Dhenikina Ready: No DHEE. This

Dhenikina Ready is that sort of film that wonders what went wrong despite having all the ingredients in the earlier blockbuster in the same genre. True, the leads are not the most charming ones around but that cannot be the reason for a film to go wrong despite having almost the entire comedy clan in it.  A simple tale with easily resolvable complications and characters only too willing to change their hearts that have never budged for 22 years to accommodate love and relationships with generous amounts of comedy, the mandatory song, dance and fight sequence thrown in for good measure. That in a nutshell is Dhenikina Ready for you and as you have read this one is nothing new.

100% entertainment guaranteed is what the posters and the makers claim this film is going to give you but the entertainment unfortunately comes along with immaturely treated melodrama and badly placed songs. The director’s skill comes across as wanting in the way he treats the story as filler between humorous situations. Also, there are a good number of underwritten characters hogging ample screen time (Vennela Kishore, Subba Raju, Kota to name a few) adding little or no value to the overall experience of watching the film.

Vishnu is earnest in his performance and is confident throughout the film but unfortunately there were too many things that were out of his control. Hansika plays the arm candy with not much to do except, well nothing really. It is the acting in the film in general that acts as a saving grace, as everyone knows their act only too well. All the comedians are competent and seem to be having a gala time shooting the film and they even elicit a few laughs here and there. It would be anybody’s guess who walks away with honors at the end of the film. The screenplay credited to Gopi Mohan and Kona Venkat was just like every other film they have dished out till date. Marudhuri Raja’s dialogues still reek of EVV left overs and they even have a medley to spoof hit songs in probably a tribute to the master of this genre.

Music, stunts and choreography are nothing to write home about. They are just there to make the film comply with the length of a regular commercial Telugu film. There isn’t any production design to talk about since the entire movie was shot in less than 5 locations including the songs.

You can watch Dhenikina Ready if you don’t complain that it didn’t tickle your ribs enough.