Ramanunni(dileep) a left wing member shifts to right wing due to having a fallout with its leader ambadi mohanan(vijayaraghavan). Ramanunni contests for election but soon is charged for murder of mohanan. Rest of the film is how ramanunni proves his innocence and wins the election.
After a long time we get to see dileep in a no-nonsense character in ramaleela. He's smart and intense. Vijayaraghavan is seen in a negative role after a long time. Siddique is great as usual. First half is very engaging with lots of mass moments from dileep. Background score of gopi sundar elevates the movie sometimes.
But on the flipside, second half turns mediocre when it turns into an investigation film where ramanunni and chacko are staying in a big boss kind of ambience. Shahjohn's comedy turns annoying in second half. Also there are some loopholes in script. Climax is like a fan service. Ramaleela has a engaging first half and a mediocre second half.
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vjnambu4 March 2020
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Dileep ❤❤❤.dileep's comeback after some worst movies
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arunonlineit27 October 2017This is one of the best movie from janapirya nayakan. i appreciate arun gopy for his effort. dlieep ettan's acting was fantastic, a good story with a tight slap to communist.the movie is able to give a clear picture of kerala politics. also pryaga did her part very well. over all the movie is a wonderful experience. love this movie.
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sshaji29 March 2018Definitely one of the best thrillers I have seen in Malayalam after Drishyam. This movie is so good. Dileepettan rocked and his performance made me a stronger fan of his. He has proven once again that he is not only made for humor but can handle serious roles. He has truly grown as an actor and shines on screen. This is a must watch for Dileepettan fans and other who hate dileep must give this movie a chance because this is one of the few movies of the recent times which shine beyond the star. And if you are imagining a completely serious thriller you are wrong. Shajon , Dileepettan's sidekick is made for comedy only in this movie and he could not be more perfect in this movie. Altogether this is a must watch movie for all groups of people dileep hater and lovers. You would never regret the decision.
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vibilraj6 October 2017Superb movie with superb performance by actor. The main reason I watch this movie is because of the character the actor played. It is a different on different style. The actor has given full justice to the character. Outstanding performance by Dilip.Comedian Shajon was great. Radhika who is playing the mother role was good.Actress Pragya did a great job good but she should be a little more slim to be in films. Overall a great film with punch and thrills a good entertaining cinema.Hats off to Actor Dilip for his performance.
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adventureawakes23 October 2018This movie is the first thriller movie of dileep. It is a little political. Every scene in this film is a thrilling moment. The background score lifts it to next level. Overall it's a decent and thrilling movie
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Ramleela might be the perfect example of how a brilliant screenplay and a mediocre technical brilliance mixed with a bit of exemplary acting can achieve. Arun Gopy might have just incubated the sole hit of all the Diwali releases so far.
Ramleela stands on its base as a strong film even though the viewers might feel the shaking of such a base during the long runtime. With a strong opening theme song and a vividly brilliant color grading early from the film, Ramleela had already shown technical brilliance with a steady flow of good dialogues and a efficient casting. Dileep has got another role that he could justify as a actor, rather than a comedian. Dileep has been used to his core, proving valid emotional responses and a producing a mesmerizing presence on screen. Kalabhavan Shajon has also done his part well, keeping close to a mild basic combo with Dileep. Apart from the leads, all other characters were given sufficient amount of screen value, a topic that might touch every Malayalam film of all time.
Ramleela's plot was a carefully thought and executed material. It does have its flaws and backs but ultimately, the film reaches to the point where the criticism doesn't matter to the story, only to the screenplay. Sachy has done a marvelous job at keeping the pieces together and winding the clock until the time has come. With some late additions to the ongoing plot, Ramleela might lag on some end but keeps to its theme as a Political thriller. The 1st Half was so better than the 2nd. Even though i felt that the climax twist was beautifully executed, it lacked a sense of excitement that should have flown through us ; it was expected a mile across. Until that point, with a lot of gibberish thrown at us, i really thought the film had gone out of hand. Its transition from a giddy old Thriller to a unexpected 90's style innocence proving victim was profoundly dumb. Apart from the major part of the 2nd Half, Ramleela is beautiful as beautiful it needs to be.
In the end Ramleela is a complete package for a family or for a evident film enthusiast. With nail biting sound direction and a remarkably ensembles cast, Arun Gopy has succeeded in creating a Diwali Blockbuster.
Final Verdict - 7.4 / 10
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joyalbrightt28 September 2017Watched Ramaleela Movie - i LOVED it! ,one reason - SUPERB performance of my Dileepettan <3,i felt very HAPPY to see him once again on the big screen <3 :) this movie has good STANDARD , good making and direction BY Arun Gopy ! it has some Cliché moments but avoid many cliché scenes too, there is no Unnecessary comedy,love scenes or songs . DIALOGUES,SCRIPT & PERFORMANCE is the main highlights of the movie; Siddique,mukeshe and others done their roles perfect. Gopi Sunder background music is thrilling ! CINEMATOGRAPHY is also done good.
minimum - HIT STATUS is guaranteed ,rest is up to the audience ,i hope they will get entertained and i wish RAMALEELA TURNS TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER AT Box office -
ajju61713 December 2018Nothing great as in but yea it keeps you entertained throughout!
