Rama Rama Re...

Rama Rama Re...
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	D Satya Prakash
Written by	D Satya Prakash
Screenplay by	Dhananjay Ranjan Nagendra H S D Satya Prakash
Story by	D Satya Prakash
Produced by	Kannada Kolour Cinemas
Starring	K Jayaram Nataraj Dharmanna Kadur Bimbashree Ninasam M K Mutt Radha Ramachandra Sridhar Priya Shatamarshan
Cinematography	Lavith
Edited by	B S Kemparaj
Music by	Vasuki Vaibhav
Production company	Kannada Kolour Cinemas
Distributed by	Nandini Entertainment
Release date	21 October 2016
Running time	112 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Rama Rama Re... (Template:Lang-kn) is an 2016 Indian Kannada film written and directed by D. Satyaprakash. It is a story of a convict on death row, who escapes from prison and accidentally ends up traveling with a retired Veteran of a Police Department, who is called upon by the authorities to teach the process of executing a convict to the new staff. The film holds the curiosity of the audience, when they get to know the convict has a bounty of 1 million rupees and both these character are not aware of each other’s identity. 90% of the movie shot on the road makes it an engaging road movie, where the their travel is accompanied by few interesting supportive characters such a young couple in love, wanting to get married against the will of their family are taking shelter with these two characters in the same vehicle and how they are chased by their respective families give a situational satire comic relief to this edge of the seat screenplay or be it encountering another stranded traveler of a pregnant lady with labor pain accompanied by her mother in law has its affects on the protagonist in this film. The film has multiple layers with respect to philosophy of life and death is told in the most simple and entertaining narrative that leaves the audience with loads of food for thought.

Cast

• K Jayaram as Ramanna
• Nataraj as Sandal Raja
• Dharmanna Kadur as Dharma
• Bhaskar dev as Truck driver
• Bimbashri Ninasam as Subbi
• M K Mutt as Drunken bike rider
• Sridhar as Soldier
• Radha Ramachandra as Mother-in-law
• Priya as Pregnant lady

Production

Development

D Satya Prakash, who had earlier directed a Kannada short movie called Jayanagara 4th Block got the idea of this plot when he was very impressed with a story between life and death in the Bhagavad Gita. He along with his close friend Nagendra H S and Dhananjay Ranjan started working on the story-line and developed a story around it. However, the script was improvised till the end of the shooting schedule. Hence, the Director says that the movie script was never complete. For the character, Nataraj, the person playing the character of a convict who has escaped from the jail trying to escape from death had to do a lot of preparations to go deep into the character. It was not completely decided that the lead character will be played by Nataraj. However, he started preparing for the role by reducing weight and looking like a person who has not seen a shelter in months. He worked rigorously for the role. He used to wake up by 5 in the morning, ran 5 km, eat some almonds, no salt or spices or sweet was included in his meal. His meal included some vegetables and 2 chapathis everyday. This was his routine for 6 months. For the character he reduced from 76 kilos to 52 kilos. Dharmanna Kadur and Bimbashree Neenasam who played the role of lovers were finalized for other lead characters later. After this, the team started travelling to various locations in search of locations.

The actor K. Jayaram, who plays the role of Ramanna, The Hangman died before the movie release. The opening credits of the movie also has a mention of him.

Filming

The team, which includes the Director of Photography, the actors and the Director have travelled over 8000 kilometers searching for locations that were needed for the story. Finally, the team decided to shoot near Bijapur region and filmed the movie for 40 days. For the first song in the movie, there was a need to shoot various landscapes like mountains, valleys, grassland/meadows/fields, Forts, Waterfalls, Beaches. The team traveled over 2,500 km for 20 days and has selected some of the best locations in Karnataka. Since the jeep is one of the important characters, the team purchased an old jeep and altered it as per the requirement. Art Director Varadraj Kamath designed the jeep to fit in all the necessary props and production items inside the Jeep. While 90% of the movie was shot on road near a village near Bijapur to the town, the rest portion was shot in studios in Bangalore.

Music

The original soundtrack and background score were composed by Nobin Paul & Songs Composed by Vasuki Vaibhav and all the lyrics have been penned by Satya Prakash. The soundtrack album was released on 2 September 2016. Songs were claimed absolutely excellent by many critics and audio review pages.

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"News Nodi"	D Satya Prakash	Vasuki Vaibhav	3:01
2.	"Baduke Baduke Kalisu"	D Satya Prakash	Vasuki Vaibhav	1:53
3.	"Rama Rama Re..."	D Satya Prakash	Sangeeta Katti Kulkarni	3:33
4.	"Namma Kaayo Devane"	D Satya Prakash	Ananya Bhat	1:43
5.	"Kelu Krishna"	D Satya Prakash	B V Shrunga, Vasuki Vaibhav	3:45
Total length:				13:50

Release

The film was given a "U" (Unrestricted Public Exhibition) certificate by the Regional Censor Board on 29 September 2016 with no changes. Rama Rama Re... was released on 21 October 2016.

Support from Celebrities & Audience

The makers of the film was independently produced by the director and the team, had no budget to promote or distribute the film on large scale . Even though completely new team made the film from directors to Artist, post viewing the film on Day 1 of the release by the kannada Film fraternity, from Veterans to Celebrities supported this film in social media and by word of mouth. This also influenced common audience to rush into the theater to make it House full on its opening week in most of the theater, post which the press and critic review along with Audience word of mouth recommendation and repeat viewers there was no stopping of Rama rama re to successfully complete 100 days in theaters.

Critical reception

Shashiprasad SM of Deccan Chronicle gave the film 4/5 stars, saying, "An ‘unmissable’ journey of life and death." He also said "Loved every bit of it. Undoubtedly the best feature film of the year."

Sunayana Suresh from The Times of India rated the movie as 4/5 mentioning that "The narrative is definitely the king here, complemented beautifully with a strong cast and crew."

The Hindu “Rama Rama Re unfolds like a song, one that will linger longer in your mind, much after you’ve left the theatre.

IMDB (9.1/10 as of may 2018) - Just like when a delicious food is cooked to perfection, making it very tasty to feast upon, every ingredient in Rama Rama Re including the characters, their performances, and the making of the entire journey stands on top for an unmissable watch. – Sharath Kumar K ( Audience )

Nibedita Chanda of Fabnewz Media wrote, "The direction is quite different and explores the artistic eyes of the director. The actors looks too convincing. The plot has a strong structure and keeps your interest intact till the end." Archana Nathan of The Hindu wrote, "Rama Rama Re unfolds like a song, one that will linger longer in your mind, much after you’ve left the theater."

Awards and Accolades

1. BIFFES – Bangalore International Film Festival 2016 Awarded as the “1st Best Kannada Film of 2016”

2. Karnataka Govt. State Award For Films 2016 Awarded as the “ Best Debut Director 2016 “

Official Selection & Nomination

1. Prince of Prestige Academy 2017 - Nominated for Best Foreign Film.

2. MIAMI Independent film Festival – Official Selection

3. CAY FILM – Official Selection

4. Cyprus International film festival – Official Selection

Other Success Stories

• Rama rama re celebrated 100 days of screenings in theaters . • The film was in huge demand for Official Remake Rights in all south Indian Language and was sold in few days of the release.

Facts & Figures

1. 90% of the film was shot on Road .

2. The core team had traveled 8000kms to hunt the right location to shoot the film.

3. The main Protagonist K jairam dismisses post 1st schedule of the shoot, the rest of the film was shot using a look a like and cheating in shot composition.

4. This film was independently funded by the Director and the entire team from actors to technicians.

5. The Jeep that plays as one of the character had a major modification to accommodate practicality of shooting and to add character to the frame.

References

Deccan Chronicle - “An ‘unmissable’ journey of Life & Death “

The Times of India - ”If world cinema, sans the usual commercial elements, is your cup of tea, then this is exactly where you should head.”

The Hindu - “Rama Rama Re unfolds like a song, one that will linger longer in your mind, much after you’ve left the theatre. “

IMDB - Just like when a delicious food is cooked to perfection, making it very tasty to feast upon, every ingredient in Rama Rama Re including the characters, their performances, and the making of the entire journey stands on top for an unmissable watch. – Sharath Kumar K ( Audience )

External links

• Rama Rama Re... at IMDb
• Rama Rama Re... on Facebook