cliff. But its very entertaining and then climax has the needed emotion and its very well done.
The cycle as well is brilliant stroke. Best thing is you can literally see Raviteja performing the dialogues too. The circle is a great character because it always helps Ramu when he’s in need, like in the beginning and then climax but its always trolling him too.
Direction by Rajamouli is very good. This movie proves once again why he’s the master story teller. Utilizing Sunil comic timing and pricing great entertainment int he train scenes and then bringing story to Rayalaseema and then one again going from entertainment and balancing the humor and tension was so well done. It doesnt have typical Rajamouli elements like hero elevations or mass scenes but it does have emotions and grandeur to be frank and good convict which drives the story forward. Such a simple story but told in an entertaining manner.