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imkiran-527839 October 2017The movie named Ramaleela directed by Arun Gopi was a excellent political based as well as its shown a power of a common man. In the play Dileep in and as Ramanunni who faced civil war in his family and he compelled to do opposite so. Finally we all could understand what it was and why? We can understand that only if we watch until to end. Any way its a great movie which can offered by the actor Dileep since long time
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nairtejas16 October 2017If you are an ardent follower of Kerala politics, you will be easily introduced to and have a clear understanding of whatever is happening in Ramaleela's first few minutes. For someone like me, who's not too knowledgeable or vocal about any state/national politics, director Arun Gopy makes his debut film a bit too difficult to comprehend. But, then things start rolling like a series of lies out of a politician's mouth as front-man Dileep, with his please-exonerate-me attitude and a skillful sidekick, delivers sharp punches to his political nemeses. It takes a while for the film to transform from its political drama shell into an engaging political whodunit as it sheds its seasonal ingredient of communism and gets talking. Dileep plays a former MLA who has suddenly attracted the wrath and jealousy of adversarial party members, his fellow party members, and even his own biological mother who seems to have never gone to bed since her husband met his maker. After much dilly-dallying, the stage is set for him to take the people surreptitiously involved in a crime to task. Ramaleela manages to surprise with its creative plot, a crisp second half, and an overall applause-worthy performance by the cast.
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arungeorge1314 October 2017'Ramaleela' would have been just another Dileep movie (sans the usual unfunny slapstick seen in most of his recent films) had it released a year or two ago - what makes it all the more hyped up is the timing of its release, and the parallels the story draws with certain actual happenings in the life of its lead actor.
Ramanunni has just switched parties (from a Communist-inclined one - CDP, to a Congress-inclined one - NSP) due to a bitter spat between himself and one of the senior veterans (Ambadi Mohanan, played by Vijayaraghavan) and is now entitled to carry a gun for self-defense. The NSP decides to nominate Ramanunni as their candidate in the upcoming elections, and in no time, the man gets disowned by his mother Ragini (played by Radhika Sarathkumar), a staunch Communist, for jumping parties (much against her wishes) and is later pitted against him. The first half mostly moves along highly predictable lines (such as the dad-son rivalry track we saw in Dileep's earlier political thriller 'Lion'); Dileep comes up with a somewhat restrained act but there's not much to Ramanunni that challenges the true actor in him. Kalabhavan Shajohn as TC, the side-kick to Ramanunni, is well within his comfort zone and adds to the humor element, although I'd have to say that almost half his quips were purely hit & miss. Somewhere in between, the characters played by Ranji Panicker and Prayaga Martin pop up.
The story does gain some pace when a politically-charged murder adds to Ramanunni's already trouble-filled life and soon he comes under the radar of Paulson Devassy (Mukesh), the office in charge of the investigation. The interval block gives us hopes of a crackling thriller to unfold in the second half. The setting all of a sudden shifts to a resort in Goa, where Ramanunni and TC are living in hiding. Dialectics make a silent exit through the backdoor and what we see on screen for the rest of the film is just 'mediocrity hitting an all-time new high'. The inclusion of Tehelka-styled videos, IP-spoofing, and silencing of guns using software cans are just a few of the unconvincing antics that scenarist Sachy and director Arun Gopy resort to, so as to make the proceedings look wickedly entertaining (and believable at the same time). The result is, to be honest, a mixed bag.
The music by Gopi Sundar is a less-pleasing rehash of his own 'Left Right Left' while the cinematography by Shaji Kumar and editing by Vivek Harshan are serviceable. It does feel astounding as to how some of the dialogues that Ramanunni mouths in the movie, turns out to be a serious reflection of actualities in the life of the actor - a 'hot' topic, that the media unwittingly blew out of proportion during the last few months. Dileep gets the maximum screen-time and he manages to hold the (lengthy) film together to a certain degree (in anticipation of better-written roles for him in the future), ably supported by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan and the rest of the ensemble. But let's be honest: everything about 'Ramaleela' screams commonplace.
While I'm bound to get lambasted for giving my genuine opinion on the film (when the general consensus has been in favor of it), there's absolutely nothing appreciable about 'Ramaleela' that deems it even within the above- average category. Agreed, it might have upheld my attention for 160 minutes, but that's just it. We do get faint hints of the talent that director Arun Gopy really is, though his approach feels a little dated (and reminds us of decade-old Joshiy flicks featuring the same lead actor) whereas Sachy's screenplay only tries to cater to the masses. The climax is the most predictable aspect of the film, and it's a thoroughly unexciting crawl to the finish-line. The genre-thrills and goosebump-moments that we expect in a film such as 'Ramaleela' are definitely lacking and this makes it a middling experience overall.
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rijinsr30 September 2017Best script Best direction by a debutant Best camera works Best editing works Background music amazing Dileep as Ramanunni... Perfect no one can do this role better than him... All the actors and actresses shown full justice.
It's too hard to find all combinations coming together. This film has it. Not even a single minute will make the audience bore... Hope this will be the comeback of Malayalam film industry. -
harikrishnarickzz12 August 2022Thrilling and dileep acting is good. Dileep is a wonderful actor songs are good vijayaraghavan acting another level what i. Thought was the big release and the collection very happy for that the collection was so much earn for malaylam industry industry going on.
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mithunnsp20 September 2018Good movie.Entertaining.! A different political story
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solomondavid-9347827 January 2019There is a limit for stupidity and brainlessness in a movie. This movie has crossed all such limits. The story may fool some audience to thinking that it's very clever.
The movie is about a politician who is able to fool an entire state after committing a murder right in front of public. Look how absurd the story line is... He does this by creating paid news about himself and then decides to marry the reporter to cover it up. Really clever, huh?