Ram Gopal Varma Targets Chiranjeevi Eye Bank

For some reason, the two banks of Chiranjeevi have often brought him fewer honors and more trouble. We are talking about the blood bank and eye bank. As such, the Blood bank is targeted by the film couple Jeevitha - Rajasekhar from time to time. But this time, it appears that the eye bank is the subject and unusually, it is director Ram Gopal Varma who set his eyes.

Apparently, Ramu came up with a Tweet in his twitter account which goes- I will never donate my eyes because I have a suspicion that people who are born blind are the ones who donated their eyes in their last birth- those who read this gather that this was a statement meant for Chiranjeevi’s eye bank.

An ardent RGV follower said “As such, this ‘eye’ thing is a belief which runs strongly in the Hindu philosophy and given Ramu’s mindset, I see no reason why he came up with a statement except that it had to do with Chiranjeevi’s eye bank. Just the other day, I saw Ramu tweeting about ‘mega’ love so it appears that he seems to have fixed his target on Chiru for some time.” Wonder what logic Ramu has for this…

Director finds mysterious location for murder

Director Ram Gopal Varma's new film 'A Love Story' began its shooting last week. Film is based on real life murder mystery of Neeraj Grover being killed by model-cum-actress Maria Susairaj and her boyfriend Emil Jerome Mathew. The entire mystery is connected to an Apartment Complex building named Dheeraj Solitaire located in Malad. RGV started shooting of the film in Mumbai on 15th and the unit will shift the next schedule of film to the same building where the murder happened. Although going to same murder location was not a necessity but RGV is adamant to put the audience psychologically in a certain mental state. "We have convinced the society on these grounds interacting with residents in Apartment," discloses Varma. As the flat where murder was commenced is sealed, they went one floor up for shooting. Hot bombshell Mahie Gill is playing Maria Susairaj and RGV is taking personal interest on her look. It is already known that the Telugu version of the film is titled as 'Oka Prema Katha'.

One More Horror Film From RGV?

Ram Gopal Varma wants to do one more horror film now. Ramu had recently called actress Kangna Ranaut to discuss a movie project with her.

Ramu, we hear has offered her the lead role in the film. Kangna was quick to point out her movie charges to him knowing his penchant to not pay his stars enough money. But surprisingly, Ramu did not bargain much because the actress did not quote her market price and had sliced it down anyway for the filmmaker.

Ramu is now expected to start this venture once he finishes shooting for his untitled film with Mahi Gill based on the murder of Neeraj Grover. Director Mahesh Bhatt, too had announced a similar project, but Ramu beat him to it.

RGV's 'Ramayanam' In NTR's Route

Director Ramgopal Varma has given another indication in his twitter network. He is likely to do a film which will be a rehash of Ramayana but in his own point of view. And Ramu’s point of view is known to almost everyone who follows his films and listens to his ideology. With this, an analogy has been derived between him and the great N T Rama Rao.

Apparently, NTR came up with ‘Daana Veera Soora Karna’ and he showed Duryodhana and Karna in positive light while Pandavas were shown in negative. It is heard that Ramu wants to do Ramayana in ‘DVSK’ style. Now, the thing to remember is Mahabharata is good for depicting better politics, to run the nation and society. Examples like Krishna, Arjun can be given to notify an individual’s integrity and character.

Ramayana is totally personal and with a different genre. Pandavas are not gods but kings and people will accept that. Moreover, ‘DVSK’ did not project Lord Krishna in a negative way. NTR did that carefully without any blasphemy. But doing ‘Ramayana’ in RGV way is something of a concern as whatever the controversies he may cook and however logical he may get, sentiment is something that cannot be played with. Hope Ramu is watchful of that…

Varma's Love For Nandamuris Revealed

Reading the headline might throw you into confusion but the Varma we are talking about is not who you think. We are talking about the budding director Ramesh Varma who scored a hit with the film ‘Ride’. Currently, he is busy with the film ‘Veera’ and it appears that he has a special admiration for the Nandamuri family.

