Ram Gopal Varma

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Ram Gopal Varma
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RGV in 2014
Born
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma

(1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 59)
West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma materVelagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College
Occupation
Years active1989–present
Spouse(s)Ratna (divorced)
ChildrenRevathi (daughter)[1]
RelativesMadhu Mantena (Cousin)[2]

Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his work in Telugu and Hindi films alongside television dramas.Varma received the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama, Shool (1999).[3] In 2004, he was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses.[4]

Varma is known for presenting the Sarkar (film series)[5][6] Indian Political Trilogy, and the Indian Gangster Trilogy; film critic Rajeev Masand had labelled the series as one of the "most influential movies of Hindi cinema". The first installment of the trilogy, Satya, was also listed in CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films[7] of all time.Varma's recent avant-garde works include hits such as the dramatised re-enactment of "Rayalaseema factionism" in Rakta Charitra (2010), the "2008 Mumbai attacks" in The Attacks of 26/11 (2013), the "Operation Cocoon" in Killing Veerappan (2016),and the "Vijayawada riots" in Vangaveeti (2016).

Starting his career as a civil engineer, he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path-breaking crime thriller, Siva (1989) screened at the 13th International Film Festival of India, and has won Varma, the state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best first film of a director, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu.Subsequently, the film was included in CNN-IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.Varma's next movie Kshana Kshanam (1991) was screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The sleeper hit won him another Nandi Award for Best Direction, and the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer.

Film career[]

Early years[]

Varma did his schooling at St. Mary's High School, Secunderabad and completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil engineering from V.R. Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada. Even during this period, Varma remained a film buff, through his uncle. Varma would skip classes often and watch films instead. He would watch the same film repeatedly "just to watch certain scenes which interested him."[8]

In an interview to Tehelka, Varma talked about his relationship with his parents and the reasons behind his decision to become a filmmaker.

From my parents' perspective, I looked like a useless bum. It was the truth. I had no objective. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to study their behaviour. I was most fascinated by the bullies in my classroom. They were like gangsters for me. They had the guts to push around people, do things I couldn't— perhaps did not even want to do myself. But I'd want a friend like that (laughs). I used to adulate them like heroes. That was my first touch with anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle fascination for larger than life people. I was always a loner – not because I was unhappy, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to study myself – the way I am walking, talking, behaving. My constant obsession with studying myself and other people is perhaps the primary motivation for me to be a filmmaker.[9]

After a brief stint as a site engineer for Krishna Oberoi hotel in Hyderabad, he put his dreams on the back burner and decided to go to Nigeria to make some money. It was at this moment that he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own at Ameerpet in Hyderabad, through which he slowly developed connections with the film world.Without being successful as a fourth assistant director in B. Gopal's film Collector Gari Abbai, Varma has worked as a Assistant Director in "Rao Gari Illu" , produced by Annapurna Studios and then landed with the offer of film direction, with the 1989 Telugu film (produced by Annapurna Studios, Siva.

Acclaim[]

Rachel Dwyer, a reader in world cinema at the University of London-Department of South Asia, marked Varma's Satya as an experiment with a new genre, a variation of film noir that has been called Mumbai Noir, of which Varma is the acknowledged master.In 2010, Varma received critical acclaim at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland; a retrospective of his filmography, highlighting Mumbai Noir was staged by film critic Edouard Waintrop, a delegate in the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. Satya and Company, in particular, were cited by British director Danny Boyle as influences on his Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the Mumbai underworld", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.

In 2005, Varma directed the Godfatheresque-Sarkar, another super-hit thriller inspired by the life of Bal Thackeray and North Indian politics, which was screened to special mention at the New York Asian Film Festival, along with its sequel Sarkar Raj, which premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and the 9th IIFA World Premiere-Bangkok, and was archived at the Academy of Motion Pictures library.In 2013, he directed a docudrama, The Attacks of 26/11, showcased to critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama as well as the Competition section, and was premièred at Films Division of India.The film received highly positive reviews, with critics praising Varma's narrative of assistant commissioner N. R. Mahale, and the discrepancies associated with Mahale's interaction with Ajmal Kasab on anti terrorism.

