Ramji Londonwaley (2005)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Sanjay Dayma

Writers:

Kamal Hassan (original story)
Sanjay Dayma (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 September 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

A delicious comedy!

Plot:

Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook...

Plot Keywords:

Actor Playing Himself

Cast

Madhavan	...	Ramji Ramnarayan Tiwari
Samita Bangargi	...	Samira
Satish Shah	...	Bishambar Mehra (Imm. Officer)
Akhilendra Mishra	...	Mishra (Parvati's father-in-law)
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Jay Kapoor (as Raj Zutshi)
Harsh Chhaya	...	Guru
Sunita
Aditya Sharma
Simon Holmes
Zareen Bhasin		(as Zarin Bhasin)
Aditya Lakhia	...	Pappu (as Aditya Lakhiya)
Daya Shankar Pandey		(as Dayashankar Pandey)
Asmita Sharma
Shikha Shalu Varma	...	Avni
Abha Parmar

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG

Company:

Cee (I) TV Entertainment Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Nala Damayanthi (2003)

Very lovely

I really, really loved this movie. It was a simple and heartfelt story about a good, caring and simple man who tries to take care of his sister and gets into a load of trouble along the way.

I found the story very moving, and the performances, in my opinion, were all very good. Madhavan shines in the lead role (he plays strong, sensitive, and simple very well...and looks good too, I might add - sorry just had to put that in there!), and the lead female actress is great too. The other actors all do a decent job. The guy who played 'Jai' was generally very good, but his scenes with the 'Samira' character were stilted. I cringed every time he called her 'baby'.

The film has a strong message, about being true to yourself, and finding good in others. There's also a message about using your talents and appreciating the gifts we each have. For me, the love that grew between the lead characters was very believable, and was the anchor for the story. We saw it develop over time - it wasn't over-sexualised or ridiculously sudden like in a lot of movies. And a lot of topical issues were dealt with in the movie, but not in a preachy way (see Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pardes' for an example of a Hindi movie that preached at the audience - I felt I was being hit over the head with a mallet). In 'Ramji Londonwaley', the messages are more subtle and therefore seem more sincere.

I wasn't expecting too much from this movie (and it does start out a bit slow), but I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I loved and enjoyed it. A good job by all.