Varsham emerged as a box office blockbuster and was remade in Tamil as Mazhai (2005) and in Hindi as Baaghi (2016).

[1] Venkat, an unemployed youngster, meets Sailaja, a middle-class girl, on a train journey in Warangal, and they are immediately attracted to each other after dancing in a rain shower.

In Vizag, Sailaja becomes a leading lady in the movies, and Venkat works with his uncle in a quarry as a demolition expert.

Months later, Bhadranna is cheated of some money by Ranga Rao, and he finds out where Sailaja now lives, kidnaps her, and tries to change her mind about marrying him.

Music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and all lyrics were penned by Sirivennela Seetaaraama Saastry.

Soundtrack album was released on 18 December 2003 through Aditya Music at the film's audio launch event at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.

[2] Sify said that "The major drawback of Varsham is the second half, which has an overdose of violence and narration is marred by two dream songs.