Ready | Dhink Ka Chika... | Critique

I wanted to wait for sometime before writing a review. I wanted the dust to settle. I wanted to let the foolhardiness of Anees Bazmee overshadow remarkable work by Salman. I wanted to write like a reviewer than a die-hard Salman Khan fan. After sleeping over it for two nights, I finally rate it 2/5. Salman and ‘Character Dheela’ earned three stars, minus one for everything else in the movie.

When first made in Telugu, Ready was a story of a guy who just came out of college. It was definitely not a custom role for Salman. Thankfully, Salman has realized that he can’t do what Aamir did so convincingly in 3 Idiots and crew chopped of many scenes in the first half. Nevertheless, that was the first blunder. In Ready (2008), Ram and Genelia did an amazing job in those scenes. The kidnapping scene and the consequences were really charming. Those scenes were removed and replaced with cunningness of Asin’s character which looked very bad on screen. Also, this didn’t allowed the romance to seep into the characters. This romance was the high for the Telugu version. Scriptwriter (was there one??) should have applied some brain. Hence, comedy was the only resort for the movie… Fortunately Paresh Rawal did a fair job (though he was no match to Brahmanandam. Other actors were mostly over the top. Asin was bad in first half and just okay in second half.

Rest of the story was same. Girl has two uncles who want their relatives to marry her because she has about 200 crores assets. Uncles are fighting. there is a mother’s last wish and a determined boyfriend who can turn the world upside down for her. Scenes were direct copy and for the first time in my life, I felt good about it. Had Annes Bazmee tried to do something else… Due to the rip-offs there is something to watch out for in this movie.

Salman was the only good thing about the film. His acting, comic timing and dance will make you smile. You can feel that he is enjoying his work. That reflects in his on-screen aura. Music is ok and Pritam has done a good job with google and youtube. Cinematography is just ok. Direction is so Anees Bazmee that even he won’t be proud of this fact. I think it’s high time to go on strike to ban Anees Bazmee from making movies.

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh