Vinaya Vidheya Rama
Vinaya Vidheya Rama is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by DVV Danayya. The film stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Vivek Oberoi, Prashanth, and Sneha with a supporting cast including Aryan Rajesh, Madhumitha, Ravi Varma, Praveena, Madhunandan, Himaja, Mukesh Rishi, Harish Uthaman, and Mahesh Manjrekar. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film revolves around Konidela Ram, a young man who sets out to destroy a dictator after the lives of his loved ones are threatened.
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Directed by | Boyapati Srinu |
Produced by | DVV Danayya |
Screenplay by | Boyapati Srinu |
Story by | Boyapati Srinu |
Starring | |
Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
Cinematography | Rishi Punjabi Arthur A. Wilson |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Thammiraju |
Production company | DVV Entertainment |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹70 crore[1] |
Box office | est. ₹95 crore[1] |
The film was released on 11 January 2019 and was not financially successful.[2]
Plot
The story starts with four children who are scavengers in a railway station witnessing a child kidnapping incident, and upon discovery, flee from the place. They decide to commit suicide, fearing that the kidnappers may murder them. While attempting to commit suicide by getting run over by a train, they hear the sound of a baby crying in a nearby bush. Upon discovery, they find out that the baby has been assaulted, and rush him to the nearest hospital. After the baby recovers, they decide to raise him as their brother, name him Ram, and send him to school. The kidnapper escapes prison, and arrives at their residence. When the doctor asks him about it, he requests him to send his four brothers to school, while he works for them. The doctor then raises them as his children.
The story cuts back to present where in a remote desert, where the Konidela Ram kills a powerful dictator from Bihar named Raja Bhai Munna, only to wake up and find out that it is a dream. His family consists of four brothers, four sister in laws, and their children.
One of the brothers, Bhuvan Kumar is an election commissioner with his three other brothers as his subordinates.Ram is engaged to Sita, the daughter of a woman's rights activist named Puppy and. A local criminal named Ballem Balaram Bhuvan Kumar,for which Ram harshly answers to him.Balaram's father-in-law Pandem Parasuram challenges Bhuvan and asks him to apologize, for which Ram returns hard on him. This leaves Parasuram humiliated, so he approaches an encounter specialist, who gets to Ram's house and takes his whole family hostage.Ram reaches there and apologises to Parasuram, only to encounter criminals from Bihar,sent by the dictator Raja Bhai. After fighting the criminals,his sister in-law Gayatri asks Ram about it, to which he reveals the flashback. Raja Bhai is a local dictator in Bihar who threatened the Chief Minister. Therefore,the chief minister asked the central government and got Bhuvan appointed as the election commissioner. Raja Bhai held Bhuvan hostile, to which Bhuvan calls Ram, who was in Gujarat with his family and Sita in a temple. As Ram was travelling back to the airport, he receives the call, rushes to a bridge, and jumps on top of a train that is heading from Gujarat to Bihar. He kills 300 men single-handedly on a horse and gets captured to be taken to Raja Bhai. A fight ensues in which Raja Bhai kills Bhuvan and Ram wounds Raja Bhai severely, sending him into a coma. In the present, Gayatri is shocked terrifically on her husband Bhuvan's death. She asks Ram to take her to Bhuvan's pyre and later to Raja Bhai, the latter in where she challenges Raja Bhai to a duel with Ram. Ram approaches with the body of Raja Bhai's goon and starts the fight with him. He finally subdues Raja Bhai by cracking his bones and slashing his head with a sword attached to a tree.
The family reunites and moves on with a happy note.
Cast
- Ram Charan as Konidela Ram
- Kiara Advani as Sita
- Vivek Oberoi as Raja Bhai Munna
- Prashanth as Konidela Bhuvan Kumar
- Sneha as Konidela Gayatri Devi (voice over by actress Saritha)
- Aryan Rajesh as Sekar, 2nd brother
- Madhumitha as Nandhana, 2nd sister-in-law
- Ravi Varma as Raju, 3rd brother
- Praveena as Sailaja, 3rd sister-in-law
- Madhunandan as Girish, 4th brother
- Himaja as Lavanya, 4th sister-in-law
- Chalapathi Rao as Doctor
- Master Charan Ram as Konidela Bhuvan Kumar Jr. (childhood character of Prashanth)
- Mukesh Rishi as Pandyam Parasuram
- Harish Uthaman as Ballem Balaram, Parasuram's brother-in-law
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Chief Minister of Bihar, Saidev Saab
- Saleem Baig as Ranjit Singh, Raja Bhai's henchmen
- Jayaprakash as Governor of AP
- Hema as Puppy, Sita's mother
- Prudhvi Raj as Rajasekhar, Puppy's husband
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Raja Bhai's goon
- Priyadarshini Ram as Encounter Specialist Shankar
- Esha Gupta as Sharanya (Special Appearance in Song "Ek Baar"& extended cameo)
Production
Rishi Punjabi shot half of the film, but opted out for other commitments, with Arthur Wilson replacing him for the other half of the film.[3]
Release
Vinaya Vidheya Rama was released worldwide on 11 January 2019.
