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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Varadhanayaka<br />
| image = Varadhanayaka.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster <br />
| director = Ayyappa P. Sharma<br />
| producer = Shankar Gowda<br />
| story = [[Sriwass]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Lakshyam (2007 film)|Lakshyam]]'' | [[Sriwass]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Sudeep]]<br />[[Chiranjeevi Sarja]]<br />[[Sameera Reddy]]<br />[[Nikesha Patel]]<br>[[P. Ravi Shankar]]<br />
| music = [[Arjun Janya]]<br />
| cinematography = Rajesh Katta<br />
| editing = Ishwar<br />
| studio = Shankar Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|2013|01|25|India|df=y}}<br />
{{Film date|2013|04|28|Canada|df=y}}<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-21/news-interviews/38709847_1_varadanayaka-shankar-gowda-nikesha-patel Varadanayaka to be screened in Canada - Times Of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
| runtime = 151 minute<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = 8cr<br />
| gross = 18cr<br />
}} <br />
'''''Varadhanayaka''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Kannada film|Kannada]]-language [[action film]] starring [[Sudeep]], [[Chiranjeevi Sarja]], and [[Nikeesha Patel]] in the lead roles. This film marks the Kannada debut of Sameera Reddy, an established [[Bollywood]], [[Telugu cinema|Tollywood]] and [[Kollywood]] actress. The film is directed by Ayyappa P. Sharma. [[Arjun Janya]] is the music director of the film. Shankare Gowda has produced the venture under Shankar Productions banner. It is also dubbed in Hindi as ''Ek Tha Nayak.'' It was declared super hit due stardom [[kiccha Sudeep]]<br />
The film is a remake of Telugu film ''[[Lakshyam (2007 film)|Lakshyam]]'' which starred [[Tottempudi Gopichand|Gopichand]], [[Jagapathi Babu]] and [[Anushka Shetty]].<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2011/chiranjeevi-sarja-sudeep-varadhanayaka-270511-aid0062.html Chiranjeevi Sarja-Sudeep's flick titled Varadhanayaka - Oneindia Entertainment<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film starts with a flashback in [[Bangalore]]. ACP Varadhanayaka ([[Sudeep]]) is a sincere police officer happily married and lives with his parents, wife ([[Sameera Reddy]]) and younger brother Hari ([[Chiranjeevi Sarja]]). Hari is a college student and he falls in love with his classmate Sirisha ([[Nikeesha Patel]]). Enter Section Shankar ([[P. Ravi Shankar]]) the villain who is notorious for settlements and land deals. Sirisha comes across ACP Varadhanayaka when she is on a field trip from her college with her friends. She gets friendly with his daughter Pinky who tells her that she would get her introduced to her uncle Hari and they would make a good pair. It turns out that Hari studies in Sirisha’s college and soon after they accidentally even come to know each other and get close.<br />
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ACP Varadhanayaka investigates the case of a dreaded criminal Shankar whom no one has been able to touch. He is even involved with a land deal involving crores of money which is completely illegal and others including the D.I.G is involved. When the chairman of the bank who has lent money for the deal demand 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. ACP Varadhanayaka arrives there, arrests the manager and takes him away. Somehow Shankar comes to know where the manager has been taken. He arrives there with his men and the D.I.G nearly kill ACP Varadhanayaka. Shankar asks his men to dump the body. On the way, somehow Hari gets involved and ultimately rescues his brother from a burning bus and the elder brother dies in the younger brother’s arms. The entire media and the people think that ACP Varadhanayaka has swindled off all the money as they have been made to believe that by the D.I.G. Hari decides to take revenge on the people who killed his brother. Firstly he kills Siddharth([[J.Karthik]]) (his friend and Shankar’s henchman). Then he kills the D.I.G (he had been taken to jail and he had escaped). Shankar also kidnaps the entire family of Hari. Hari goes to an old temple where he kills Shankar, he spills the beans that Varadhanayaka is dead and rescues his family under the supervision of the new D.I.G who supports him wholeheartedly.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sudeep]] as Varadhanayaka<br />
* [[Chiranjeevi Sarja]] as Hari<br />
* [[Sameera Reddy]] as Lakshmi, Varadhanayaka's wife<br />
* [[Nikeesha Patel]] as Sirisha<br />
* [[P. Ravi Shankar]] as Section Shankar<br />
* [[Ambareesh|Dr Ambareesh]] ... (Guest Appearance)<br />
* [[Sumalatha|Sumalatha Ambareesh]] ... (Guest Appearance)<br />
* [[Rockline Venkatesh]] ... (Guest Appearance)<br />
* [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] as News Reporter<br />
* [[Jai Jagadish]]<br />
* [[Shobaraj]] as Section Shankar's PA<br />
* [[Sharath Lohitashwa]] as Director of Inspector General<br />
* [[J. Karthik]] as Section Shankar's brother<br />
* [[Sharan (actor)|Sharan]] as Hari's friend<br />
* [[Chitra Shenoy]]<br />
* Padmaja Rao<br />
* [[Bullet Prakash]]<br />
* Dharma<br />
* Satyajit<br />
* Rajiv and others<br />
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==Production==<br />
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===Casting===<br />
