It's flattering when a "minimum guarantee" director actually trusts audiences with a film that turns formula on its head.
Just as the quirky casting of its lead suggests, Maryada Ramanna is a concept movie; one that requires you to not be distracted by testosterone on steroids, or in fact, by any of the people on screen. That will possibly be its undoing at the box office, but it's not all downhill yet.
Maryada Ramanna is a comedy about a simpleton Ramu (Sunil) who is unwittingly caught in a Rayalaseema factionist's call for revenge against his family. Having been brought....