Wikipedia / Varudu
Wikipedia / Varudu
Varudu () is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Gunasekhar and produced by D. V. V. Danayya. The film stars Allu Arjun, Arya, and Bhanu Sri Mehra, while Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Brahmanandam, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film released on 31 March 2010 to highly negative reviews and became a box-office disaster. The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Varan.
Plot
Sandeep Nemani "Sandy" is a next-gen youngster who parties hard and has a modern outlook, but his ideas towards marriage are traditional. As he gets a job in the US, his parents, Vasanthi and Raj Gopal, who got married against their respective parents' wishes, ask him to get married. He accepts and tells them he will marry a girl of their choice in a ceremony that lasts five days. He also refuses to see his bride until the marriage. Everything is arranged according to his wishes, and his marriage is fixed with Deepthi.
At the ceremony, when Sandy and Deepthi see each other, they fall in love at first sight, but during the ceremony, Deepthi gets kidnapped by Diwakar, a local psycho gangster with a characterization rooted in obsession rather than typical villainy. Sandy's family tries to convince him for another marriage, but he refuses and tries to find Deepthi. He gets to know her whereabouts. Diwakar kidnaps Deepthi to take revenge on her as she slapped him for misbehaving with her in public. The police are killed by Diwakar and his men. Sandy takes the law into his hands, kidnaps Diwakar's brother Prabhakar, and threatens to kill him if Diwakar does not release Deepthi. Diwakar releases Deepthi and kills Prabhakar in front of them because Prabhakar wanted Deepthi.
In the scuffle, Sandeep challenges Diwakar to come to their marriage and try to kidnap Deepthi in front of his eyes, to which he agrees. Sandy and Deepthi get married successfully, this time with all the rituals. When they step out of the mandap, Diwakar attacks Sandy. A fight happens in which Sandy confronts Diwakar and kills him. Sandy and Deepthi then live happily ever after.
Cast
Allu Arjun as Nemani Sandeep "Sandy"
Arya as Diwakar
Bhanu Sri Mehra as Deepthi, Sandy's wife
Suhasini Mani Ratnam as Advocate Nemani Vasanthi, Sandeep's mother
Ashish Vidyarthi as Nemani Raj Gopal, Sandeep's father
Naresh as Deepthi's father
Vinaya Prasad as Deepthi's mother
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao as Sandy's grandfather
Kishori Ballal as Sandeep's grandmother
Brahmanandam as Dilip Raja
Sayaji Shinde as Home Minister Gopal Krishna Reddy
Rao Ramesh as ACP Umesh Gupta IPS
Ahuti Prasad as Prabhakar, Diwakar's brother
Diksha Panth as Sandy's friend
Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as Diwakar's assistant
Fish Venkat as Diwakar's assistant
Harsha Vardhan as Babji
Pradeep Machiraju as Abhiram
Anita Chowdary as Sindhu, Shyam's wife
Sameer as Shyam, Sindhu's husband
Karuna as Deepti's friend
Simran Choudhary as Sandy's friend
Raghava as Dilip Raja's assistant
Mahen
Balaraju
Kuldip Patel
Neha Patel
Sneha Ullal as Nisha (Cameo appearance)
Ali (Cameo appearance)
Sunil (Cameo appearance)
Sony John (Cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
Though Singer Malavika sang the song Relare Relare, Geetha Madhuri who lent vocals for only very few lines, was credited as the singer. The audio rendered by Mani Sharma was launched on 7 March 2010 at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad. The audio was released in the market by Aditya Music. The event was held in a wedding atmosphere with the cast and crew dressed in traditional attire. The audio CDs were released by S. S. Rajamouli, and the first copy was received by Allu Aravind. The audio cassettes were released by Shyam Prasad Reddy, and he presented the first copy to Daggubati Suresh Babu. The function began with the dance performances for Allu Arjun's earlier film songs. Veturi was felicitated at the Audio Release function, and it turned out to be his penultimate movie before his death on 22 May 2010.
Home media
The satellite rights of the film acquired by Gemini TV. Present the film is available on Sun NXT and Hungama Play.
Reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Gunasekhar has taken quite a bit of time after the 'disastrous' Sainikudu to come up with the mainstream Varudu wherein he has concentrated on the visual presentation and graphics more than on the content. Worth a watch".
Awards
2010 – Nandi Award for Best Special Effects – Sri Alagar Swamy.
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