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Story

Film Ready, directed by Anees Bazmee is a remake of a Telugu hit of the same name. The film stars Salman Khan and Asin in the lead role. Ready belongs to the genre, of commercial cinema, which is loved by the movie goers. However, there is a piece of suggestion, Ready is not a film for people who are looking for meaningful cinema. It is film which is full of masala, humour, love, peppy music and of course superstar Salman Khan.

Prem Kapoor (Salman Khan) lives with his father (Mahesh Manjrekar) and two uncles (Manoj Joshi, Manoj Pahwa). Sanjana Singh (Asin) is an orphan who comes to India to stay with her mamas (uncles) Sharat Saxena and Akhilendra Mishra who are greedy and want to takeover her property. Prem falls in love with Sanjana and decides to teach her mamas a lesson. The mamas plan to marry Sanjana to their respective brothers-in-law, so that they get her property. How, Prem fools everybody and rescues Sanjana from the mess, is what follows in the story.

Plus Points

The film comes as a fresh breath for the film goers after a long list of serious cinemas. There is not much to think about the plot as it is definitely behind times, however the peppiness that Salman adds to the love story by his power packed performance is totally paisa wasool and entertaining.

Ready brings back the dream world cinemas, where there is a hero and heroine and they fall in love and that is the world for them. The dialogues are superb and delivered with the correct expression. You will enjoy the film if you want to get out of that meaningful cinema mode and watch something entertaining.

Bazmee successfully packs loads of entertainment in Ready that you hardly get chance to get bored in the two hours of journey. Music was full-on feel good types. The action is good.

Loopholes

The screenplay fails to grip the attention in the first hour of the film. There are few scenes that did not make sense. These above things could have been avoided if the writing was absolute. At places writing was old-fashioned and outdated.

Performance

Salman Khan spread his superstar act in the film, with his soulful performance. Asin is convincing. However, at a lot of places she looks ill and not at ease. Paresh Rawal is excellent and as usual compliments finely with Salman's comic timing. Sudesh Lehri was solid and exceptional. Akhilendra Mishra, Mahesh Manjrekar, Anooradha Patel and Sharat Saxena are good. Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Kangna, Zarine Khan, Chunky Pandey and Arbaaz Khan have done great cameos.

Over All

Ready is strictly for masses and Salman makes films strictly for them. Looking for a masala flick? Readyis the best choice for the weekend to chill out and refresh your mind.

Cast & Crew

Starring : Salman Khan, Asin, Arya Babbar, Paresh Rawal, Puneet Issar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Akhilendra Mishra
Director : Anees Bazmee
Producer : Rajat Rawail, Bhushan Kumar, Nitin Manmohan, Kishan Kumar, Sohail Khan
Story : Gopimohan
Music : Pritam, Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography : Sunil Patel, Thomas Xavier
Editor : Ritesh Soni
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: MissIffiy


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Posted: 14 years ago
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after reading some of the reviews...i am dieing to watch READY...god...will definitely do it this weekend...' (i hope it breaks all BO records)...

-----yahan bhi hoga wahan bhi hoga ...abb to sarey jahan mein hoga...KYA...?????.----------READY KA JALWA... 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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Posted: 14 years ago
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thanx a lot for the info josharora...
I am sooo excited 4 READY...ahhh SALLU
Nasha READY ka...… Nashila Nashila Hai

Allah Duhai Hai
READY hi Ready chahyi Hai
Muskil Judai Hai
READY key Pyaar Mein

Adaaa sallu ki...…Ada Ney Hi Loota Hai ❤️

READY

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Posted: 14 years ago
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I just bought my ticket for Ready.Im the last luck one to get ticket for first show in chennai.Here the film starts at 12.Is it housefull in other places or ur able to get the ticket now.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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hey seemarao2...gud tht u got the ticket...em off to watch this weekend...do post ur review ...😊
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Raja Sen reviews Ready

June 03, 2011 11:35 IST
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A still from ReadyRaja feels Ready doesn't even try to make sense and therefore falls flat. Post YOUR reviews here!

One of the most frequently repeated terms to describe and legitimise Bollywood's silliest products is "paisa vasool." This patronising yet appreciative phrase denotes giving up, the person using the term confessing that while the film in question is harebrained and stupid, it may still end up a sequel-spawning behemoth at the box office.

Salman Khan's [ Images ] recent films frequently fall into this category, lovers of the "paisa vasool" phrase gorging on the predictable mindlessness: a few rude gags, a few politically incorrect ones, each tragically unfunny, a sketchy plot that nevertheless must be spelt out in full, some sexist dialogue to the heroine, some random Sallu Bhai in-jokes, one climactically hyped moment of shirtlessness. Yet the phrase is used just like it would be at a shaadi buffet with mediocre catering -- we call it "paisa vasool" because we don't actually spend a single coin to watch it.