Film craft and style[]

Varma's philosophy is influenced by Russian-American Novelist Ayn Rand, Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and authors like James Hadley Chase and Frederick Forsyth, as well as by Mad magazine. Varma introduced the steadicam to Indian cinema with Siva.Later, he garnered attention in Bollywood with the romantic comedy film, Rangeela (1995) starring Aamir Khan. The film won seven Filmfare Awards. Rangeela was later remade in hollywood as Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!.

He then directed Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, In 2005, Indiatimes Movies included Satya in its list of 25 Must See Bollywood Movies.Satya was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India,Varma received the Bimal Roy memorial award for best direction for this film.In the same year, he co-produced Dil Se.., directed by Mani Ratnam, screened at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, and won the Netpac Award, as well as two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards.Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed, won three IIFA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, and a Bollywood Movie Award for best direction, and was premiered at the 2004 Austin Film Festival) and the 2005 film D (which he produced), were also featured in the Fribourg International Film Festival, and the New York Asian Film Festival.[10]

Experimental films[]

In 1991, Varma experimented with the supernatural thriller, Raat, and the 1992 Neo-noir, crime film Drohi, and gained positive reviews from critics.During the years between his trilogy, from Satya in 1998 to D in 2005,Varma implemented different film genres in his craft. In 1999, he directed Kaun, a suspense thriller set entirely in one house and featuring only three actors, and Mast, a subversion of Hindi cinema's masala genre.In 2000, he directed Jungle, set entirely in a jungle, for which he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Director. In 2003 he directed another supernatural thriller Bhoot on the lines of his earlier hit Raat. Bhoot became a major hit at the box office,and Varma was nominated for the Filmfare Best Director Award for the film.

Bhoot was followed by even more horror movies, including hit films such as Darna Mana Hai (2003), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), and Phoonk (2008), gaining Varma the status of ster of the Indian horror genre.Other experimental productions of Varma include Ek Hasina Thi (2003), a psychological thriller, and Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), a film about an inspector in the Mumbai Encounter Squad noted for having killed 56 people in encounters, featured at the Fantastic Fest. In 2006, he re-made a new installment of Shiva, which was screened at the New York Asian Film Festival, where in a retrospective featuring Varma's experimental hits such as Company, Ek Hasina Thi, Ab Tak Chhappan, Sarkar, Contract, and Shabri was staged.Shabri was also screened at Rome Film Festival. 2010 film on media, Rann was screened at Toronto International Film Festival.A two-part bilingual Parallel cinema Rakta Charitra (2010), on the theme of South Indian politics, was based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, and Maddela Cheruvu Suri; the film received praise from critics.

Mainstream films[]

Varma started his career in the Telugu film industry as an assistant director on the sets of films such as Collector Gari Abbai and Rao Gari Illu. His father Krishnam Raju Varma, was a sound recordist at the Annapurna Studios. Varma met Nagarjuna Akkineni at the studios with the help of his friend nomula rohith yogi, and narrated a scene to the actor which impressed him.The result of their collaboration was a film on the criminalisation of student politics – Siva. It was a commercially successful film that gave Varma an opportunity to demonstrate his technical expertise and story telling skills.

Kshana Kshanam with Venkatesh, Gaayam with Jagapathi Babu and Anaganaga Oka Roju with J.D. Chakravarthy were successful, Govinda Govinda[11] with Nagarjuna proved to be a moderate success at the box office.During this period, Varma produced films such as Money and Money Money. Other films by Varma in Telugu include Gulabi (1995); Madhyanam Hathya (2004); Rakta Charitra (2010), Dongala Mutha (2011), Rowdy(2014), Ice Cream(2014).Varma introduced online auction based film distribution model for this venture, and tasted success.

