Sai Dharam Tej has teamed up with debutant Karthik Varma, who is an assistant of Sukumar for Virupaksha, under the production of BVSN Prasad and Sukumar. This is Tej's first outing in 2 years after the dreadful accident.
Story :- Surya (Tej) along with his mother comes to his ancestral village Rudravanam for the first time, to give their land for school building. Exactly then the villages local.god festival Jaatara is scheduled and they plan to stay till it's over. During this time he meets Nandini (Samyukta), who is the daughter of village's sarpanch Harishchandra Prasad (Rajeev Kanakala). Just when the Jaatara is about to start, a bad omen happens in temple and the poojari (Sai Chand) tells that the village's to and fro movement has to be restricted to come out of the bad omen. During this time, suspicious deaths start to happen. How these deaths happen? Would Surya be able to resolve it? Who caused the bad omen? Forms the rest of the story.
Performances :- Tej is decent in the protagonist role, though his natural act and ease was missing. He has become a bit chubby and is visible during action sequences, especially when running. Samyukta had a meatier role and she was good. Almost all the character artists had scope to perform and they did well, be it Sai Chand, Rajeev Kanakala, Brahmaji, Sunil, Shyamala, Ravi Krishna etc.,
Technicians :- Debutant Karthik didn't go for a regular scares of a horror film, which is refreshing. More than a horror film, this is a thriller with lot of surprise elements thrown in the 2nd half of the story. Execution by director is well done, but Sukumar's screenplay gets the major credit. Avoiding songs, comedy scenes, over the board action scenes or graphics is a good choice. Sticking to the story line only and narrating it is a great job. Background score and cinematography are well done.
Positives :-
Screenplay
Surprise elements
Story
Negatives :-
Climax
Summary :- Virupaksha can be watched for the suspense elements and different story line.
Rating :- 3/5 (Watchable thriller)
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