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{{short description|2008 film by Srinu Vaitla}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ready
| image = Ready telugu 2008 film 1.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Srinu Vaitla]]
| producer = [[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]]
| writer = Kona Venkat (dialogue)
| screenplay = Srinu Vaitla
| story = {{ubl|[[Kona Venkat]]|[[Gopimohan]]}}
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] [[Genelia D'Souza|Genelia]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cinematography = [[Prasad Murella]]
| studio = [[Sri Sravanthi Movies]]
| editing = M.R. Varma
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| distributor =
| released = 19 June 2008 ([[India]])
| runtime = 174 minutes
| budget = {{INR|80 million|link=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/2008--top-5-films-at-the-box-office-imagegallery-1-movies-jdwmUweaejdsi.html |title=2008- Top 5 films at the box-office |website=Sify |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|170 million}}
}}

'''''Ready''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action comedy]] film directed by [[Srinu Vaitla]]. Produced by [[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]] under the [[Sri Sravanthi Movies]] banner, the film stars [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] and [[Genelia D'Souza|Genelia]] while [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], [[Brahmanandam]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Tanikella Bharani]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] and [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] play other prominent roles. The music of the film is composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ready.html |title=Ready(denikaina) movie review}}</ref> It turned out to be a ''Blockbuster'' at the box-office and was one of the highest grossing Telugu movies of 2008.

The film received three [[Nandi Awards]], including the [[Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film|Best Popular Feature Film]]. It was later remade in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Raam (2009 film)|Raam]]'' (2009), [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Uthamaputhiran (2010 film)|Uthama Puthiran]]'' (2010) and in [[Hindi]] under the [[Ready (2011 film)|same name]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/review/11003.html |title=Raam Movie Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-uthamaputhiran/20101105.htm |title=Uthamaputhiran is illogical |publisher=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/news-interviews/29742763_1_box-office-major-releases-films |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103130316/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/news-interviews/29742763_1_box-office-major-releases-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-03 |title=King Khan? In 2011, Salman's Ready is biggest Bollywood box-office hit |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raghupathi is the eldest of his three brothers — the other two being Raghava and Rajaram. They also have a sister Swarajyam. Chandu is the only son of Raghava. The family owns the shopping mall R S Brothers. Chandu plans the elopement of his cousin Swapna with her boyfriend due to which he is ousted from the house and is isolated from his family by Raghupathi. However, Chandu tries to re-establish links with his family members, but to no avail. Meanwhile, on the last day of his college, Chandu and his friends meet their friend "Google" Gopi who is depressed because his girlfriend will marry someone else. Chandu decides to stop the marriage and marry off her to Gopi. However, they kidnap Pooja instead of Gopi's girlfriend due to a mistaken identity due to the function hall's name. After being chased by some hooligans – who are after Pooja – they escape with the exception of Chandu and Pooja who end up in the forest. Chandu falls for Pooja who also reciprocates her feelings.

After learning that her best friend is not in town, Pooja decides to stay in Chandu's home disguising herself as a disciple of Raghupathi's spiritual guru. Chandu is also welcomed back in his family. When he was about to propose to Pooja, Chandu gets to know about the true identity of Pooja. She is an NRI who came to visit her warring maternal uncles Peddinaidu and Chittinaidu. Both of them try to force her into marriage with their respective sons to get a hold of her property she inherits. Chandu decides to transform them before marrying Pooja. He joins their auditor "McDowell" Murthy as his assistant. Murthy introduces Chandu as his nephew to both Peddinaidu and Chittinaidu. When asked about Chandu's experience in auditing, Murthy lies to them that he used to be an auditor in America to imaginary brothers "Chicago" Subba Rao and "Dallas" Nageswara Rao.

Chandu manipulates Murthy's funny idea and makes his uncle Raghupathi and his father pose as Chicago Subba Rao and Dallas Nageswara Rao respectively. Swarajyam's husband and Rajaram pose themselves as the friends of Pooja's parents and make Peddinaidu think twice about his son's marriage with Pooja after they deliberately lie to him that her parents took a loan of 1 billion from [[World Bank]]. Chittinaidu also decides to call off his son's marriage with Pooja after Chandu plays a prank on him that Chicago Subba Rao's daughter has more property than Pooja. After some hilarious twists and turns, Chandu and his uncle Raghupathi bring about a positive change in both Chittinaidu and Peddinaidu and Pooja marries Chandu after her uncles give their consent.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] as Chandu/Danayya, a happy-go-lucky guy who is always willing to help others. He is introduced to Pooja as Danayya
* [[Genelia D'Souza|Genelia]] as Pooja, an NRI who comes to India to visit her maternal uncles. She lost her parents in an air accident and is brought up by her uncles.
* [[Brahmanandam]] as "McDowell" Murthy, Peddi Naidu and Chitti Naidu's Auditor & Charted Accountant.
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Raghupathi, the head of his family and business. He loves acting and is shown to have received the Best Actor award from [[N. T. Rama Rao]] for a play in theater. He disguises himself as [[Chicago]] Subba Rao, an Indian American industrialist.
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Janaki, Chandu's cousin
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Swarajyam's husband and Janaki's father. He disguises himself as a [[World Bank]] executive.
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Raghava, Raghupathi's younger brother and Chandu's father. He disguises himself as [[Dallas]] Nageswara Rao.
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Peddi Naidu, the elder of the two brothers. He tries to marry off his son to Pooja to grab her property, in the process even breaking up with his brother
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Chitti Naidu, the younger of the two brothers. He also tries to force Pooja into marrying his son, eyeing her property. He even spars with his brother on whose son should marry Pooja
* [[Supreet]] as Narasimha, Peddi Naidu's right-hand man
* [[Shafi (actor)|Shafi]] as Nagappa, Chitti Naidu's son
* [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]] as Rajyam, Chandu's mother
* [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Lakshmi, Raghupathi's wife
* [[Rajitha]] as Swarajya Lakshmi, Janaki's mother
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Raju Garu, Chandu's friend
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Chinna Sastry
* Venkata Giridhar as Rajaram
* [[Satya Krishnan]] as Rajaram's wife
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Santosh "Happy" Reddy
* [[Balayya]] as Peddha Sastry
* [[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]] as Google Gopi, Chandu's friend
* [[Master Bharath]] as Chinna Chitti Naidu
* Surekha Vani as Chinna Chitti Naidu's mother
* Master Uday Nair as Chinna Peddi Naidu
* Ravishankar Dwivedula as Purohith who performs marriage for Google Gopi
* [[Saranya Ponvannan|Saranya]]
* [[Vinaya Prasad]]
* [[Jenny (actor)|Jenny]]
* [[Prudhvi Raj]]
* [[Amit Tiwari]]
* [[Fish Venkat]]
* [[Suman Setty]]
* [[Tamanna Bhatia|Tamannaah Bhatia]] as Swapna, Chandu's cousin (Guest appearance)
* [[Navdeep]] as Swapna's Boyfriend (Guest appearance)
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ready
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 19 May 2008
| recorded =2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:04
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Devi Sri Prasad
| prev_title = [[Santosh Subramaniam]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Sangama (film)|Sangama]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