Varma's notable mainstream works in Hindi cinema include Daud (1997), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), Nishabd (2007), Darling (2007), and Phoonk (2008). Bollywood film makers such as Anurag Kashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, Puri Jagannadh, E. Nivas, Prawaal Raman, Krishna Vamsi, Vishram Sawant, and Hansal Mehta assisted Varma, before venturing into direction.In 1993, he scripted the Tamil thriller Thiruda Thiruda, screened at Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, Varma was fined for Rs 10 Lakhs, for an alleged copyright violation with the film Aag (2007).He made his directorial debut in Kannada cinema with the thriller Killing Veerappan.[12]

Non-film work[]

Ram Gopal Varma with Suriya on the sets of Rakta Charitra 2

Television[]

Ram Gopal Varma made his début in Television through a Talk Show titled Ramuism. The show is being aired on a Telugu channel since September 2014.[13] The show is noted for its fresh and witty appeal. The show focuses on Varma's Point of View on social issues such as Education, Religion, Mythology, Children, Crime, Death, Anger, Godmen, Woman, Philosophy, Cinema etc. The show is hosted by Swapna, the managing editor of Sakshi TV.[14][15]

Biographies[]

Varma wrote an autobiography titled Na Ishtam, which discusses his life experiences and philosophy. 'Naa Ishtam' was released in December 2010 at Taj Banjara, Hyderabad.Sirasri, poet, lyricist and writer wrote a biographical book on the interactions he had with Ram Gopal Varma with the title Vodka With Varma. Director Puri Jagannadh launched the book in December 2012.[16]

In November 2015, Varma published his book Guns and Thighs: The Story of My Life, which discusses a wide range of subjects, from the influences and circumstances that drew him to cinematic techniques, his successful and unsuccessful films, his Bollywood idols, his live in relationship with Suchitra Krishnamoorthy his relationship with the media and the controversies dogging him, his philosophy of life, and Indian cinema. On this occasion, Varma said "I dedicated my book to Ayn Rand, Bruce Lee, Urmila Matondkar, Amitabh Bachchan, and a few gangsters."[17]

Awards and nominations[]

Varma has garnered the National Film Award, the Bimal Roy Memorial National Award, seven state Nandi Awards, two Bollywood Filmfare Awards, and five Bollywood Movie Awards.

National Film Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1999 Shool National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Won [18]

Nandi Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1989 Siva Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director Won
1991 Kshana Kshanam Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1991 Kshana Kshanam Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer Won
1993 Money Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver Won
1999 Prema Katha Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1999 Prema Katha Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Bronze Won

Filmfare Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Best Story Award Won [19]
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated
1998 Satya Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Won [20]
1998 Satya Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated
2003 Company Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
2003 Company Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated
2004 Bhoot Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
2006 Sarkar Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated

Filmfare Awards South[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1991 Kshana Kshanam Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1993 Gaayam Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Nominated
1999 Prema Katha Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated

Bimal Roy Memorial National Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1999 Satya Bimal Roy Memorial Award for Best Direction Won [21]

IIFA Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2002 Company IIFA Award for Best Movie Nominated
2002 Company IIFA Award for Best Director Nominated

Bollywood Movie Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1998 Satya Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won
2000 Jungle Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won
2002 Company Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won
2003 Bhoot Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won

Zee Cine Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2004 Bhoot Best Director of The Year Nominated [22]
2005 Ab Tak Chhappan Best Producer of The Year Nominated

Screen Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2000 Jungle Screen Award for Best Director Nominated
2002 Company Screen Award for Best Film Nominated
2009 Sarkar Raj Screen Award for Best Director Nominated

Stardust Awards[]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2009 Sarkar Raj Stardust Award for Best Director Nominated
2010 Rakta Charitra Readers Choice Award for Best Director - Action/Thriller Nominated

Other awards[]

Year Film Awards Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Vamsee Berkley Awards Best Director Won
1993 Gaayam Akruthi Film Award Best Director Won

Filmography[]

