Gopichand and Sriwass are known for their super-hit films Lakshyam and Loukyam. Movie lovers are getting interested as they are coming together to entertain movie lovers with their latest film Rama Banam. The film's OTT rights have been bagged by and streaming will be after the end of its theatrical run. The presence of Dimple Hayathi is appealing to the masses. The film is releasing on 5 May 2023 and let us gauge whether Rama Banam hit the success target or not.
Rama Banam's story highlights the importance of family, its values, love and emotions, the bonding of the family, and the affection associated with it. After running away from his village Raghudevapuram, Vicky (Gopichand) becomes an influential person in Kolkata. He falls for beautiful-looking Bhairavi (Dimple Hayathi) but her father (Sachin Khedekar) comes up with one condition.
Following that he heads to Hyderabad to meet his family members comprising his brother Raja Ram (Jagapathi Babu), Food Commission Chairman, Telangana and who promotes organic farms through is Swagruha restaurant and sister-in-law Bhuvaneswari (Khushboo) and others.
Vikram as the days progress, comes out to know that he and his brother Raja Ram are fighting common enemies. What Vicky did in Kolkota, why Raja Ram made enemies, what is their connection to Papa Rao (Nassar), GK (Tarun Arora) and others form the rest of the story.
Gopichand played the role with ease. It is in fact a cakewalk for him as he did similar roles umpteen a number of times in his career. Gopichand looked stylish and macho on the screen and did high-octane action sequences. However, age started showing on his face and one gets the impression that he looks pale and suffers from health problems. Despite all this, he did the role with full verve and energy.
Dimple Hayathi showcased her red-hot looks, and flaunted her curves and glamor in the songs. Her role is just confined to just a glamor doll appearing in the songs. It is just inconsequential, to be frank. Jagapathi Babu played the role of the elder brother quite well showing good emotions. But at times he overacted. Otherwise, he is fine in his performance. Khushboo showed the right kind of expressions and emotions.
Ali, Vennela Kishore, Sathya and Get Up Seenu tried to tickle the bones with their stale comedy but they ended up irritating the viewers. Nasser played the typical role of a cunning fellow while Sachin Khedekar, and Kasi Vishwanath got limited roles. Tarun Arora played the role of a typical villain but his role is not elevated properly to create fear.
Rama Banam's story is outdated to the core. Even in the 80s, viewers would have found it difficult to sit through and watch the entire film in theatres. Sriwass starts the narration in a predictable way and from then on even a newborn could predict the next scene. This makes people wonder why Sriwass did this project and how Gopichand accepted it in the first instance.
The entire cast and crew seem to have got stuck up in the past and they are yet to press the reset button and update the apps. Nothing excites or entertains movie lovers and after silly romantic scenes and comedy scenes along with the action sequences, the first half ends. If viewers expect anything new in the second half, they are demanding something impossible. The second half treads in the same manner and finally brothers unite to fight the common enemy to save the family and the society.
Sriwass failed with his screenplay and direction. Though the makers promoted the film as a complete family entertainer and censor board members congratulated them for the clean film, there are few obscene dialogues and all the so-called family emotions failed to connect chords with the movie lovers.
Mickey J Meyer's music is not attractive. A couple of songs are foot tapping and others acted as speed breakers. He failed to give mass beats for the film. His background music is ok but at times turned loud. Vetri Palanisamy's cinematography just passed through the motions. One does not feel the lavishness associated with Gopichand's projects. Prawin Pudi tried hard to make the film watchable with his editing but he was trying to save the sinking ship. Dialogues of Madhusudan Padamati are outdated, routine, and pretty ordinary. The production values of People Media Factory are average and could have been better.
Altogether, Rama Banam is a routine commercial entertainer. Gopichand and Sriwass banked on only mass elements, action sequences, and stale family emotions to set the box office on fire. However, both seem to have forgotten that movie lovers' tastes changed and they are mercilessly rejecting such routine commercial formula entertainers. No amount of reworking on the project would have saved the film. Only the star-studded cast is the appealing factor in the film. After watching Rama Banam, even school kids feel that they could come with better films. Considering all these elements, Cinejosh goes with a 2 Rating for Rama Banam.