Virupaksha Movie Details:
| Movie Name | Virupaksha |
|---|---|
| Original title | విరూపాక్ష |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Dubbed in | Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Release Date | 21 April 2023 |
| Ott Release date | May 21, 2023 |
| Running Time | 2hr 26min |
| Certificate | A |
| Cast | Sai Dharam Tej Samyuktha Sunil Brahmaji Rajeev Kanakala Ajay Ravi Krishna |
| Directed by | Karthik Varma Dandu |
| Story by | Karthik Varma Dandu |
| Screenplay by | Sukumar |
| Dialogues by | Krushna Hari |
| Produced by | B. V. S. N. Prasad Sukumar |
| Cinematography by | Shamdat Sainudeen |
| Edited by | Navin Nooli |
| Music by | B. Ajaneesh Loknath |
| Production Company | Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra Sukumar Writings |
| Distributor | Goldmines Telefilms |
| Budget | ₹25 crore |
| Box Office Collection | ₹103 crore |
Virupaksha Movie Cast and Characters:
- Sai Dharam Tej as Surya
- Samyuktha as Nandini
- Sunil as Abbai Raju, a villager
- Rajeev Kanakala as Harishchandra Prasad
- Brahmaji as RMP Doctor Koti
- Ravi Krishna as Bhairava Kumar alias Kumar
- Master Roshan as young Bhairava
- Abhinav Gomatam as Surya’s cousin
- Kamal Kamaraju as Venkata Chalapathy
- Kamakshi Bhaskarla as Venkata Chalapathy’s wife
- Sai Chand as the head priest
- Ajay as Aghora
- Soniya Singh as Sudha
- Niharika as Anasuyamma
- Rajasekhar Aningi as Orphanage’s caretaker
- Meka Sivaramakrishna as Orphanage’s founder
- Shyamala as Parvati
- Chatrapathi Sekhar as Shivayya, Parvati’s husband
- Bhel Prasad as Sathayya, Sudha’s father
- Naveen Neni as Upparam, Sudha’s brother-in-law
- Mahesh Achanta as Sastry, the RMP’s acquaintance from neighboring village
Storyline:
Mysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person’s occult practices. The whole town is afraid, and the problems continue as they search for the one responsible.
About Virupaksha Movie:
- Virupaksha received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences praising the direction, screenplay, writing, score, cinematography, visual Effects, and cast performances. The film became a commercial success at the box office.
- The exteriors and the streets of the fictional Rudravanam village were shot in and around Araku and Paderu in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district, where Karthik Varma also wrote the script. The haunted house and sarpanch’s house were sets built in Hyderabad.
- Sai Dharam Tej’s voice in the Hindi version is dubbed by TV actor Saurabh Raj Jain.
- Virupaksha was theatrically released on 21 April 2023 in the Telugu language. The film was dubbed and theatrically released in Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam languages on 5 May 2023. The digital and satellite rights of the film were acquired by Netflix and Star Maa respectively.
- The film premiered on 21 May 2023 on Netflix and on 25 June 2023 on Star Maa. Virupaksha received generally positive reviews from critics. The film became a commercial success at the box office.