If, however, I had to pay to watch Ready, Anees Bazmee's latest film, I would feel sorely insulted. One doesn't and can't really take offense at a bad film, but a film that doesn't even try Now that's a whole different league of idiocy. It's all very well to turn Priyadarshanese into a bloody genre, but films like Ready often don't even feel like actual films: just a showcase of Sallu Bhai and his intentionally-limited skills. The plot is puerile, the characters are stock, and the heroine is a prop, all so that Salman can strut around like a megastar and some of us can applaud indulgently as if watching a twelve-year-old paint the roof of a chapel. With a chappal. (Yeah, that pun would have made it into Bazmee's script easy.)

To make things clear, this is not Dabanng. Looking at that historically huge hit, one can see what works: Salman swaggers around the place in a moustache, sure, but there is also a fundamental reliance on plot, however inanely formulaic. In this latest film, Khan seems to be pushing his own rather frightening envelope "How little can I get away with?" "Will they pay to just watch me smirk?" "Can I do this scene campy and that scene straight?" "Will the audience eat up random groin thrusts if only I use the hilarious word 'peoples' over and over again?" and Ready, as a result, falls flat for lack of trying. It is a film trying to coast on Salman while Salman tries to coast on his own star-wattage, and so we have a film with a first half that takes ages to get going and a second half that just doesn't end.

The plot, seemingly filched from Bazmee's own, far funnier Welcome, with a pinch of Priyadarshan's [ Images ] Hulchul, revolves around two warring mafia families trying to nab a young girl's inheritance. It unfolds simply, conveniently, and very predictably indeed. After all it is just backdrop. There are a few gags, of course, and Khan occasionally does as only stars very aware of their own deification can: sell an impossible scene, and despite all the bad writing, make it work simply by dint of his screen presence. But even that seems mostly muted in this nothing film.

I have previously remarked
that Asin's [ Images ] last name must secretly be Ine, and here the actress is even more insufferable than before, and doesn't even look nice while she annoys. Mahesh Manjrekar [ Images ], Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena do what they can, but this film -- where the comedic highpoint is the fact that two morons are named after Salman flops, Veer and Yuuvraaj doesn't give anyone, especially the talented and creatively abused Paresh Rawal [ Images ], any wiggle room.

Those who are clapping for this film almost got the phrase right, only it's more extortionate than value for money: the accurate term is "paisa vasooli." Pay up.


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Posted: 14 years ago
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Review: Ready
(Comedy)
Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films, NDTV
Thursday, June 02, 2011

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Cast: Salman Khan, Asin, Arya Babbar, Paresh Rawal
Director: Anees Bazmee

Ready should have just been called: Salman Khan. The film is essentially a one-man show by an actor, who doesn't act.

Instead, he plays himself with aplomb – a charming rockstar who can, without much sweat, win the girl, beat-up the bad guy, reconcile warring relations and of course, bare his chiseled chest.

This time, he even asks us, the viewers, mazaa aya?

How much you enjoy Ready is directly proportionate to your affection for Salman and cheerfully cheesy, low-brow humour.

Thankfully, Ready isn't in the same soul-sucking category as director Anees Bazmee's last two movies: Thank You and No Problem. But it still falls very much into his special brand of brain-dead, anything-for-a-laugh comedy.

So, the climax includes little boys standing in a line and peeing on the baddies; the dialogue includes lines like: "in that case, aa jao mere paas meri suitcase" and my favorite: "aaj pehli baar kisi aurat ne samajdari ki baat ki" and if you prefer your films to have a coherent plot, then you best sit this one out.

The story, what there is of it, involves Prem, played by Salman Khan, falling in love with an imposter Sanjana, played by Asin, and then attempting to get her two angry, criminal uncles to like each other again. Prem keeps saying: "I love these mafia peoples."

The film is a remake of a Telugu blockbuster and it comes with loud but infectious songs with titles such as Dhinka Chika and Character Dheela. Obviously class, wit, craft, continuity have little significance here.

Ready made me laugh sporadically but beyond a point I could almost feel my brain cells shrinking and exhaustion setting in, one joke at a time. I'm going with two stars.



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Posted: 14 years ago
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Komal Nahta Reviews Salman Khan's Ready
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEATDwMH530[/YOUTUBE]
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Posted: 14 years ago
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My brother caught this movie last night and he told the film make no sense at all.. he was like what was going where he couldnt figured it out. 😕

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