Year Film Language Director Producer Writer Notes Ref.
1989 Siva Telugu Yes NO Yes Nandi Award for Best Director
Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director
Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
International Film Festival of India		 [23][24]
1990 Shiva Hindi Yes No Remake of Siva
crime film
1991 Kshana Kshanam Telugu Yes Yes Dubbed into Hindi as Hairaan
Nandi Award for Best Director
road movie		 [25][26]
1992 Antham / Drohi Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes Bilingual film
crime film
1992 Raat / Raatri Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes Yes Telugu-Hindi bilingual
horror film
1993 Gaayam Telugu Yes Yes Political drama
1993 Money Telugu Yes Remade as Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver Nandi)
comedy film
1993 Govinda Govinda Telugu Yes Yes thriller film
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Tamil Yes road movie
1995 Rangeela Hindi Yes Yes Yes Filmfare Award for Best Story
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
romantic comedy		 [27][28]
1995 Money Money Telugu Yes comedy film
1996 Deyyam Telugu Yes Yes horror film
1996 Gulabi Telugu Yes thriller film
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Telugu Yes Yes Yes road movie
1997 Daud Hindi Yes Yes road movie
1998 Satya Hindi Yes Yes Dubbed into Telugu as Satya
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
crime film
1998 Dil Se.. Hindi Yes Co-Produced with Mani Ratnam & Shekhar Kapur
romantic thriller
1998 Wife of V. Varaprasad Telugu Yes comedy film
1999 Prema Katha Telugu Yes Yes Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze Nandi)
Nandi Award for Best Director
romance film
1999 Kaun Hindi Yes psychological thriller
1999 Mast Hindi Yes romantic comedy
1999 Shool Hindi Yes Yes National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
political drama
2000 Jungle Hindi Yes thriller film [29]
2001 Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega Hindi Yes Remake of Money
comedy film
2001 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Hindi Yes romance film
2002 Company Hindi Yes Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
crime film		 [30][31]
2002 Road Hindi Yes road movie
2003 Bhoot Hindi Yes Yes Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
horror film		 [32][33]
2003 Ek Hasina Thi Hindi Yes
2003 Darna Mana Hai Hindi Yes horror film
2004 Ab Tak Chhappan Hindi Yes crime film
2004 Vaastu Shastra Hindi Yes Dubbed into Telugu as Marri Chettu
horror film
2004 Gayab Hindi Yes drama film
2004 Naach Hindi Yes Yes drama film [34][35]
2004 Madhyanam Hathya Telugu Yes thriller film [36][37]
2005 My Wife's Murder Hindi Yes Remake of Madhyanam Hathya
thriller film		 [38][39]
2005 Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon Hindi Yes drama film [40]
2005 D Hindi Yes crime film [41][42]
2005 James Hindi Yes action film [43][44]
2005 Sarkar Hindi Yes Yes Yes Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
political drama		 [45][46]
2005 Mr Ya Miss Hindi Yes comedy film [47][48]
2006 Darwaza Bandh Rakho Hindi Yes comedy film [49][50]
2006 Shock Telugu Yes Yes thriller film [51]
2006 Shiva Hindi Yes Yes crime film [52][53]
2006 Darna Zaroori Hai Hindi Yes Yes Directed only Story 1
horror film
anthology film		 [54][55]
2007 Nishabd Hindi Yes Yes Yes erotic film [56][57]
2007 Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Hindi Yes Yes Yes crime film [58][59]
2007 Darling Hindi Yes horror film [60][61]
2007 Go Hindi Yes comedy film [62]
2008 Sarkar Raj Hindi Yes Yes Yes political drama
Cannes film festival		 [63][64]
2008 Contract Hindi Yes parallel cinema [65][66]
2008 Phoonk Hindi Yes Yes horror film [67][68]
2008 Raksha Telugu Yes Yes Remake of Phoonk [69][70]
2009 Agyaat Hindi Yes Yes Yes horror film [71][72]
2010 Rann Hindi Yes Yes political drama [73][74]
2010 Rakta Charitra Hindi, Telugu Yes Yes Biographical film [75][76]
2010 Rakta Charitra 2 Hindi, Telugu Yes Yes Biographical film [77][78]
2010 Phoonk 2 Hindi Yes Executive Producer
horror film		 [79][80]
2011 Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju Telugu Yes Yes comedy film [81][82]
2011 Shabri Hindi Yes crime film [83][84]
2011 Dongala Mutha Telugu Yes Yes thriller film [85][86]
2011 Bejawada Telugu Yes Yes political drama [87][88]
2011 Not a Love Story Hindi Yes Yes thriller film [89][90]
2012 Department Hindi Yes Yes crime film [91][92]
2012 Bhoot Returns Hindi Yes Yes horror film [93][94]
2013 The Attacks of 26/11 Hindi Yes Yes Docudrama [95][96]
2013 Psycho Telugu Yes Yes thriller film [97]

