Varsham (2004 film)

Varsham
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Directed by	Sobhan
Produced by	M.S. Raju
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	M.S. Raju
Story by	Veeru Potla
Starring	Prabhas Trisha Gopichand
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	K. V. Krishna Reddy
Production company	Sumanth Art Productions
Release date	14 January 2004 (2004-01-14)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹25 crore or US$3.5 million in 2017)[1]
Box office	₹18 - 20 crore (equivalent to ₹-50 crore or US$−7.0 million in 2017)[1]

Varsham (English: Rain, Telugu: వర్షం) is a 2004 Tollywood romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan. Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan, and Gopichand play lead roles, and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was remade in Tamil as Mazhai starring Jayam Ravi and Shriya Saran and in Odia as Barsa My Darling. The film was also later dubbed into Hindi as Barish: The Season Of Love in 2008. The film has also been loosely remade into Hindi as Baaghi starring Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor

Plot

Venkat (Prabhas), an unemployed youngster, meets Shailaja (Trisha), a middle-class beauty, in a train journey, and they immediately get attracted to each other after dancing in a rain shower. At the same time, Shailaja catches the eye of Bhadranna (Gopichand), a dangerous, ruthless landlord who also fell in love with her. Venkat keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains, and they fall in love. Ranga Rao (Prakash Raj), Sailaja's dad, is a typical black sheep with all kinds of bad habits. Bhadranna approaches him with the marriage proposal, and Ranga Rao jumps on that and immediately agrees. Later, a film producer approaches him with an offer for Shailaja to act in a movie. Ranga Rao thinks that acting in films would be more lucrative than marrying her off to Bhadranna. He first successfully creates clashes between lovers, convinces Shailaja to act in a movie, and leaves with her to the city. Venkat also leaves for Vizag to his uncle's (Chandra Mohan) place. Now in Vizag, Sailaja becomes a leading lady in the movies, and Venkat works with his uncle in a quarry as a demolition expert.

Months later, an infuriated Bhadranna is cheated some money by Ranga Rao, and as revenge, he finds out where Shailaja now lives, kidnaps her from a shooting spot, and tries to change her mind about marrying him. The movie producer gets tensed as shooting was paused and Ranga Rao advises him to approach Venkat as he believes Venkat still loves Shailaja. Venkat agrees and fights with Bhadranna for Shailaja. Gradually Shailaja comes to know that she misunderstood Venkat and apologizes. They reconcile happily and both start loving again. That night, Bhadranna kills his own brother Kaasi (Shafi) for not bringing Shailaja. Then, Bhadranna is coming back from Hyderabad to destroy Venkat and marries Shailaja. Durning the festival, Bhadranna appears and stabs Venkat but is stopped by Bhadranna's uncle Sivaiah (Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao) who can take a heroic fight between Venkat and Bhadranna. After the fight, Venkat defeats Bhadranna and embraces Shailaja and Venkat's friends. Suddenly, Bhadranna regains conscious and tries to kill Venkat, but Bhadranna saw that the big statue covered in fire is about to collapse toward him, and he dies.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and all Lyrics were Penned by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Aditya Music.

Allegory

Throughout the movie, there is a strong allusion to the Hindu epic Ramayana. Indeed, the story parallels the Ramayana in many ways, Venkat being an analogous Rama, Sailaja his Sita and Bhadranna being Ravana analog. Towards the beginning of the movie, as Ranga Rao enter's Bhadranna's residence for the first time, he proclaims - "లంక లాగ ఉన్నదే" - "this looks just like Lanka". Later, during a live play of the Ramayana at his house, upon seeing Rama take Sita back from Ravana, Bhadranna stops the actors from continuing the play and demands the script be changed immediately by having Ravana tie the mangalasutra around Sita's neck. Similarly, at the end of the movie, during another live play of the Ramayana, Rama shoots a large Ravana effigy with a burning arrow, and it is this burning collapsing Ravana that ultimately kills Bhadranna, leaving us with the final allegory of Rama killing Ravana and rescuing Sita.

Shooting spots

Venkat (Prabhas) and Sailaja (Trisha) confirm their love at a Temple while it's raining. This vital scene was shot at the Nandi statue of Thousand Pillar Temple in Warangal city. "Mellaga" song was shot at the same temple.

Awards and nominations

Box office

• The film celebrated a 50-day run in 200 centers 100 days in 79 centers film did ₹18 - 20 crore (equivalent to ₹-50 crore or US$−7.0 million in 2017) business.

References

http://www.aptalks.com/varsham-film-director-late-shobhans-son-debuts-as-hero/

External links

• Varsham on IMDb