''Varudu'' () is a 2010 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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and produced by D. V. V. Danayya. The film stars

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, and

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, while Suhasini Mani Ratnam,

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, and

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, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by

Mani Sharma Yanamandra Venkata Subrahmanyam (Telugu: యనమండ్ర వెంకట సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; born 11 July 1964), professionally known as Mani Sharma, is an Indian composer and music producer known for his work primaril ...

, and the film released on 31 March 2010. The movie opened up to highly negative reviews and, became average

Plot

Sandeep "Sandy" Mohan Ram 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 that 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 goon. 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 kidnapped Deepthi to take revenge from her as she slapped him for misbehaving with her in public. The police gets 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

as Sandeep Raj Gopal (Sandy) *

as Diwakar *

as Deepthi, Sandy's wife * Suhasini Mani Ratnam as Advocate Vasanthi, Sandeep's mother *

as Raj Gopal, Sandeep's father * Naresh as Deepthi's father *

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as Deepthi's mother *

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as Sandeep's grandmother *

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as Commissioner Ahmed Khan IPS *

as Dilip Raja *

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as Home Minister Gopal Krishna Reddy *

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as ACP Umesh Gupta IPS *

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as Prabhakar, Diwakar's brother *

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as Sandy's friend *

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as Diwakar's assistant *

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as Diwakar's assistant *

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as Babji * Pradeep Machiraju as Abhiram *

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* Anita Chowdary as Sindhu, Shyam's wife *

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as Shyam, Sindhu's husband * Karuna as Deepti's friend * Raghava as Dilip Raja's assistant * Mahen * Balaraju * Kuldip Patel * Neha Patel *

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(

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) *

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(Cameo appearance) *

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(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

was launched on 7 March 2010 at

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. The audio was released in the market by

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. 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

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. Present the film is available on

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and Hungama Play.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' 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".Telugu Movie review - Varudu
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Awards

* 2010 –

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– Sri Alagar Swamy.

References

External links

* {{Gunasekhar 2010 films 2010s Telugu-language films Films scored by Mani Sharma Indian romantic action films Films shot in Pathanamthitta Films directed by Gunasekhar Films about Indian weddings Films produced by D. V. V. Danayya