Ready

<p>Prompt-witted, Prem helps his friend Khushi elope with her lover Raju. This angers her father Abhinav and the Kapoors. Prem pacifies his family, who fix his marriage with a woman, Pooja. Sanjana, who just ran away from her wedding, hears Prem telling his uncle about ditching Pooja. As the Kapoors haven’t met her yet, Sanjana poses as her and stays with and soon wins over the Kapoors. Her maternal uncles Amar and Suraj search for a groom to get her married off. While Prem and Sanjana are going to the airport, their car stalls in a forest, forcing them to sleep in the forest, where Prem discovers Sanjana’s real identity after he sees her driver’s licence. Suraj takes Sanjana away. Despite knowing the truth, the Kapoors still want her as Prem’s wife. Promising Sanjana that he will find a way to marry her, Prem poses as the nephew of Balli, a who serves Amar and Suraj. Soon the Kapoors trick the Chaudharys to let Sanjana marry Prem. Aryan recovers and reveals the truth about Prem, who then explains how Sanjana’s late mother Shivani wanted their union and get her married. Amar and Suraj realise their mistake and are forgiven. In the end, Prem and Sanjana get married and click away their wedding pictures. The film was originally to be shot in . However, on the request of , the location was changed to . Khan described his decision to choose Sri Lanka as its proximity to India and its suitable landscape for Indian productions. Shooting started on 20 June 2010 in . The first schedule of shooting lasted for over 27 days at locations in Colombo and the neighbouring , during which approximately 40% of the filming was completed. The second schedule of shooting was slated to start in October 2010 but was delayed due to eye problems faced by Salman Khan. The lead actor requested to delay the shoot until his condition improved. Shooting started again in from 3 November 2010. Portions of were shot at in Mumbai and Cherish Studios at in the north of Mumbai. The final schedule of shooting started in February 2011 in . According to reports, actors , and , who were shooting in Bangkok for ‘s film, were called by Salman Khan to become part of the movie. The trio shot for a day doing cameo appearances. and were also confirmed to have shot for small cameos in the film. The final schedule of shooting was completed in March 2011. Two songs from , “Character Dheela” and “Dhinka Chika”, which were filmed in Bangkok were re-shot in Mumbai’s Film City studios. According to producer , “the whole [production] team felt that the visuals didn’t suit the song.” The song “Character Dheela”, which features Salman Khan and Zarine Khan (in a cameo appearance) is a tribute to veteran actors , and . The music of is composed by while the lyrics are penned by , Ashish Pandit, and Kumaar. It was launched on 29 April 2011 at Filmcity, , under the banner of . The album contains four original tracks and four remixes. The item song “Ringa Ringa” from the Telugu movie was tweaked and composed for the film by its original composer, . The song underwent changes to suit the nativity of North India, an example being the change of “Ringa Ringa” to “Dhinka Chika”. ’s release date was first set as 27 May but was later pushed back to 3 June. Advance bookings were opened on 29 May (five days before release) in several multiplexes. It became the first Indian film to release on at least 1000 UFO digital prints and almost 1900 prints in all. The advance at single screens matched that of and even bettered it at places. The world premiere took place at Grand Cineplex, on 1 June 2011. The film received mixed reviews from critics. of gave it three stars out of five saying, “The film is an unabashed ode to Salman Khan, the entertainer rather than the actor. And yes, it works at that level.” of awarded the movie four out of five saying, “On the whole, is strictly for the masses and for those who relish typically formulaic masala entertainers. The film prides itself with super music [‘Character Dheela’ and ‘Dhinka Chika’], gags and gimmicks aplenty and of course, Salman Khan, the beloved of the masses and the mainstay of this film.” also awarded four stars out of five, while commenting, “When it comes to a Salman Khan or a Rajnikant film, their performance is not important. It’s the audience performance that counts.” of awarded two stars while commenting, “Thankfully, isn’t in the same soul-sucking category as director Anees Bazmee’s last two movies: and . But it still falls very much into his special brand of brain-dead, anything-for-a-laugh comedy.” of awarded the film