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film directed by

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. Produced by

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under the

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banner, the film stars

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and

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while

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, Chandra Mohan,

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and

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play other prominent roles. The music of the film is composed by

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. 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

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, including the Best Popular Feature Film. It was later remade in

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as '' Raam'' (2009),

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as '' Uthama Puthiran'' (2010) and in

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under the same name in 2011.

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

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. 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

as Chandu/Danayya, a happy-go-lucky guy who is always willing to help others. He is introduced to Pooja as Danayya *

as Pooja Naidu, 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. *

as "McDowell" Murthy, Peddi Naidu and Chitti Naidu's Auditor & Charted Accountant. *

as Raghupathi, the head of his family and business. He loves acting and is shown to have received the Best Actor award from

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for a play in theater. He disguises himself as

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Subba Rao, an Indian American industrialist. *

as Janaki, Chandu's cousin * Chandra Mohan as Swarajyam's husband and Janaki's father. He disguises himself as a

executive. *

as Raghava, Raghupathi's younger brother and Chandu's father. He disguises himself as

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Nageswara 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 *

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. *

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as Narasimha, Peddi Naidu's right-hand man *

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as Nagappa, Chitti Naidu's son *

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as Rajyam, Chandu's mother * Sudha as Lakshmi, Raghupathi's wife *

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as Swarajya Lakshmi, Janaki's mother *

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as Raju Garu, Chandu's friend *

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as Chinna Sastry * Venkata Giridhar as Rajaram *

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as Rajaram's wife *

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as Santosh "Happy" Reddy * Balayya as Peddha Sastry *

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as Google Gopi, Chandu's friend *

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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 *

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as Swapna, Chandu's cousin (Guest appearance) *

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as Swapna's Boyfriend (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The film has six songs composed by

. The audio was released on 19 May 2008 and the reviews were mostly positive.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' rated the film at 3.25 out of a scale of 5 saying that it is "Stuffed with ample commercial elements, mainly vibrant comedy". 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

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to a large extent, but good-natured comedy makes the movie quite enjoyable for a light viewing". Ram was fabulous and Brahmanandam was well appreciated for his performance by

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saying that "As 'McDowell' Murthy, Brahmanandam brings the house down".

Awards

;

- 2008 - Won(in

) * Best Popular Feature Film -

* Best Male Comedian –

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* Best Child Actor –

;

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;;Nominations *

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– Ravi Kishore *

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–

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–

* Best Supporting Actor –

Remakes

* Kannada: Raam – Director: Madesha * Tamil: Uthama Puthiran – Director:

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* Hindi:

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– Director:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ready (2008 Film) 2008 films 2008 action comedy films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian romantic comedy films Films directed by Srinu Vaitla 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad Films shot in Hyderabad, India Indian action comedy films 2008 romantic comedy films