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Directed by | Ayyappa P. Sharma |
Produced by | Shankar Gowda |
Written by | Srivas |
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Sudeep Chiranjeevi Sarja Sameera Reddy Nikeesha Patel P. Ravi Shankar |
Music by | Arjun Janya |
Cinematography | Rajesh Katta |
Edited by | Ishwar |
Distributed by | Shankar Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Budget | ₹90 million (US$1.4 million) |
Box office |
₹130 million (US$2.0 million) + ₹22.5 million (US$350,000) {Satellite Rights} |
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Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya | |
Released | November 2012 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
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Awards won | 1 | ||||||||||
Nominations | 2 |
Varadhanayaka is a 2013 Kannada action film starring Chiranjeevi Sarja and Nikeesha Patel in the lead roles. Actor Sudeep plays an important role of a police officer. Sameera Reddy is his pair in the film. This film marks the Kannada debut of Sameera Reddy, an established Bollywood 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. The film is a remake of Telugu film Lakshyam which starred Gopichand, Jagapathi Babu and Anushka Shetty.
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.