Apparently, Varma came in with the remix of the super hit song of Balayya ’Danchave Menaththa Kootura….’ in ‘Ride’. Now, it is heard that he is using a similar approach in ‘Veera’. Sources reveal Varma is remixing the song ‘Maavilla Thota Kaada….’ of N T Rama Rao in ‘Veera’. The cine folks are saying that Ramesh Varma has got affinity for remixes and also for the Nandamuri family.

The remix in ‘Ride’ got a good response from the masses and with Ravi Teja and Kajal in ‘Veera’ the impact is expected to be more.

RGV should be hanged: ST Groups

When it comes to legendary epics of Indian mythology like 'Ramayan' and 'Mahabharat', people's beliefs play a major role rather than facts and evidences. The theory that 'God exists' is built on the pillar of values and practices is well known and proved. However, one guy is now irritating the whole of India for his 'cheap publicity'. Cheapest guy in terms of publicity, film director Ram Gopal Varma faces the heat from Saffron Tribe Groups now. Extremist Hindu outfits like RSS, VHP are the members of this ST Group and are preparing guns against RGV, who insulted Lord Rama the supreme divine of all Hindus. After tweeting junk comments against 'Ramayan', like what did Rama and his family wear in 14 years of their jungle etc., RGV used his cunning tactics to wash off his hands. Ramu stated that all those derogatory statements quoted by him are part of the book 'Ramayana Visha Vruksham', written by ace lady writer Muppala Ranganayakamma and they are not his views. This is not the first time for RGV to ignite some thing volatile with his hot-tempered attitude. Commenting and poking guys like Karan Johar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali or taking potshots at Pawan Kalyan's 'Puli', Ram Charan's 'Orange' and Chiru's 150th film are acceptable for some sections of public. However, an attack on the core base and basics of Indian Culture is something RGV should not be doing. While some people are saying he has done that for fun, Saffron Tribes are demanding to hang RGV for the kind of remarks he made. The other day Ramu stated that he doesn't know who Anna Hazare is and now he's joking at the savior of millions of Hindus. Industry people are saying that Ramu has gone mad with the flops of 'KSD Appalraju' and 'Dongala Muta', and should find place in Vizag Mental Hospital rather than sitting in Mumbai.

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RGV: Who is Anna Hazare?

Social activist Anna Hazare's "fast unto death" in his fight against corruption has stirred up support across the nation, but filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is oblivious to it all, wondering who is Hazare.

Unlike many from the film fraternity who have voiced support to the cause, Varma said he was too busy with his film work.

"I have no idea who Anna Hazaare is as I don't keep track of anyone expect (sic) for film people and gangsters. I don't know what he is fasting for because I don't know what he or anybody else in the whole world is up to as I am too busy in my film work," Varma posted on his Twitter page Thursday.

The multi-lingual filmmaker said he would never fast for anything or anyone except himself. However, he hoped the buzz on social networking sites due to Hazare's protest ultimately reaps benefit.

"I will never ever fast for anything except for my own personal diet. Been hearing bout corruption since childhood..hope all the twitter nd Facebook noise will also convert to physical power," he tweeted.

Varma is popular for movies like " Rangeela", "Satya", "Company", "Sarkar", "Sarkar Raj" and the " Rakta Charitra" series. (IANS)

RGV's 'Mission Clean Shave' with KKK

With his 'KSD Appalraju' and 'Dongala Muta', maverick filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma pulled producer KKK aka Kiran Kumar Koneru on to roads. As per Film Nagar talks, the producer has almost sold out many of his assets in posh areas of Hyderabad to make a living. However, innocent producers always fall flat for a tricky director as per Industry history. This seems true and Kiran Kumar is again behind RGV's new venture in Bollywood, as per sources. After Telugu audience kicked him out due to the unworthy and vague flicks he made, RGV went back to Mumbai again to torture Hindi audience. To start off his second innings in Hindi Cinema, he announced a flick titled 'A Love Story' with sexy actress Mahi Gill in the lead. Though the producer is looking like a strong man outside, insiders revealed that RGV might clean shave him with this venture. Only time will decide if KKK will be bailed out of debts or will he be a scape goat in RGV's 'Mission Clean Shave'.