The film has six songs composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]]. The audio was released on 19 May 2008 and the reviews were mostly positive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/audioreviews/ready_audio.php |title=Audio Review-Ready}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ready-review-telugu-14698398.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625191251/http://www.sify.com/movies/ready-review-telugu-14698398.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-25 |title=Movie Review – Ready}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline = Track-List
| total_length = 28:04
| title1 = Get Ready! | extra1 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] |lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry]]| length1 = 5:06
| title2 = Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo Danayya!| extra2 = [[Priya Himesh]], [[Franco Simon]], Benny |lyrics2 = [[Ramajogayya Sastry]], Benny| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Mere Sajnaa! | extra3 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]] |lyrics3 = Ramajogayya Sastry| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Ninne Pelladukoni Rajaipota | extra4 = [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]]|lyrics4 = Ramajogayya Sastry| length4 = 5:22
| title5 = Naa Pedavulu Nuvvaithe | extra5 = Sagar, [[Gopika Poornima]]|lyrics5 = Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry| length5 = 3:59
| title6 = Om Namaste Bolo | extra6 = [[Neeraj Shridhar]], Divya |lyrics6 = Ramajogayya Sastry |length6 = 4:21
}}

==Reception==
Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' rated the film at 3.25 out of a scale of 5 saying that it is "Stuffed with ample commercial elements, mainly vibrant comedy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ready.html |title=Ready(denikaina)}}</ref> Teluguone.com rated the film at 3.75 out of 5 saying that the film is a "Neat family entertainer with an appreciable dose of clean comedy". It also says that though "The story and treatment has shades of [[Gudumba Shankar]] to a large extent, but good-natured comedy makes the movie quite enjoyable for a light viewing".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/ready_movie.php |title=Reviews:Movie Review – Ready}}</ref> Ram was fabulous and Brahmanandam was well appreciated for his performance by [[Sify.com]] saying that "As 'McDowell' Murthy, Brahmanandam brings the house down".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ready-review-telugu-14698398.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625191251/http://www.sify.com/movies/ready-review-telugu-14698398.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-25 |title=Movie Review:Ready}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Nandi Awards]] - 2008 - Won<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film|Best Popular Feature Film]] - [[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian|Best Male Comedian]] – [[Bramhanandam]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Child Actor|Best Child Actor]] – [[Master Bharath]]

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
;;Nominations
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu|Best Film]] – [[Ravi Kishore]]
* [[Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu)|Best Director]] – [[Srinu Vaitla]]
* [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)|Best Actor]] – [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]
* [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu)|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Brahmanandam]]

==Remakes==
* Kannada: [[Raam (2009 film)|Raam]] – Director: Madesha
* Tamil: [[Uthamaputhiran (2010 film)|Uthama Puthiran]] – Director: [[Mithran Jawahar]]
* Hindi: [[Ready (2011 film)|Ready]] – Director: [[Anees Bazmee]]

{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
| '''''Ready''''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]) (2008) || '''''[[Raam (2009 film)|Raam]]''''' ([[Kannada language|Kannada]]) (2009) || '''''[[Uthamaputhiran (2010 film)|Uthamaputhiran]]''''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]) (2010) || '''''[[Ready (2011 film)|Ready]]''''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]) (2011)
|-
| ([[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]) Chandu || ([[Puneeth Rajkumar]]) Ram || ([[Dhanush]]) Shivaramakrishnan || ([[Salman Khan]]) Prem
|-
| ([[Genelia D'Souza]]) Pooja || ([[Priyamani]]) Pooja || ([[Genelia D'Souza]]) Pooja || ([[Asin Thottumkal]]) Sanjana/Pooja
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=1156516|title=Ready}}

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[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2008 action comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Srinu Vaitla]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:2008 romantic comedy films]]

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