Shankare Gowda, the producer had initially cast [[Chiranjeevi Sarja]] to play the main protagonist played by [[Tottempudi Gopichand|Gopichand]] in the Telugu version. Later, to reprise the cop role played by [[Jagapathi Babu]] in the original version, Gowda approached [[Sudeep]], his main star in the previous venture ''[[Kempegowda (film)|Kempegowda]]''. Owing to the success of their previous venture, Gowda decided to give extra screen time for Sudeep in the new film.<ref>[http://www.chitraloka.com/news/562-varadanayaka-shoot-from-feb-27.html Varadanayaka Shoot From Feb 27 - chitraloka.com | Kannada Movies | Latest Kannada Film News, Reviews | Stills, Images, Actress, Actors, Pictures<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Gowda was in search of two leading female stars from the Kannada industry. However, due to date issues, none could be roped in. Actress [[Priyamani]] was approached to play the lead but she refused the offer. Finally in July 2011, [[Nikesha Patel]] who had just begun her career in Telugu films was cast opposite Sarja in the lead role.<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2011/nikesha-patel-shooting-chiru-varadanayaka-070711-aid0062.html Nikesha Patel shooting for Varadanayaka with Chiru - Oneindia Entertainment<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Later [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]] was approached to play the role opposite Sudeep. However, she was dropped and later Bollywood actress [[Sameera Reddy]] was finally roped in for the role. Director Ayyappa Sharma's brothers [[Sai Kumar (Kannada actor)|Sai Kumar]] and [[P. Ravi Shankar]] were also roped in to play the supporting characters. It was also announced that [[Arjun Sarja]] would be doing a cameo appearance in the film.<br />
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===Filming===<br />
As per the initial plans, the film was supposed to go on sets from February 2011. However several delays caused the [[principal photography|shooting]] to regularly commence from June 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/1556-varadanayaka-shoot-from-june-27th.html | title=Varadanayaka Shoot From June 27th | publisher=chitraloka.com}}</ref> The filming began without even casting the leading ladies for the film.<br />
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==Release==<br />
Initially, the film was plan to release on 23, November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kiccha-sudeeps-varadanayaka-to-be-released-on-november-23/304773-71-205.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207213716/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kiccha-sudeeps-varadanayaka-to-be-released-on-november-23/304773-71-205.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 December 2013|title= Kiccha Sudeep's 'Varadanayaka' to be released on November 23|publisher=CNN IBN |access-date= 10 November 2012}}</ref> The film released in India on 25 January 2013 to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/2290-lakshmi-vardanayaka-clash-on-jan-4th.html | title=Lakshmi - Vardanayaka Clash on Jan. 4th | publisher=chitraloka.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/80285.html Brisk shoot for Varadanayaka - Kannada Movie News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and also Kannada Sangha in Canada released this film in Canada on 28 April 2013<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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===Box-office===<br />
Varadhanayaka box office collection is grossed more than {{INRConvert|180|m}}. Sudeep's Varadanayaka does Rs 10.5 cr business before release - Oneindia Entertainment.The satellite rights of the film was sold to Suvarna Channel for {{INRConvert|22.5|m}}.<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2012/sudeep-varadanayaka-record-business-release-101072.html Sudeep's Varadanayaka does Rs 10.5 cr business before release - Oneindia Entertainment<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Varadhanayaka<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Arjun Janya]]<br />
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[[Arjun Janya]] has composed 5 songs to the lyrics of [[Kaviraj (Lyricist)|Kaviraj]] and [[A. P. Arjun]].<ref>http://www.southsongs4u.in/2012/11/varadanayaka2012-kannada-mp3-songs-free.html</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Baite Baite<br />
| extra1 = [[Arjun Janya]], [[Anuradha Bhat]]<br />
| title2 = Yeno Kane<br />
| extra2 = [[Vijay Prakash]], [[Priya Himesh]]<br />
| title3 = Ondhsari<br />
| extra3 = [[Arjun Janya]], [[Anuradha Bhat]]<br />
| title4 = Morningu<br />
| extra4 = [[Chandan Shetty]], Suma Shastry<br />
| title5 = Theme<br />
| extra5 = Ravishankar<br />
}}<br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
{{Infobox actor awards<br />
|name = Varadanayaka (2013)<br />
|wins = 1<br />
|nominations = 2<br />
|award1 = [[South Indian International Movie Awards]]<br />
|award1W = 1<br />
|award1N = 2<br />
}}<br />
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'''[[3rd South Indian International Movie Awards]] :-'''<br />
* Best Actor in a Negative Role - '''Nominated''' - [[P. Ravi Shankar]]<ref name="SIIMA 2014"/><br />
* Best Music Director - '''Nominated''' - [[Arjun Janya]]<ref name="SIIMA 2014"/><br />
* Best Playback Singer (Male) - '''Won''' - [[Arjun Janya]] for the song "Baite Baite"<ref name="SIIMA 2014">{{cite web|url=http://siima.in/nominations/|title=SIIMA nominees Kannada|publisher=siima.in|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222803/http://siima.in/nominations/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2949874|Varadhanayaka}}<br />
* {{allrovi movie|558405|Varadhanayaka}}<br />
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