Varadhanayaka

<p>In , Varadhanayaka lives happily with his parents, wife Lakshmi and younger brother Hari, a college student. A girl named Sirisha comes across Varadhanayaka when she is on a field trip from her college with her friends. She gets friendly with his daughter Pinky. It turns out that Hari studies in Sirisha’s college and soon after they accidentally come to know each other. Varadhanayaka investigates the case of a dreaded criminal, Shankar, who is involved in land dealings which are completely illegal, and others, with which the is involved. When the chairman of the bank who has lent money for the deal demands for the money back as the deal hasn’t worked, Shankar eliminates him. The people who are customers of the bank take to the streets and try to damage the bank. Varadhanayaka arrives there and arrests the manager. Shankar discovers where the manager has been taken. He arrives with his men and the DIG and nearly kill ACP Varadhanayaka. Shankar asks his men to dump his body. On the way, Hari gets involved and ultimately rescues his brother from a burning bus and Varadhanayaka dies in Hari’s arms. The entire media and people assume that Varadhanayaka has swindled off all the money as they have been made to believe that by the DIG. Hari seeks vengeance on the people who killed Varadhanayaka; he kills Siddharth “Siddu” (his friend and Shankar’s brother), and later kills the DIG. Shankar kidnaps Hari’s entire family where Hari arrives and kills Shankar. He spills the beans that Varadhanayaka is dead and rescues his family under the supervision of the new DIG, who supports him wholeheartedly. Shankare Gowda, the producer had initially cast to play the main protagonist played by in the Telugu version. Later, to reprise the cop role played by in the original version, Gowda approached , his main star in the previous venture . Owing to the success of their previous venture, Gowda decided to give extra screen time for Sudeepa in the new film. Gowda was in search of two leading female stars from the Kannada industry. However, due to date issues, none could be roped in. Actress was approached to play the lead but she refused the offer. Finally in July 2011, who had just begun her career in Telugu films was cast opposite Sarja in the lead role. Later was approached to play the role opposite Sudeepa. However, she was dropped and later Bollywood actress was finally roped in for the role. Director Ayyappa Sharma’s brothers and were also roped in to play the supporting characters. It was also announced that would be doing a cameo appearance in the film. As per the initial plans, the film was supposed to go on sets from February 2011. However several delays caused the to regularly commence from 27 June 2011.The filming began without even casting the leading ladies for the film. Initially, the film was plan to release on 23, November 2012. The film released in India on 25 January 2013 to mixed reviews. and also Kannada Sangha in Canada released this film in Canada on 28 April 2013 had composed the soundtrack collaborating with for the second time after the success of their previous movie (2011). Lyrics were written by and . GS Kumar of scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says “Chiranjeevi Sarja has done an excellent work in sentimental and action sequences. Sudeepa is at his best as a police officer. It is Ravishankar as rowdy who beats all with brilliant dialogue delivery and body language. Nikesha Patel impresses you as the girl next door. Sameera Reddy, Dharma, Sharath Lohithashwa, Mukhyamanthri Chandru, Sharan and Shobhraj have done justice to their roles. Music by Arjun Janya is a highlight of the movie. Cinematographer Rajesh Kata has done a marvellous job”. Srikant Sriniwasa of scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says “Arjun Janya’s music is in tune with what the youngsters want to hear. Cinematography by Rajesh Kata is brilliant and Ravi Varma’s stunt sequences are superb. Varadanayaka is a mass entertainer that should be watched for Sudeepa”. A critic from wrote “‘Varadanayaka’ is a must watch for Kiccha Sudeep’s fans, but it will also prove enjoyable for those who like commercial revenge dramas with huge budgets”. Shruti I. L. from wrote “As for music, Baite baite… is the only song that will stay with you even after you leave the movie hall. So what’s our verdict? If you are a fan of commercial potboilers then Varadanayaka will make for an ideal weekend watch”.</p>