Adithya Varma movie review and ratings: Live updates

After much-delay Adithya Varma, the launchpad of Chiyaan Vikram's son Dhruv, is finally seeing the light of the day on Friday, 22 November. After National Award winning filmmaker Bala was unceremoniously fired from the flick, Gireesaaya was brought on board as his replacement.

Adithya Varma is the Tamil remake of blockbuster Telugu film Arjun Reddy, starring Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey in the lead. The movie was remade in Hindi with Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani playing the lead roles and it turned out to be a blockbuster too.

Now, all eyes on Dhruv's film which has Banita Sandhu in the female lead. Priya Anand, Leela Samson and others are in the supporting roles.

The movie has Radhan's music, Ravi K Chandran's cinematography and Vivek Harshan's editing.

Story:

Dhruv plays the titular role in Adithya Varma, a medical student known for bad temper. He falls in love with a girl with contrastingly different character. Their love ends up in a break-up, following which he becomes a drug addict. What follows next is the best part of the flick. The movie showcases intense emotions of love and anger.

Hype:
The film has generated a lot of positive buzz. Considering that the story has been widely accepted by the Telugu and Hindi audience, people are now looking forward to see the Tamil version of Arjun Reddy. Moreover, it marks the debut of Vikram's son.

Hence, the viewers have pinned high hopes on Adithya Varma. Has it live up to the audience's expectations? Check it out in their words below:

Haricharan Pudipeddi: #AdithyaVarma - Exceptionally good and confident @DhruvVikram8 shoulders this remake of Arjun Reddy as earnestly as possible. Pretty much works as a faithful remake with minor changes to suit Tamil sensibilities. A solid debut for director @GIREESAAYA .

Review Ram: #AdithyaVarma - 2.75/ 5.
@DhruvVikram8 holds the show decently with his neat performance (voice is a minor issue), will work better for people who haven't watched the original.
@BanitaSandhu is good too. An intense romantic drama that ends emotionally.
Interval - Frame to frame remake. All good and problematic things work as it is in the original. Technically very strong, #DhruvVikram has exceeded expectations by doing his job decently, especially while delivering angry emotions. But the supporting cast is weak.
#AdithyaVarma - Interval - Frame to frame remake. All good and problematic things work as it is in the original. Technically very strong, #DhruvVikram has exceeded expectations by doing his job decently, especially while delivering angry emotions. But the supporting cast is weak.

A Abhishek Raja: That one thing which kind of felt odd with the original version gets tweaked and gets a beautiful touch in #AdithyaVarma
Balls to moral policing. Everything is fair in love and war.
#ChiyaanVikram is a proud father now.
Bouncing off a rough edge and making a team effort
Music makes the film feel faithful to the original.
@follow_anbu provides relief and bringing actors like #LeelaSamskn and #Raja adds freshness.
@dop007 the big daddy of Dop's nails it.
If all you are talking about looks for an actor, @DhruvVikram8 is already there.
To talk about acting for an intense role this this, the disturbed doctor emotes really well.
#AdhithyaVarma reached the midpoint quite comfortably.
Winning parts of the story retained well
Remakes are quite tricky to gauge, but for the ones who haven't seen previous versions, #AdhithyaVarma is about a rebellious doctor who falls prey to love.
@DhruvVikram8 is off the mark in style. All the major scenes nailed like a boss.
With a gifted voice, fly high bro

Kaushik LM: #AdithyaVarma - The censor board has muted all the F words and other Tamil, Hindi cuss words. Despite being 'A' rated, all these mutes have been done; reduces the impact and emotion of the intense scenes!
#AdithyaVarma - #DhruvVikram @DhruvVikram8 will bag many Best Debut Actor awards next year, for AV..Guaranteed!
And of course, he's gonna bag many more grt film offers in his kitty.. A star has arrived!
#AdithyaVarma 3.25/5. Will be a fresh romantic - emotional - musical film for the Tamil audience who haven't seen ArjunReddy. #DhruvVikram
@DhruvVikram8 as the alcoholic aggressive loverboy is an absolute revelation @BanitaSandhu
@follow_anbu @PriyaAnand provide good support
#AdithyaVarma - 3.25/5.. #DhruvVikram
@DhruvVikram8 delivers a towering, powerhouse performance. One of the best possible debut performances Super future ahead.
Good support actors too. Grt music.

ezhilannn: #AdithyaVarma Interval: Boy,
@DhruvVikram8 is an absolute show-stealer. Amazing debut so far and he's confidently taking it through. Very similar to Arjun Reddy as a film, but it's working well cos of this guy!

Ramesh Bala: #AdithyaVarma 1st Half : A faithful remake of #ArjunReddy with couple of scenes edited out..
@DhruvVikram8 is impressive.. He is here to stay..
@BanitaSandhu shows her acting prowess in the pre-interval confrontation scene..
Looking forward to 2nd half..

Sakthivelan B: #AdithyaVarma - @DhruvVikram8 is here to stay and will stay as one of the top young heroes in the coming decades. Perfect hero material , you will know it once you watch his splendid performance in the movie. My hearty and advance wishes for the success !!

Sidhu: #AdithyaVarma Interval: Boy,
@DhruvVikram8 is an absolute show-stealer. Amazing debut so far and he's confidently taking it through. Very similar to Arjun Reddy as a film, but it's working well cos of this guy!

sridevi sreedhar: #AdithyaVarma First half review: A star is born
@DhruvVikram8 is the biggest highlight of this faithful remake. His performance, screen presence and star charisma is
@e4echennai #DhruvVikram #KollywoodWelcomesPrinceDHRUV

Ajay Gnanamuthu: At times we get very emotionally attached to a film, even though it puts us through a lot of struggles and pain!! #AdithyaVarma must be one such film for
@DhruvVikram8 and #ChiyaanVikram sir. For all your efforts and persistence you truly deserve to win and win big! Best wishes

Rajasekar: #AdithyaVarma first half - It's a faithful remake so far. A few scenes were edited out. Liked the enhancement done for
@BanitaSandhu, her character also shows some interest on 'Adi' in the Tamil version from the beginning.
#AdithyaVarma first half - A new star is born @DhruvVikram8 completely steals the show as the Swagger 'Adi'. He matches the underage factor with his powerhouse performance. Like father like son, tharam

Thalapathy: #AdithyaVarma - 1st Half . Perfectly Executed Remake #DhruvVikram - THE PERFORMER Straight away Steals the Show.. Will be BEST DEBUT FILM For Any Actor in Recent Time ..
@DhruvVikram8

sanjay25620445: #AdithyaVarma 1st half -
@DhruvVikram8 #DhruvVikram Powerful performance outpaced the original version. There are many jaw dropping moments will make you to think that, is that really a debutant movie of him ? Hands down, best ever debutant movie of any Kollywood hero ever had.