Varsham (2004 film)

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Varsham
DVD Cover
Directed by	Sobhan
Screenplay by	M.S. Raju Paruchuri brothers (dialogues)
Story by	Veeru Potla
Produced by	M.S. Raju
Starring	Prabhas Trisha Gopichand
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	K. V. Krishna Reddy
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production company	Sumanth Art Productions
Release date	14 January 2004 (2004-01-14)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est.₹22 crore[1]

Varsham (transl. Rain) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan, the film stars Prabhas, Trisha, and Gopichand and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It was third highest grossing Telugu film of 2004 and was very successful at the box office.

The film was remade in Tamil as Mazhai, Odia as Barsa My Darling, Hindi as Baaghi.

Plot[]

Venkat, an unemployed youngster, meets Shailaja, a middle-class beauty, on a train journey, and they are immediately attracted to each other after dancing in a rain shower. At the same time, Shailaja catches the eye of Bhadranna, a dangerous, ruthless politician who also fell in love with her. Venkat keeps bumping into Shailaja every time it rains, and they fall in love. Ranga Rao, Shailaja's father, is a typical black sheep with many bad habits. Bhadranna approaches him with the marriage proposal, and Ranga Rao jumps on that and agrees. Later, a film producer Seenaiah approaches Ranga Rao 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 place. In Vizag, Shailaja becomes a leading lady in the movies, and Venkat works with his uncle in a quarry as a demolition expert. Months later, Bhadranna is cheated of some money by Ranga Rao, and he finds out where Shailaja now lives, kidnaps her, and tries to change her mind about marrying him. Seenaiah gets tensed as the shooting was paused, and Ranga Rao advises him to approach Venkat, as he believes that 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 brother Kaasi (Shafi) for not bringing Shailaja. Bhadranna is coming back from Hyderabad to destroy Venkat and marry Shailaja. During the festival, Bhadranna stabs Venkat but is stopped by his uncle Sivaiah. After the fight, Venkat defeats Bhadranna and embraces Shailaja and Venkat's friends. Suddenly, Bhadranna regains consciousness but dies when a statue covered in fire collapses on him. The movie ends with Venkat and Shailaja reuniting.

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

Music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and all lyrics were penned by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. Music was released on Aditya Music.

Awards and nominations[]

Box office[]

• The film celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centers ^[4] 100 days in 79 centers film did ₹18 - 20 crore (equivalent to ₹−57 crore or US$−8.0 million in 2019) business.^{[citation needed]}
• The Film Celebrated its SIlver Jubilee (175 Days) Celebration with Chiranjeevi attending as Chief Guest.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Varsham at IMDb