‘Varudu Kaavalenu’ movie review: Doesn’t hit the mark

The Naga Shaurya and Ritu Varma starrer is a mature urban rom-com but not compelling enough

In the second half of director Lakshmi Sowjanya’s Varudu Kaavalenu, when the scene shifts from Hyderabad to Araku Valley for a wedding, new characters are introduced. One character does everything at a humanly impossible slow pace and another character wants everything to be lightning quick. The tussle between them elicits laughs, and we hear dialogues about ‘lag’ (a commonly used term to describe sluggish pace in Telugu film parlance).

It is perhaps the makers’ way of commenting on the tendency of the audience to crib about the pace slowing down and stating that one needs to watch a film patiently, allowing time for characters to introspect and resolve conflicts.

Point noted. But the issue with Varudu Kaavalenu, more than its pace, is that after establishing a promising premise, it meanders.