Ramaiya Vastavaiya Movie Reviews

Boy meets girl. Falls in love. But family doesn't endorse their relationship. Determined, the lovers resolve to win over the displeased relatives through hard slog, willpower and integrity... Aah, haven't we visited similar themes numerous times in the past? But storytellers the world over tend to replicate stories -- with modifications and alterations, of course -- interpreting the yarn in their individualistic way. After regaling spectators

Welcome to Animal Farm. With ample chicks, hens, horns; many 'murgas', mulgis, mummyjis and baaratis. Add to this rustic beauty some colours of harvest, village belles, jadoo ki jhappi (read: item number by Jacqueline Fernandez) and of course, amidst it all - blooming romance in fields of gold. In pure Prabhudheva style - with spoonfuls of desi ghee! Ram (Girish), billionaire baap (Randhir) ka beta from Australia, lands in India for a wedding

Ramaiya Vastavaiya Movie Review | Rating: 2.5/5 stars (Two And Half Stars) | What’s Good: Designed to be an obs...

Ramaiya Vastavaiya is so ’80s in theme and treatment that you half expect a Jeetendra in white shoes or a Shakti Kapoor in drawstring pyjamas to pop up on screen. Instead, it’s back to the ’70s with Vinod Khanna and Randhir Kapoor who, between themselves, whip up enough melodrama to push Nirupa Roy and Durga Khote on to the back foot. That melodrama, of course, comes from its origins. A frame-by-frame copy of Prabhudeva’s directorial debut

Central Jail, the hinterland, a temple, offerings, dua, Ma, dead Ma, stars as people, farmer's boy, responsible brother, villainous zamindaar, his goons armed with sticks, brother beating up thugs who're looking to loot her izzat ... phrases that define the first ten minutes, and give you a clear picture that as far the cultural impact of the 70's and 80's will never get old. This is entirely intentional, the movie is acutely self-aware of what it's aspiring for

Watch ‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya’ if you have nothing else to do this weekend, want to give your brain a complete rest or want to genuinely laugh at some of the comical dialogues and characters.

A boy, a girl, a principled older brother, a few scheming relatives, an item song and a love story that eventually surpasses all boundaries. That are......

Rich boy, poor girl, inevitable romance and the trials in the path for 'true love'. The formulaic love story was in the 90s what south remakes is in today's Bollywood. It raked in money, made women believe in archetypical romantic hero willing to kill and be killed was real and launched the careers of some today's biggest stars. Ramesh Taurani has produced some of those 90s romances. Now, he decides to make one for his son. However, the formula

Ramaiya Vastavaiya, dancer master-turned-director Prabhu Dheva’s remake of his own Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, is what Vidya Balan had once used to describe herself in The Dirty Picture, “Entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.” If you’re looking for decent art direction, script or even logic, you know where to find the door, thank you very much. Starring Girish Kumar as Ram, a young Indian boy who was brought up in Australia

Let’s get to the point. 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya' isn’t a marvellous effort. Although the film does a commendable job of going rustic in order to explore humble novelties, it has hardly anything new to offer — except the lead actor. To its credit, it’s entertaining in bits but that has more to do with accidental comedy than anything else. In fact, the camera blatantly revisits several iconic scenes from the bygone Bollywood films every now and then

Early on in the film, one character tells another: "Kya ghisi-piti baatein kar rahe ho, kuch naya kaho na (Why are you saying the same old things, say something new)." It should have been the tagline of Ramaiya Vastavaiya, the most shopworn, tired film I have seen in a while. It is a remake of a Prabhu Deva's own Telugu hit which was a remake of Maine Pyar Kiya, which itself was a refurbished version of the romances Hindi cinema was churning

A farmer’s beloved sis and an NRI tycoon’s boisterous son fall in love in the course of the garish wedding of the latter’s cousin who happens to be the former’s best friend. All hell breaks loose when the family elders find out that the lovebirds have been getting cosy on the sly. The girl is accused of trying to ensnare a wealthy boy. The young lovers are separated and the girl and her brother are thrown out of the party

There really is nothing more to say other than I really felt each minute of the nearly three hours hang like lead. Every single cliché in the book is thrown into the mix, with poor Poonam Dhillon as the mother-of- the- boy-from-hell, and Randhir Kapoor as the father-of- the-boy- trying hard to act sensible, having to mouth the most inane lines. I had not an iota of interest in the leads, neither in the first-time Kumar, nor in Haasan who appears a veteran in comparison. My heart goes out to Sonu Sood who is a good actor, and who gets stuck in this kind of tripe.

Only those with a lavish appetite for Bollywood frivolities will be able to digest this over-the-top, mushy romance.

On the whole, Ramaiya Vastavaiya is an entertainer all the way. The enjoyable drama, especially in the second half, and the emotional undercurrent make it a wonderful fare for the entire family and for all age groups. It will fetch handsome returns from ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ class centres, from multiplexes and single-screen cinemas. It is a film for the classes and masses alike. It can do hit business in several circuits.