Soundtrack
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Film score by | ||||
Released | 27 December 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2018 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 20:28 | |||
Label | Lahari Music | |||
Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thandaane Thandaane" | Sri Mani | M. L. R. Karthikeyan | 4:20 |
2. | "Thassadiyya" | Sri Mani | Jaspreet Jasz, M. M. Manasi | 4:26 |
3. | "Ek Baar" | Sri Mani | Devi Sri Prasad, Ranina Reddy | 4:19 |
4. | "Rama Loves Sita" | Sri Mani | Simha, Priya Himesh | 3:54 |
5. | "Amma Nanna" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Kaala Bhairava | 3:24 |
Total length: | 20:23 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thandaane Thandaane" | Sugumar Ghaneshan | M. L. R. Karthikeyan | 9:11 |
2. | "Thassadiyya" | Sugumar Ghaneshan | Yazin Nizar, Surmukhi | 4:24 |
3. | "Ek Baar" | Sugumar Ghaneshan | Yazin Nizar, Hari Priya | 3:01 |
4. | "Rama Loves Sita" | Sugumar Ghaneshan | Jagadish, Surmukhi | 3:54 |
5. | "Amma Appa" | Sugumar Ghanesha | Yazin Nizar | 1:40 |
Total length: | 20:26 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thandaane Thandaane" | Siju Thuravoor | M. L. R. Karthikeyan | 4:11 |
2. | "Romeo Juliet" | Siju Thuravoor | Yazin Nizar, Ala B Bala | 4:24 |
3. | "Ek Baar" | Siju Thuravoor | Yazin Nizar, Ala B Bala | 4:01 |
4. | "Rama Loves Sita" | Siju Thuravoor | Sreeraj Sahajan, Ala B Bala | 3:54 |
5. | "Amma Nee Aranenu" | Siju Thuravoor | Yazin Nizar | 1:40 |
Total length: | 18:16 |
Marketing and release
The first look poster revealing the film's title was released on 7 November 2018. The teaser was released on 9 November 2018.[4][5] The official trailer of the film was presented on 27 December 2018.[6]
Reception
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote "Vinaya Vidheya Rama is a unique film that needs to be watched, especially for aspiring screenwriters and directors to know how not to write or make a film".[7] The Times of India gave 1.5 out of 5 stars stating "Boyapati becomes a pale shadow of himself as a storyteller. The problem with Vinaya Vidheya Rama isn't the deja vu factor but the fact that the filmmaker takes the audiences and cinematic liberties for granted".[8] India Today gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Vinaya Vidheya Rama has a meaty story which could have been made into an entertaining commercial actioner. But no, Boyapati Srinu had bigger plans with the film. A plan so big that the story defies gravity, logic, et al(and others)".[9]
The Indian Express gave 1 out of 5 stars stating "Vinaya Vidheya Rama is like watching a Balakrishna action film on steroids. Clumsy and unconvincing screenplay".[10] The New Indian Express gave 1.5 out of 5 stars stating "If there is a plot and a story that is worth a notice, then it is lost between all the fights, songs, dances and random elevation dialogues".[11] Hindustan Times gave 0.5 out of 5 stars stating "The film itself feels dated. It is a mess that even Ram Charan – with all the weird stunts -- cannot punch his way out of".[12] Firstpost gave 1.5 out of 5 stars stating "Realism has absolutely no place in the world of Vinaya Vidheya Rama".[13]
References
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama box office collection: This is what Ram Charan says about its failure". International Business Times. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- "Ram charan pens an apology letter for first time". www.indiatoday.in. 5 February 2019.
- "Arthur Wilson replaces Rishi Punjabi as cinematographer in Ram Charan's next". thenewsminute.com. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Ram Charan's first look in 'Vinaya Vidheya Rama' out". thenewsminute.com. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Watch: Action-packed teaser of Ram Charan's 'Vinaya Vidheya Rama' out". thenewsminute.com. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama Trailer - Ram Charan and Kiara Advani - Boyapati Srinu - DVV Danayya - VVRTrailer". YouTube.
- Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 January 2019). "Vinaya Vidheya Rama review: Not a single redeeming factor". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama Review". The Times of India. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama Movie Review: Ram Charan is the saving grace in this tiring film". India Today. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama movie review: We didn't need this Ram Charan starrer". The Indian Express. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "'Vinaya Vidheya Rama' review: Unreal heroics that never end make for a tiresome film". The New Indian Express. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama movie review: Ram Charan cannot punch his way out of this mess". Hindustan Times. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Vinaya Vidheya Rama movie review: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani's action drama is an assault on the senses". Firstpost. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.