[98]

2013 Satya 2 Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes crime film [99][100]
2014 Rowdy Telugu Yes Yes [101][102]
2014 Ice Cream Telugu Yes Yes horror film [103][104]
2014 Anukshanam Telugu Yes Yes Slasher film [105][106]
2014 Ice Cream 2 Telugu Yes Yes Slasher film [107][108]
2014 A day in the life of Lakshmi Manchu's feet Silent Yes Short film [109][110]
2015 365 Days Telugu Yes Yes romance film [111][112]
2016 Killing Veerappan Kannada Yes Yes Docudrama Film [113][114]
2016 Attack Telugu Yes Political drama [115][116]
2016 Veerappan Hindi Yes Yes Biographical film [117][118]
2016 Vangaveeti Telugu Yes Yes Biographical film; RGV's 50th directorial [119][120]
2017 Sarkar 3 Hindi Yes Political thriller [121][122]
2017 Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai Hindi Yes Yes Short film [123][124]
2018 God, Sex and Truth English Yes Short film [125][126]
2018 Officer Telugu Yes Yes [127][128]
2018 Bhairava Geetha Kannada Yes Yes [129][130]
2019 Lakshmi's NTR Telugu Yes Yes Biographical drama [131][132]
2019 Amma Rajyam Lo Kadapa Biddalu Telugu Yes Yes Political thriller [133][134]
2020 Beautiful Telugu / Hindi Yes [135][136]
2020 Climax Telugu Yes Released on RGV World / ShreyasET [137][138]
2020 Naked Nanga Nagnam Telugu Yes Released on RGV World / ShreyasET [139][140]
2020 Power Star Telugu Yes Released on RGV World [141][142]
2020 Thriller Telugu Yes Released on RGV World [143][144]
2020 Corona Virus Telugu No Yes Yes [145][146]
2020 Murder Telugu Yes [147][148][149]
2021 12 'O' Clock Hindi Yes Yes Yes [150][151]
2021 Disha Encounter Telugu Yes [152][153]
TBA Enter The Girl Dragon Hindi
Telugu		 Yes [154][155]
2021 Dheyyam Telugu Yes Releasing on 16 April [156]

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  135. ^ "'Beautiful' trailer: Ram Gopal Varma shares his ode to 'Rangeela' and it is yet another heartbreaking love story". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 October 2019.
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  148. ^ "Murder: Ram Gopal Varma's film about Miryalaguda honour killing gets green signal from Telangana High Court". hindustantimes.com. 7 November 2020.
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  151. ^ "Ram Gopal Varma To Inaugurate 2021 For Bollywood By Bringing His 12 'o' Clock In Cinema Halls". koimoi.com. 23 December 2020.
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  153. ^ "Disha Encounter movie Telangana HC allows parents two weeks to contest censor board nod". newindianexpress.com. 15 June 2021.
  154. ^ "Enter The Girl Dragon teaser review: Ram Gopal Varma blends martial art with skin show". ibtimes.co.in. 27 November 2019.
  155. ^ "Enter The Girl Dragon: Ram Gopal Varma brings back his long-delayed project; teaser on Nov 27". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 25 November 2019.
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