Varudu movie reviews give few details on Bollywood's newest epic
Bollywood film 'Varudu' releases across the US today. But Varudu movie reviews are scant on information, and the production company has kept a lid on details.
The male lead Allu Arjun is shown in this YouTube screengrab of the Bollywood film 'Varudu.'
Bollywood today released worldwide its newest song-and-dance epic, Varudu.
But Varudu movie reviews give few details, and aside from providing the names of the stars and a picture of its bare-chested male lead (), the company released little information in an attempt to build hype. The film opens across the United States today, including in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Boston, according to .
The story follows Sandy, an American-Indian who agrees to an arranged marriage to a bride ultimately kidnapped half-way through their wedding, according to a review in Sandy must then rescue his bride, which escalates into a grand wedding ceremony fight, according to a review from .
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The film will be in Telugu, the official language of southern state Andhra Pradesh, though presumably subtitled. (Telugu is India鈥檚 third language and the worldwide, just ahead of Italian and Vietnamese). It鈥檚 director, Guna Sekhar, and star, Allu Arjun, are both Telugu. The Keralite-born Tamil actor (he goes by one name) appears to play the antagonist.
According to , 鈥淚t will be the first time in the Telugu movie industry that a movie will be realized without revealing the lead heroine. Usually the trend or we can see is the practice of the movie industry to sell the movie with the lead heroine's curves and smiles.鈥�
Few details have been released about the film in an attempt to tease audiences. 鈥淔rom this reviewer鈥檚 perspective, not a bad strategy 鈥� except a little 鈥榯oo鈥� little has been forthcoming,鈥� said critic .
鈥淎ny way,鈥� Mr. Butler continued in his preview, 鈥渢he stars and people behind the film are some of the best in the business, so at least a level of excellence can be expected. The cinematography, as is customary in Indian films, is superb.鈥�
Melodramatic movie trailers hint at an epic tale of romance and war.
Mani Sharma's score was released March 7 with great fanfare, too:
In November while in Mumabi (Bombay), this correspondent was recruited for one of the hundreds of Bollywood epics churned out yearly.
鈥淗ey, do you want to be in a Bollywood movie?鈥� asked a pot-bellied guy reclined on a motorcycle as we passed him on a street in downtown Mumbai. 鈥淚鈥檓 recruiting for extras who can work tonight.鈥�
The offer was enticing, but I needed to catch a flight the next morning at 6 a.m. I told this to the man, Imran, and he said he鈥檇 let us skip out early to get to the airport in time.
鈥淲e鈥檒l even drop you off at the airport,鈥� he said.
鈥淲hat鈥檚 the pay?鈥� I asked, expecting something in the range of $100 per person for a full night鈥檚 work.
鈥�500 rupees,鈥� Imran said.
鈥淭en bucks!鈥� I said.
鈥淗ey man, this is your chance to be in a film (called "Veer") starring Salman Khan, the biggest name in Bollywood. You鈥檙e only in Mumbai once and Mumbai is Bollywood,鈥� he noted, in a pitch that sounded practiced.
I took the offer.