''Varudu'' () is a 2010 Indian

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-language romantic action film directed by Gunasekhar in his tenth directorial film. This film stars

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, and

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, while

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, and

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, among others, play supporting roles. D.V.V. Danayya is the producer of the film. The music was composed by

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, and the film released on 31 March 2010. The movie opened up to negative reviews and was a

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Plot

Sandeep '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 Vasundhara (

Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

) 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 a local goon named Diwakar (

). Sandy's family tries to convince him for another marriage, but he refuses and tries finding Deepthi. He gets to know Deepthi's 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 and kidnaps Diwakar's brother Prabhakar. He threatens to kill Prabhakar if he doesn't release Deepthi. Diwakar releases Deepthi and he kills Prabhakar infront of them because Prabhakar wanted Deepthi. In the scuffle, Sandeep challenges Diwakar to come to their marriage and try to kidnap Deepthi infront 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 (Sandy), protagonist *

as Diwakar, antagonist *

as Deepthi, Sandeep's bride and love interest *

as Vasundhara, 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 *

as Dilip Raja *

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as Home Minister *

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as ACP Umesh Gupta *

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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 *

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as Abhiram *

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* Anita Chowdary as Sindhu * Sameer as 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) * 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

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. Film personalities like

Allu Aravind Allu Aravind (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian film producer and distributor in Telugu cinema under his banner Geetha Arts. He co-owns the Indian Super League club ''Kerala Blasters FC''. A part of the Allu–Konidela family, Aravind is th ...

, Gunasekhar,

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four de ...

, Mani Sharma, Sirish, D. V. V. Danayya,

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, Thota Prasad,

S. S. Rajamouli Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli ( ; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. T ...

Daggubati Suresh Babu Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Awa ...

Shyam Prasad Reddy Mallemala Shyam Prasad Reddy is an Indian film producer in the Telugu film industry. He won three Nandi Awards. He made his debut, as a producer film, with ''Thalambralu'', in 1987. His father, M. S. Reddy, was a film writer and film producer ...

, K. S. Rama Rao,

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, M. L. Kumar Chowdary, B. V. S. N. Prasad, K. L. Narayana, etc., were present. 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.

Awards

* 2010 –

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– Sri Alagar Swamy.

Reception

− Varudu had poor reviews Varudu Review – Allu Arjun, Aarya, Suhasini ,Varudu,Leader Telugu Movie Review ,Telugu movie review, Telugu cinema – 123telugu.com – Andhra Pradesh News and Views
123telugu.com (31 March 2010). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.

References

External links

* {{Gunasekhar 2010 films 2010s Telugu-language films Films scored by Mani Sharma Indian romantic action films Films directed by Gunasekhar Films about Indian weddings