RGV's next film on real life murder

Pic: Left - Neeraj Grover, Center - Maria Susairaj, Right - Emile Mathew Ram Gopal Varma made a sensational declaration on his birthday today about the next project 'Oka Prema Katha' in Telugu and 'A Love Story' in Hindi based on the story of an aspiring model cum actress Maria Susairaj, who murdered creative director Neeraj Grover in 2008. The accused chopped dead body of victim into pieces and burnt them into ashes before disposing. This disgusting and horrified incident has the root in love. It was love which turned them into dreadful souls. So Varma attached a tag line for A Love Story as, "From the heart, but is not for the faint hearted."  RGV wants audience to get into the mindset of the characters as if the scenes are playing out in front of their own eyes. Maria's boy friend Emile Mathew was involved in this cold blooded crime. Maria Susairaj had affairs with both and has no impediments agreeing the fact that she had sex with Neeraj Grover before murdering him. Maria and Mathew are now behind the bars. Bold actress Mahie Gill will play Maria in this Love Story. Actual Story: Few crimes have captured the national imagination quite as compellingly as the murder of 25-year-old Neeraj Grover in May 2008. Bombay police say that the TV executive was lying naked in 27-year-old Kannada starlet Maria Susairaj's bedroom when her fiance, Emile Jerome Matthew, walked in and stabbed Grover to death. Maria and Emile are then said to have hacked the corpse into approximately 300 pieces before putting the chopped limbs on fire. This outline makes the case sound like fodder for a Ram Gopal Verma potboiler. The calmness with which Maria and Emile had conducted themselves afterwards was startling. Naval lieutenant Jerome Mathew told investigators that the reason he had murdered media executive Neeraj Grover was because he had found him nude in his girlfriend's Malad home. Mathew and his girlfriend, Kannada actress Maria Susairaj, have been arrested for killing Grover and disposing of the body in the jungles of Manor after stuffing the chopped body parts into three bags. Mathew said that when he had phoned Susairaj on May 6, she told him that Grover was helping her move into her new apartment at Dheeraj Solitaire building and would leave in a few hours. But when Mathew flew into Mumbai the next morning, he was shocked when Susairaj opened the door in a skimpy outfit. Mathew walked straight into her bedroom and found Grover in the nude. Mathew was consumed with jealousy and rage as he realised what was happening behind his back. He headed straight to the kitchen and returned with a knife. The two men had a scuffle and Mathew eventually overpowered Grover, stabbing him several times. Maria Monica Susairaj, had told him that she had not slept with Grover willingly. The couple then had consensual sex twice in the same flat, even as the body lay in a pool of blood, refuting claims that Mathew had raped her after the murder. Mathew had never seen nor spoken to Grover before that fatal run in. Matthew was taught techniques of man-to-man combat and how to use a dagger as part of his naval training. He put his skills to use to overpower Grover. Susairaj used her credit card to shop for a knife and three bags from a local mall, since she had run out of cash. Matthew then used this new knife to chop Grover's body to pieces and stuff it into the three bags. Grover's parents, who came down from UP to look for their missing son, met Maria on May 9. Barely three days later, Susairaj herself came to meet Maria with her brother and three of Grover's friends. She requested the police to look into the case personally. But the police told her upfront that she was my 'suspect number 1'. She was taken aback at that time. But after her arrest, she admitted to her role in the crime. Maria is described by her friends as "wilful, ambitious, sexually manipulative, and ultimately a figure of tragedy". The value attached to money and fame, and the sense of entitlement many of the young feel without necessarily the talent, all this together becomes a lethal combination.   Source: Gulte

Ram Gopal Varma's Statement On Satya Sai Baba

The three letters RGV means only one thing- an opposite to anything and everything. Even God is no exception. Yes, the noted director believes in defying the regular and loves the irregular. As usual, Ramu got his eyes on Satya Sai Baba and came up with a flurry of tweets. Here they go..

“Am praying hard to the almighty puttaparthi sai baba to use his Godly powers to make himself healthy....I sooo hate to see God bedridden!”