one and a half stars saying, ” doesn’t even try to make sense and therefore falls flat…..only it’s more extortionate than value for money.” Sonia Chopra of awarded two and a half stars while commenting, “The film is unabashedly Salman-centric. He’s doing it all: the wise-cracks, gregarious dancing, beating the bad guys, and romancing the girl. All this with his characteristic drawl and swagger.” Kunal Guha of gave the movie one star and stated, “…the movie refuses to end, as unnecessary confusions and complications pile up and you wonder if there’s enough reel left to clear it all up.” of awarded the movie one and a half stars out of five, commenting “‘Ready’ is strictly for die-hard Salman Khan fans (are there any other kind?) who’re willing to forgive the fact that this tasteless, senseless film has no plot to speak of, yet lazily unfolds over two hours and thirty minutes… Salman Khan deserves better than this.” Shubhra Gupta from gave the film one star and said “What really kills this film is that its nonsense is neither inventive nor high energy.” awarded the film three stars commenting, “Bazmi’s script, a shoot off of a Telugu hit, accommodates more characters than Goa during the tourist season. Every character is over-dressed and over-the-top.” Mayank Shekhar of gave two stars stating, “Salman’s re-grounded masala (Wanted, Dabanng) is still novel for the time being. He walks into Gaiety to briefly say hi to his audiences… It’s a pop-cultural experience all right, and fully worth it.” Shubha Shetty-Saha of rated it with two and a half stars saying, “The best thing about the movie, of course is Salman Khan. His fans will not be disappointed and yes, they will get to see him topless in the climax.” Shalini Saksena of gave the film six out of ten saying, “Believe it or not but Salman Khan is on a roll. After the success of films like Wanted and Dabangg, he is ready with Ready which has his stamp all over it… Though there is nothing spectacular about the storyline, it manages to make you laugh.” Preeti Arora from gave a score of two out of five and said “Ready isn’t a tribute to Salman Khan. It’s a vehicle which showcases the ‘Best of Salman’ one has seen over the last twenty years. It entertains in bits.” In India, opened to an overwhelming response at the box office and packed cinema halls with single screens reporting nearly 95%–100% occupancy, while multiplexes reported 60% to 100% occupancy, depending on session times. The film collected (US$1.5 million) nett on its first day of business, thus becoming the second across India after . On its second day of business, it went on to collect (US$1.5 million), therefore taking the two days nett total to (US$3.0 million). The opening weekend collections of the film have been around (US$5.0 million) nett, making it the second highest opening weekend ever as well as the biggest non-holiday weekend ever. It showed steady collections on Monday with more than (US$830,000) nett, and Tuesday with around (US$770,000) nett, taking the first week nett to (US$8.2 million) nett. The film collected (US$2.4 million) nett over its second weekend, taking the ten-day total revenue to (US$11 million) nett. In the second week, the film collected (US$3.8 million), taking the two-week total to (US$12 million). thus became the fifth in Bollywood history to collect more than 1 billion in the domestic market. During the third week, the film fetched a further 185.5 million bringing the three-week total to (US$14 million). collected (US$1.2 million) nett in its fourth week, taking the nett collections to (US$15 million). In its fifth week, the film collected around (US$230,000), taking the nett collections to (US$15 million). The film grossed (US$21 million) worldwide and managed an all-India distributor share of (US$7.6 million), the third highest ever at the time of its release. Box Office India declared it to be a ‘Blockbuster’. held the record for the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film ever made domestically after its theatrical run. In the overseas markets, the film went on to collect (US$950,000) from US, UK, UAE and other foreign markets over the opening weekend. It did particularly well in the United Arab Emirates grossing $1,200,000 at the end of its second weekend. In the United Kingdom, grossed £495,000 while in North America, it grossed $780,000 at the end of its second weekend. The overall business from all overseas markets reached (US$1.9 million) in ten days. At the end of its fourth week, it collected around (US$2.8 million) from all overseas markets.</p>