Amitha Ranganath

The actor will be paired with Amitha Ranganath in the film

The story revolves around 4-5 central characters, all passengers on a bus

Parvathy Arun has been roped in to play the female lead - the Malayalam actress made her Kannada debut with 'Geetha' - and senior actors Devaraj and Ravi Shankar too, reportedly, will play key roles in the film.

'Varada' will see Vinod play the role of an engineer whose strange relationship with his father forms the crux of the story.