“God is a Baba to Babas but Babas can never be Gods to Gods”

“Babas think they are Babas because they think they are Gods but becos Gods dont think Babas are Gods Babas again become Babas”

“God is the biggest Baba and if any Baba thinks he is God then God will make him just a Baba”

“I am on my way to Shirdi Baba to pray for Sai Baba”

“A dead Baba will always be more powerful than an alive Baba because the dead can't die and the alive can't live”

“Dead Babas power is you can neither put them in hospital nor kill them but thy can put you in hospital and kill you. moral of story. Better to pray to Dead”

The above statements look quite ambiguous and many believe him to be an atheist. However, those who are analyzing Ramuism say “If he is a true atheist then he can’t take movies like Govinda Govinda or Daiyyam. Only when he has a strong conviction about God and Ghost he will come with such films. One who believes in Ghost certainly believes in God.”

Another analyst added “By giving such statements, Ramu tries to project himself in a different angle but that isn’t true. Maybe he felt that people didn’t catch the satire in his 1st statement, he has given the following sets of statements.” Wonder what Ramu has to tweet about this.

'Piracy' Rocket @ Popular Film Lab

Piracy ghost has its wings sprawled across the Telugu Film Industry, pushing many producers into unrecoverable losses. Earlier, piracy of newly released to movies is said to be done overseas after which a copy is sent to India via internet. Now, this ghost has its gang operating in the heart of Film Nagar, as per reports. This Film-Studio has all the latest facilitates from production to post-production and plays a major role in Telugu Cinema Industry's productions. A rumor is doing rounds in Film Nagar that a 'piracy rocket' is on a spree at the Film Printing Lab of this studio. Prior to a film's release, its pirated version is getting recorded on the hard-disk of a HD camera when the first copy of it is getting printed. Recently released RGV's 'Dongala Muta' and Charmi's 'Mangala' are the victims of this 'ghost' in the heart of Tinsel town. It is also heard that many big-wigs are involved in this racket, which earns crores of rupees when a new movie is released.

RGV raking caste politics in Tollywood

Ram Gopal Varma got new weapon to publicize his 'Bezawada Rowdeelu'. The dangerous Vijayawada rowdy politics are surrounding the film and very soon media may blow out of proportions on casting of the film linked with caste politics. The cine folks say, real life character of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, hero of Bezawada Rowdism is taken up Naga Chaitanya in 'Bezawada Rowdeelu'. When Ranga is an icon for Kapu caste, leaders from the same community are boiling their blood on Ram Gopal Varma's discretion in selecting the Kamma caste Naga Chaitanya for a Kapu character. As Kapu Mega Star Chiranjeev's son Ram Charan can be the correct match for Ranga in the flick, Bezawada Kapu leaders are questioning on the selection of Chaitanya. How well Varma uses this caste controversy to promote his film is to be seen.

Aspiring Director fears RGV's 'Khabja'

This 'khabja' is not related to any land of Hyderabad's real estate business. RGV's Khabja is nothing but literally lifting scenes and storylines from Hollywood flicks that are unknown to Indian audience. Now, one aspiring director is shivering due to another new style exploitation of director Ramu. Those who are close with Ramu can understand easily that he is a good story teller but a bad script writer. Ramu never excelled in the department of Script Writing and is said to be exploiting young writers for the same. For example, when RGV promised a writer couple Dharma-Raksha with a direction chance, they came up with a script titled 'Rakta Charitra' and RGV announced this to public too. However, the pawns were changed prior to shooting's start making Ramu to direct the movie and the guys who did the script are simply out of sight. Insiders say that, as the script sounds interesting for its daring attempt, Ramu felt that he should bag the credits. Off course, this is history now and here is a latest entrant who fears Ramu's Khabja attitude. Vivek Krishna, an associate of RGV is the man who penned the story of 'Bezawada Rowdeelu', while RGV is just a producer of the flick. As per sources, Vivek is in a tricky situation until the film’s shooting starts, as RGV knows how to sideline aspiring directors for his own benefits. Source: Gulte

Gossip: Charmy Charms Nagarjuna

Neha Sharma, who made her debut last year in Bollywood with serial kisser Emran Hashmi in the fiasco Crook, is in for a shock. Overnight she has been replaced by Charmy Kaur in Puri Jagannath’s Boodha.

Charmy is the famous South actress who played the lead in Ram Gopal Varma’s Telugu film Dongala Mutha, a film that was completed in just five days. Now the buzz is that actor Nagarjuna has a hand in this eleventh hour replacement.

