Virupaksha (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 21 Apr 2023
• Country: India
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24059780/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/virupaksha
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Telugu
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
• Runtime: 145 min
• Writer: Krushna Hari, Sukumar
• Director: Karthik Varma Dandu
• Cast: Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha Menon, Sunil
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	7.3/10
	88% – Critics
	88% – Audience

Virupaksha Storyline

In 1979 Rudravanam, Venkata Chalapathy and his wife are brutally assaulted, whisked away and immolated by the outraged inhabitants, who surmise that their eerie rituals (Black magic) induced multiple deaths in the village; the dying woman curses Rudravanam and anticipates destruction of the village after twelve years. The couple’s young son Bhairava is subsequently admitted into an orphanage at the Sarpanch Harishchandra Prasad’s behest.In 1991, a week after the disappearance of a resident Siddhaiah in the aftermath of a supernatural crow mauling him, Anasuyamma, escorted by her son Surya and nephew, visits Rudravanam, her hometown, to contribute a tract of their land for construction of a school and attend the village’s annual carnival, organized in the honor of Goddess Modamamba. Surya’s encounter with Nandini, Harishchandra Prasad’s daughter, results in love and she apparently reciprocates but hesitates to accept his proposal. Siddhaiah, who has developed a sinister pox, shows up at the temple and dies in the inner sanctum, which is deemed to be a sacrilege. The temple’s head priest analyzes the customary edict, declaring that the Goddess and her children (the villagers) are desecrated and to contain the debacle with Siddhaiah’s death, it is necessary to seal the village in eight directions for the next eight days; commuting is prohibited and all the religious emblems are supposed to be stored in the temple. Surya and his family are permitted to exit, considering the fact that they have not been to the village for eighteen years. Nevertheless, Surya reenters Rudravanam to deliver a vial that could cure Nandini, who is prone to convulsions, rendering him incapable of traversing the extremities of the place for eight days.Sudha, Nandini’s close friend, transgresses the boundary to elope with her lover Kumar, whose tragic death she witnesses and returns to the village, walks into a beehive, provoking the bees to attack and kill her. Unaware of Sudha’s quietus, her parents conceal her elopement, dreading disgrace. Alleged suicides of Suri, a milkman, and Parvathi, Surya’s cousin, intrigue Surya, who distrusts the assumptions and investigates the killings with an RMP doctor. An Aghora cautions the village of forthcoming perils and comprehends that they’ve made a mistake by imposing the lock down. Surya discovers Sudha’s corpse and detects Kumar’s demise; realizing that Suri witnessed Sudha’s death and Parvathi saw Suri slitting his throat just as Sudha viewed Kumar’s death, Surya deduces that death is being infected from one to another and locates the latest possible victim: Nandini, who eventually contemplates suicide but Surya’s timely intervention rescues her. Surya assimilates the past involving Chalapathy and his family and infiltrates their dilapidated residence with the RMP; discerning a recent visit to the place, Surya suspects Bhairava. The head priest assesses the edict and proclaims that sacrificing Nandini will end the occurrences. Resisting the villagers, Surya sedates Nandini and vows to resolve the problem within eight hours. He visits Bhairava’s orphanage, where he discovers that Bhairava absconded after paralyzing its founder. Surya locates a few Aghoras in the process of spearheading a search for Bhairava’s hideout. The Aghora, who has warned the villagers earlier, assists him in discovering a cave, where the spell has been cast. Surya uncovers Bhairava’s belongings, which help him realize that Kumar is Bhairava, and the actual edict of Rudravanam, which was replaced with a fake one: one that is being utilized currently. Grasping that a villager has been aiding and in fact, directing Kumar to execute the curse, Surya ascertains that Nandini’s sacrifice is a hoax to exterminate the village.With the Aghora, Surya departs to desist the villagers but the superstitious residents of neighboring villages prevent them, fearing deaths in their respective hometowns. He eventually manages to return and is stunned to see the villagers possessed, since they have proceeded with the ritual, owing to Surya’s retardation. Conjecturing that Harishchandra Prasad is Kumar’s secret accomplice, Surya goes to confront him and realizes that Nandini is Chalapathi’s daughter, whose existence has been secreted by Harischandra Prasad. Perceiving Nandini to be the principal perpetrator, Surya informs Harishchandra Prasad of Nandini’s conspiracies and rushes back to the site of sacrifice. He confronts Nandini for decimating the innocents but she refuses to back off, commands him to leave and tries to proceed with the ritual. She tells him that Chalapathy was an Atharvana Veda practitioner, whose attempts to cure his paralyzed wife were misinterpreted to be evil practices in a frenzy and that she has been exacting revenge from the village along with Bhairava. Despite Nandini’s insistence, Surya refuses to leave and attempts to aid her in realizing her love for him, requesting her to cease the ritual. Nandini, who is incompetent to attack him due to the pendant, reciprocates his feelings and asks him to kill her, which will intercept the ritual. He brings himself to stab her, ending the death plague and rescuing the villagers from getting killed.During Nandini’s cremation, Surya requests the villagers to retire from their taboo regarding evil practices and transform Chalapathy’s house into a school. He looks at Nandini’s pendant, prompting his eyes to glow in a paranormal way.

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Virupaksha Movie Reviews

A commercialised Supernatural Thriller that does its job!

“Virupaksha” is a glaring exception to the norm of supernatural thrillers being subtle and laid-back in their tone and approach. It’s heavily commercialised with a love track, over-the-top fight sequences, and corny conversations, similar to other Telugu films, but what makes it stand out is that despite having a mainstream persona, the film never deviates from its premeditated objectives, which were to frighten and intimidate the audience, and trust me, it accomplishes these goals with finesse.

If you can overlook the obvious deficiencies, you will find much to admire. The writing is effective enough to evoke both fear and fascination for the narrative, which is rife with angst and anxiety that keeps you hooked and second guessing at every turn.

Sheer waste of Time and Money

A sheer waste of money and time. The film and it’s creators seem to be questioning my intelligence. The director and screenplay writer have overcooked the plot and jam-packed everything of what they knew, there was not even a second of shudder in the whole movie. The Actors were just uttering dialogues, below average in acting. If this movie has entered into second week in the cinema theatres, I can imagine the quality of present day Telugu movie. I went to the theatre, solely recommended by the reviews and the ratings, I was hoping and hoping that the movie will get better and better, but my hopes were dashed. I read in one of the reviews that the last half hour was an edge of seat affair and the best part, and I should say it was the best part, because it was then I dozed off. A recipe for headache, for sure !

Well Executed story line with great background

I never watched movie sitting in first row but this the first time. Oh yes! Its worth watching. I hope this movie gets all the recognition it deserves

Please watch it in theatres to get the “grave experience “.

Direction-8.5/10 Cinematography-9/10 Screenplay-9/10 Story-9/10 Acting-8/10 Music-9/10 VFX-7/10

A big call out to lead actress, antagonist and other artists

Small nuisance in the “love track” scene but it all make sense when it reaches pivotal point of the story

Please don’t watch the spoiler reviews as it really spoils the twists snd turns

My recent favourites are Balagam and now Virupaksha.