Why Bala's Varmaa was seen as bad launchpad of Dhruv Vikram ?

 

The answer to why Bala’s Varmaa version of Arjun Reddy did not find favour with producer and Vikram is evident  after watching the film released on OTT. Bala has removed the aura that went with the larger than life image of the hero, thereby defeating the primary reason that the remake rights were bought to launch Vikram’s son Dhruv. The hero character in Varmaa comes out as a guy who does not deserve any sympathy as all his doings and the sufferings he undergoes are all the fruits of his thoughtless actions. He is inconsiderate man who has nothing for his close friends who mean well and on whole he comes out as a character that is full of flaws and habits and feels no need to be compassionate towards him. This goes just opposite to the Arjun Reddy character where you feel that despite his shortcomings , if he had got love and compassion in his life, he could have led a good life. Yet another aspect underplayed in Varmaa is that the hero is considerate to women.

The opening introduction scene of hero who is told by a married woman to get lost as her hubby is at the door and he asking the woman to pray to his prick with folded hands to make him go away is something that is quite novel intro. Now producer is at fault as he should have asked some other director who can do a faithful remake or make a even larger than life character of the hero. The choice of Bala was wrong.

Bala ,if he did what Gireesya ,a member of Telugu director of the original had delivered, then many would write an epitaph saying that for money, an iconic director has buried his brains in  his balls. He has given a very neat romance and we see Dhruv being the chip of the old block. In fact the scene where Varmaa on first meeting with the girl he falls in love at first sight, tells her to go and get a cup of tea. A straight throwback to Sethu- when Vikram meets Abitha.

Megha Chowdhury is apt and delivers so also supporting actors especially  Easwari Rao do the adequate. M Sugumar’s cinematography and Raadhan music and BGM is a plus. One does not feel that the duration of the film was too short and had missed the gist of the original (it was 3 hours). If you keep aside Arjun Reddy  and see it as a film , it is worth watching