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Arjun Reddy Deshmukh is a house surgeon in a medical college with some excellent credentials to his name. 'He is a topper of his class, topper of the university, topper of the board; I can say he is one of the best students to pass out of St Mary's with an impeccable academic record' his dean announces to a class full of new joiners, much to their delight and amusement.

Let us take a quick look at the definition for the word 'HERO'. It is a Noun that means 'a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities'.

Does Arjun fit that definition of a Hero? Sure... Why not!

But Arjun is not just all that. He is a ton of other things too! What follows that announcement is a needless faceoff between the Dean and Arjun that makes him ready to even quit his college. He even challenges- 'I am not a rebel without a cause Sir' with a chest filled with pride. Impulsive, rebellious, Arrogant and Hot-Headed, Arjun shows off a few other dimensions!

Where are we on fitting him into the definition of a Hero now? And where will it be when I tell you he also becomes an alcoholic, drug addict, apparent womanizer, convicted criminal and a suspended doctor! He definitely lost his way somewhere and has fallen light years short on being labelled a hero, I think.

But why? Why did his life turn upside down? He fails to let go off something important to him. A girl, that he falls in love with at first sight of her. A girl for who he can let pride take back seat and stayed back in the college for. A girl for who he can do every letter of the word 'everything' or will die trying. Yes, letting go is an easier and smarter decision to make. But he simply can't. It is that irrevocable adulation for her, that unadulterated affection for her, that selfless connection for her that doesn't let him. And those are the qualities that I find just as heroic. Heroic in the world of love!

Arjun is not a simple character by any stretch of imagination and an abstract limited definition does no justice to deciding if Arjun is a hero or not. I don't care what the dictionary has to say... He is definitely my hero for the passionate personality he is.

Arjun Reddy is an ode of love for Love!

Imagine doing this: You are on a fast food diet intentionally for five years. All you get to eat is McDonalds, KFC and everything that qualifies as junk that you can buy. And then five years later you walk home and you get to eat food your mom cooked. If you really can imagine the joy that meal gives you, you will complain that I used the word joy. You would tell me use a stronger word because joy just does not cut it. Bliss.. May be?

This movie is that! Love in its true elements. Pure. It cleanses you...