Varudu

Varudu is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Gunasekhar in his tenth directorial film. This film stars Allu Arjun, Arya, and Bhanu Sri Mehra, while Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Brahmanandam, among others, play supporting roles. It was produced by D. V. V. Danayya. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, and the film released on 31 March 2010. The movie opened up to highly mixed reviews.

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 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

 * Allu Arjun as Sandeep (Sandy)
 * Arya as Diwakar
 * Bhanu Sri Mehra as Deepthi
 * Suhasini Mani Ratnam as Vasundhara, Sandeep's mother
 * Ashish Vidyarthi as Raj Gopal, Sandeep's father
 * Naresh as Deepthi's father
 * Vinaya Prasad as Deepthi's mother
 * Kishori Ballal as Sandeep's grandmother
 * Nassar as Commissioner Ahmed Khan IPS
 * 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
 * Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
 * Anita Chowdary as Sindhu
 * Sameer as Shyam, Sindhu's husband
 * Karuna as Deepti's friend
 * Raghava as Dilip Raja's assistant
 * Mahen
 * Balaraju
 * Kuldip Patel
 * Neha Patel
 * Sneha Ullal (Cameo appearance)
 * Ali (Cameo appearance)
 * Sunil (Cameo appearance in "Aidu Rojula Pelli")
 * 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.