Maryada Ramanna

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Maryada Ramanna
Maryada Ramanna.JPG
Release poster
Directed byS. S. Rajamouli
Screenplay byS. S. Rajamouli
Story byS. S. Kanchi
Based onOur Hospitality
by Buster Keaton
Produced byShobu Yarlagadda
Prasad Devineni
Starring
CinematographyRam Prasad
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Distributed byArka Media Works
Release date
  • 23 July 2010 (2010-07-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹120 million[1]
Box office
  • est.₹ 300–400 million[a]

Maryada Ramanna is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by S. S. Rajamouli. The film is produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under Arka Media Works. The film stars Sunil and Saloni while Nagineedu plays a supporting role. This film is inspired by Buster Keaton's 1923 silent comedy film Our Hospitality. It has music composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing performed by Ram Prasad and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively.

Released on 23 July 2010, the film opened to favourable reviews by critics. It received four Nandi Awards, including Best Popular Feature Film. It was remade in five languages, namely, Maryade Ramanna (2011) in Kannada, Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re (2011) in Bengali, Son of Sardaar (2012) in Hindi, Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham (2014) in Tamil and Ivan Maryadaraman (2015) in Malayalam.

Plot[]

In 1982, Gandikota village of Rayalaseema region, a feud between two rival families results in the murder of Ramineedu's brother. He, along with his two sons Mallasuri and Baireddy, vow for revenge. 28 years later in Hyderabad, Ramu, an innocent man who lost both his parents, is ousted out of his job. He dreams of buying an autorickshaw for livelihood but is unable to finance it himself. One day, he receives a legal notice that he is the inheritor of five acres of land in Gandikota. In the hope of selling the land, he sets off to the village on a train. On the journey, he meets Aparna, Ramineedu's daughter, and they become fond of each other. Ramu ends up in Ramineedu's house to seek his help to sell the land.

However, Ramu happens to be the son of Raghava Rao, the man who murdered Ramineedu's brother. Mallasuri informs Ramineedu about this and asks his permission to kill Ramu. But Ramineedu instructs that Ramu must not be killed as long as he is in their house, honouring their age-old traditions of not shedding the blood inside the house. Ramu is aghast when he overhears this and realizes that he'd be safe if he confines himself to the house. He pretends to be hit by a swing and takes rest for a day. Ramineedu and his sons realize that he is taking advantage of their tradition and are eager to get him out of the house. The following day happens to be death anniversary of Ramineedu's brother and all their relatives arrive. Ramu is afraid that he'd be killed as soon as everyone leaves. In a ploy to make everyone stay for longer, Ramu manipulates Valasanaidu to get his son Srikanth married to Aparna the same day. Ramineedu reluctantly agrees but Srikanth refuses. Ramu convinces Srikanth to marry Aparna by describing her attributes by which Aparna realizes her love for Ramu.

Meanwhile, Ramineedu announces that wedding would take place at the temple and everyone should go there. Aparna secretly meets Ramu and asks him to meet her at a mosque by escaping in one of the flowerbaskets. Mallasuri tries to secretly kill Ramu in the pent house but he clevery escapes. As everyone leave to the temple, Bairreddy watches Ramu hiding in the flowerbaskets and plans to kill on the streets but fails to do so. Ramu stayed back in the empty house and finally runs away but Bairreddy and Mallasuri start chasing him. Srikanth, who realizes that Aparna is in love Ramu, tries to convince Ramineedu about their marriage. Furious Ramineedu decides to kill Ramu. Aparna meets Ramu to elope with him, only to realize that Ramu does not love her and was only trying to save his own life. Ramineedu and his sons find them at a wooden bridge. Aparna tries to stop his father but he is determined to kill Ramu as he dared to elope with his daughter. When Aparna says that she was the who loved him, Ramu realizes her love and surrenders himself. When they are about to kill him, she jumps into the river and Ramu saves her by jumping along. Ramineedu understands their love and lets them unite.

Cast[]

Production[]

This film is inspired by Buster Keaton's 1923 silent comedy film Our Hospitality.[3] Maryada Ramanna was officially launched in June 2009 at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad.[4] Rajamouli said "I decided that my next project would be Maryada Ramanna during the Magadheera shooting itself because it is a 1 and half-year project that demands a lot of physical labor and mental strain. I didn't want to commit another physically exhausting film immediately after Magadheera. Maryada Ramanna gave us time to recharge our batteries so that we could come up with another huge project." He also revealed the film's plot on the film's launch to minimize the expectations of the audience because of this film's success.[5]

Soundtrack[]

