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Vaporwave
Vaporwave is an internet-born electronic microgenre of the early 2010s, sampling and slowing 1980s-1990s muzak, smooth jazz, and city pop; founded by Vektroid, Ferraro, and Lopatin, defined by Floral Shoppe, and tied to consumerist nostalgia aesthetics.
Varada Sethu
Varada Sethu, born Varada Sethumadhavan (1992, Kerala), is a British actress known as Cinta Kaz in Andor and as companion Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who (2025), after appearing as Mundy Flynn in "Boom".
Varalaru
Varalaru (வரலாறு), also released as Varalaru: History of Godfather, is a 2006 Tamil action-drama directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Ajith Kumar in a triple role as Shivashankar and twin sons Vishnu and Jeeva, with music by A. R. Rahman; a Diwali 2006 blockbuster.
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (வரலட்சுமி சரத்குமார்)
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (வரலட்சுமி சரத்குமார்), born 1985, is an Indian actress, director, and producer in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema; daughter of actor Sarathkumar, debutant lead in Podaa Podi (2012), award-winning villain in Sandakozhi 2 and Sarkar, and directorial debutant with S Saraswathi (2026).
Varanasi (వారణాసి) (film)
Varanasi (వారణాసి), also known as SSMB29, is S.S. Rajamouli's upcoming IMAX epic starring Mahesh Babu as Rudhra, with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran, releasing April 7, 2027.
Varane Avashyamund
Varane Avashyamund (വരനെ ആവശ്യമുണ്ട്), 2020 Malayalam romantic comedy-drama, Anoop Sathyan's directorial debut starring Suresh Gopi, Shobana, Dulquer Salmaan, and Kalyani Priyadarshan, set in a Chennai apartment complex, released 7 February 2020.
Varathan
Varathan (വരത്തൻ, Outsider) is a 2018 Malayalam action thriller directed by Amal Neerad, starring Fahadh Faasil and Aishwarya Lekshmi, adapted from Straw Dogs, released 20 September 2018.
Varavu
Varavu (വരവ്) is a 2026 Malayalam action thriller directed by Shaji Kailas, written by A. K. Sajan, starring Joju George as planter Polachan; released 16 July 2026, streaming on ZEE5 from 11 September 2026.
Varg Vikernes
Varg Vikernes (Louis Cachet), aka Count Grishnackh, Norwegian black metal musician behind one-man project Burzum, born 1973; convicted in 1994 of murdering Euronymous and church arsons, 21-year sentence; later neo-Nazi writer arrested in France in 2013.
Vargas de Tecalitlán
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Mexican mariachi ensemble founded in Tecalitlán, Jalisco, by Gaspar Vargas in 1897 or 1898; led later by Silvestre Vargas, Rubén Fuentes, and Pepe Martínez; famed for El son de la Negra and La Bikina.
Várgesztes
Várgesztes is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary, at the northwest corner of the Vértes mountains, known for Gesztes Castle, a 13th-century Csák kindred fortress turned royal hunting residence and 16th-century Ottoman border castle.
Várias Histórias
Várias Histórias is an 1896 short-story collection by the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, his fifth, gathering sixteen stories, including "A cartomante", first printed in the Gazeta de Notícias.
Varieties of biryani
Varieties of biryani: regional styles of the layered South Asian rice-and-meat dish, from Hyderabadi kachchi and Lucknowi pakki to Thalassery, Ambur, Sindhi, and Sri Lankan buriyani, differing in rice, spices, and dum technique.
Variety show
Variety show: an entertainment program mixing short acts of music, comedy, and guests under a host, descended from vaudeville and music hall; dominant on early US television (Berle, Sullivan), faded by the 1970s, surviving in late-night, talent shows, and East Asian variety genres.
Varijashree Venugopal
Varijashree Venugopal (born 1991, Bengaluru) is a Carnatic-trained singer, flautist, and composer known for Carnatic scat singing, her 2024 debut album Vari produced by Michael League, and a 2024 Grammy nomination for Jacob Collier's "A Rock Somewhere".
Varisu (TV series)
Varisu (வாரிசு) is a 2025 Tamil family drama TV serial on Zee Tamil and ZEE5, premiered 30 June 2025, about grandmother Janakambal hiring Tamilarasi to reform grandson Cibi; unrelated to the 2023 Vijay film of the same name.
Varisu (வாரிசு)
Varisu (வாரிசு), aka Vaarasudu, is a 2023 Tamil action family drama directed by Vamshi Paidipally, starring Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna; released 11 January 2023 for Pongal against Thunivu, rated U in India.
Vark
Vark (varak, waraq, वरक़), edible silver leaf, is a 0.2–0.8 μm pure silver or gold foil decorating South Asian sweets; India's FSSAI requires 999/1000 fineness and bans animal-origin manufacture.
Varkari kirtan
Varkari kirtan (वारकरी कीर्तन) is the devotional musical discourse tradition of the Varkari sampradaya of Maharashtra, founded by Sant Namdev, in which a kirtankar sings and explains the saints' abhangs.
Varlık
Varlık (Turkish for "Existence") is a monthly Turkish magazine of literature, art, and ideas founded in Ankara in 1933 by Yaşar Nabi Nayır and still published today.
Varmaa
Varmaa (வர்மா) is Bala's shelved 2020 Tamil remake of Arjun Reddy, starring Dhruv Vikram in his debut; scrapped by producer E4 Entertainment, reshot as Adithya Varma, and released on OTT Simply South on 6 October 2020.
Varna Summer International Music Festival
The Varna Summer International Music Festival is Bulgaria's first and oldest classical music festival, held in Varna since 1926 and revived under its current name in 1957.
Varney the Vampire
Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is an 1845–1847 penny dreadful serial, likely by James Malcolm Rymer, about the vampire Sir Francis Varney; a 660,000-word precursor to Dracula.
Varpai generation
The Varpai generation is a group of Lithuanian poets, born mostly in the 1910s and early 1920s, whose work first appeared in the wartime almanac Varpai.
Varpas
Varpas (The Bell) was a Lithuanian-language monthly journal of literature, politics, and science, published from 1889 to 1905 and smuggled into Russian-ruled Lithuania during the press ban.
Varro
Varro, or Marcus Terentius Varro, was a Roman scholar and writer (116–27 BC) regarded as the most learned of ancient authors; only one treatise survives nearly intact.
Varry Brava
Varry Brava is a Spanish indie-pop trio from Orihuela, formed in 2009 by Aarón Sáez, Óscar Ferrer, and Vicente Illescas, known for danceable synth-pop and the hit "Raffaella".
Varsağı
Varsağı is a Turkish folk poetry form in eight-syllable meter, sung in a heroic, defiant style and named after the Varsak Turkmen of southern Anatolia; its best-known master is Karacaoğlan.
Varsha Adalja
Varsha Adalja (વર્ષા અડાલજા), born 1940, is an Indian Gujarati-language novelist, playwright, and editor, a pioneering feminist voice who won the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for Ansar.
Varsha Bhosle (वर्षा भोसले)
Varsha Bhosle (वर्षा भोसले), daughter of singer Asha Bhosle, was an Indian journalist and right-of-center political columnist for rediff.com (1997-2003), Sunday Observer, and MiD-DAY; she died by suicide in Mumbai on 8 October 2012, aged 56.