Varsham (2004 film)

Varsham
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 dates	14 January 2004 (2004-01-14)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹2.5 crore or US$370,000 in 2016)[1]
Box office	₹22 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$8.1 million in 2016)[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, is a remake of Tezaab. The film was remade in Tamil as Mazhai starring Jayam Ravi and Shriya Saran and in Odia as Barsa My Darling. It was dubbed in Hindi as Baarish-The season of love. The movie has also been loosely remade into Hindi as Baaghi starring Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor

Plot

Venkat (Prabhas) meets Shailaja (Trisha) 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 gangster who also becomes infatuated 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 and convinces Shailaja to act in a movie and leaves with her to the city. Venkat also leaves for Vizag to his uncle's place.

Infuriated Bhadranna kidnaps Shailaja from a shooting spot and tries to change her mind about marrying him. 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 defeat Bhadranna.

Cast

• Prabhas as Venkat
• Trisha as Sailaja / Sailu
• Gopichand as Bhadranna
• Prakash Raj as Cola Ranga Rao
• Chandra Mohan as Venkat's Uncle
• Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Sivaiah, Bhadranna's uncle
• Ajay as Venkat's friend
• Shafi as Kaasi
• Sunil as Jagan
• Venu Madhav as Director
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Gaali Ganna Rao
• M. S. Narayana as Priest
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Priest
• Mallikarjuna Rao as Marriage Party
• AVS as Marriage Party
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Producer Seenaiah
• Sivaji Raja as Venkat's brother-in-law
• Raghu Babu as Bhadranna's henchman
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as Home Minister
• Malladi Raghava as Transport Company Owner
• Deeshithulu as Dasanna
• Ananth as Director
• Narsingh Yadav as Bus Driver
• Sudha as Venkat's aunt
• Sangeetha as Sailu's mother
• Suma as Venkat's sister
• Rajitha as Marriage Party
• Sirisha as Marriage Party
• Pavala Shyamala as Sailu's grandmother
• Shoba Rani as Marriage Party
• Padma Jayanthi as Marriage Party
• Indu Anand as Venkat's aunt
• Master Akshay as Naani

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Soundtrack

Varsham
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	18 December 2003 (2003-12-18)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	30:33
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Sontham (2002) Varsham (2004) Venky (2004)

Music composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Allegory

Trisha Krishnan was selected as lead heroine marking her first collaboration with Prabhas.

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 ₹22 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$8.1 million in 2016) business.

References

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

External links

• Varsham at the Internet Movie Database