Maryada Ramanna
Soundtrack album by
M. M. Keeravani
Released6 July 2010
Recorded2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:57
LanguageTelugu
LabelVel records
ProducerM. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Jhummandi Naadam
(2010) 		Maryada Ramanna
(2010) 		Anaganaga O Dheerudu
(2010)

The audio was released at a function held at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad. The launch of the audio release was a webcast live on the internet, and it got a good response from internet viewers all over the world.[6]

Dasari Narayana Rao released the audio and handed over the first copy to K. Raghavendra Rao. The function was also attended by noted film fraternity like Junior NTR, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, V. V. Vinayak, Dil Raju, Prabhas, Sirivennela and other prominent cast and crew of the film. Meanwhile, music director MM Keeravani's birthday was also celebrated at a star-studded function.[6]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Ammayi Kitiki Pakkana"Anantha SreeramKarunya, Chaitra3:37
2."Udyogam Oodipoyind"Ramajogayya SastryRanjith3:45
3."Telugammayi"Anantha SreeramM. M. Keeravani & Geetha Madhuri4:05
4."Raaye Raaye"Chaitanya PrasadRaghu Kunche & Geetha Madhuri4:21
5."Parugulu Thiyy"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:10
Total length:19:57

Reception[]

The film received positive reviews by critics.[7][8] Raghu Chaitanya from CNN-IBN said "The climax is perhaps the only drawback in the entire movie as the director opts to take the clichéd path of emotions and love. Sunil perfectly fits the bill as the innocent guy who comes back to sell his land and make money [...] SS Rajamouli emerges a winner showing that he can make good movies without huge budgets and big star cast."[9] The Times of India gave a two and a half stars explained "Comedian Sunil, who turned hero with Andalaramudu a few years ago this time returns with another roaring comic flick and puts in a restrained performance. However, a well-designed set, great cinematography and mellifluous tunes by Keeravani takes this comic caper to a different plane."[10]

Sify which gave a verdict as "Worth a watch" further noted "Sunil would no longer look like a comedy hero. His dances are simply superb, Saloni is beautiful and holds natural sex appeal. It is unfortunate that her talents remained undetected for the last three years, but for Rajamouli, now. She performed with perfection all through the movie. Definitely, she awaits a bright future hereafter, it seems. Maryada Ramanna has a judicious mix of fun, thrill and suspense."[11] Rediff gave a three stars, commented Maryada Ramanna is thoroughly enjoyable. Rajamouli sure has a winner on his hands. Sunil is able to captivate the audience and Saloni looks pretty and is convincing too. Nagineedu portrays the role brilliantly. There are quite a few others like Brahmaji, Anuj Gurwara and Rao Ramesh who perform well."[12]

Remakes[]

The film was remade in Kannada as Maryade Ramanna (2011) starring Komal Kumar and Nisha Shah. Its Bengali remake was titled Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re starring Soham Chakraborty and Srabanti Chatterjee, In 2012,The film's Hindi remake was released titled Son of Sardaar. It was directed by Ashwni Dhir and starred Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla.

Tamil remake was tilted Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham (2014) starring Santhanam and Ashna Zaveri directed by Srinath. Malayalam remake was titled Ivan Maryadaraman (2015) where Dileep and Nikki Galrani played the lead roles. Nagineedu reprised his role in the both Tamil and Malayalam versions of the film.

Box office[]

The film grossed ₹1 crore (US$140,000) in its first weekend of release in the United States.[13] The film collected a share of ₹10.58 crore (US$1.5 million) (after tax and theatre rentals) within 7 days in India.[14] Over all the film managed to gross about ₹30 crore (US$4.2 million) and was one among the top grossers of the year 2010.[15]

Accolades[]

Nandi Awards[16]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Sakshi estimates the film worldwide gross to be ₹300 million.[1] The New Indian Express estimates the film worldwide gross to be ₹400 million.[2]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Tollywood: The big hits of 2010". The New Indian Express. 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ Krishna (23 July 2020). "10 Years to Rajamouli Maryadaramanna: రాజమౌళి 'మర్యాద రామన్న'కి పదేళ్ళు!". www.hmtvlive.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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  5. ^ "Interview with SS Rajamouli". Idlebrain.com. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Maryada Ramanna music launched in style". Oneindia Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
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  8. ^ "Tollywood loves Maryada Ramanna". Sify. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  9. ^ "'Maryada Ramanna' emerges a winner". IbnLive. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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  12. ^ "Maryada Ramanna is fun". Rediff. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  13. ^ "Maryada Ramanna collects 1 crore rupees share in 1st weekend in USA". Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Maryada Ramanna collects 10.58 crores share (after tax) in 1-week in India". Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
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  16. ^ "Creativity to the fore in low budget films". The Times of India. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

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