Apparently Nag has taken Charmy under his wings and has been recommending her to influential filmmakers including RGV and Puri Jagannath, who are close to him. Originally, Ramu was supposed to produce Boodha. Now Puri is making Boodha with Ramu’s crew.

Director Puri Jagannath admits Charmy is a part of the cast in Boodha. Unfortunately, the director makes no mention of Neha. Quite defensively Neha said, “I didn’t quite like the role. ‘Replaced’ won’t be the right word. Puri Jagannath had to find someone. So anybody…”

Source: Mumbai Mirror

Yandamuri’s Extraaas On RGV's 'Naa Ishtam'

The senior writer/actor Yandamuri Veerendranath was sharing his thoughts in a TV program and the topic came to director Ramgopal Varma’s book ‘Naa Ishtam’.

He said “there is a joke which goes like this - one monkey keeps climbing and getting down a tree daily and public who see this are happy. Eventually, that monkey started charging a ticket of Rs 50 for its show. It also gave a cover to all who came and told them to go home and open it. The public came, watched the show, went home and opened the cover. There was a piece of paper which read ‘you left all your important work and came just to see my antics, how absurd is that?’. ‘Naa Ishtam’ is just like that. It is only publicity material by RGV without any content.”

After watching Yandamuri’s comments, many of 'Naa Ishtam' favorites said “being a senior and respected writer, Yandamuri criticizing another writer is nothing but showing ‘Extraas’. He may criticize RGV as a director but not as a co-writer. Always, he has done translations (refer - Vijayaniki Aidhu Metlu etc) from English and projected himself as a personality development expert, what should that be called as? He fears ‘Naa Ishtam’ will cross his book’s sales record that is why he is attempting to downplay it.”

Wonder what Yandamuri has to say to this….

Ramu Cuts Out Nisha Affair!!!

The four-year relationship between the filmmaker and the actress ended on a sorry note after all their collaborations bombed at the BO

The wise men say it is always a bad idea to mix business with pleasure. Four years and seven box-office disasters later, Ram Gopal Varma may have finally realised that, as he edited out a chapter from his life called Nisha Kothari.

The 27-year-old actress had beeped bright on Ramu’s radar, just at the time the spark called Antara Mali had faded. The besotted director had cast the ‘talentless’ actress as his leading lady in several less-than-ordinary films that outlined his decline including James, Go, Shiva, Darna Zaroori Hai and the film that will haunt him forever, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.

Nisha had disappeared from the screens after that, only to make a brief and highly embarrassing appearance in the horror-comedy Agyaat.

While we don’t know if the relationship was tied to the box-office windows, a source close to Varma says, “Nisha was frequently seen in Ramu’s company until recently. She is not with him anymore.” The duo was frequently spotted in the same car in Juhu and Andheri.

When contacted, Varma told Mirror that he has not seen Kothari since Agyaat and threw us a rhetorical question, “And when were Nisha and I together?” However, his denial is no surprise as the filmmaker has never admitted to his relationship with Nisha, who had briefly changed her name to Priyanka, on her mentor’s insistence.

Nisha tired to shrug off the episode. “I am an actress, Ramu is a director. I shall work with him if and when he casts me in his movies. Couldn’t you guys think of anything more controversial than this to call me up? Honestly, I don’t want to say anything more.”

A source close to Varma said, “Ramu and Nisha’s rift widened irrevocably after Agyaat bombed at the box-office in 2009. Recently, they decided that enough is enough.” We presume so did the audiences.

Source: Bangalore Mirror

'KSD Appalaraju' Mega Premiere By Kalamandir

‘Katha Screenplay Darsakatwam Appalaraju’, the sensational movie by Ram Gopal Varma is hitting screens on 18th of this month. Kalamandir Kalyan declared that the mega premier show is being organized by Kalamandir on 17th night on all the screens of Prasad’s Multiplex.

The premiere comprises the entire cast and crew of the film along with the invitees from film industry as well as business sector.

It is known that ‘Appalaraju’ is the satire targeted on film industry and we have to see how it will be taken by the general public, media and movie industry. Sunil plays the title role while Colors Swathi, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam, Raghu Babu, Ali, Venu Madhav, MS Narayana etc play other important characters.

'Dongala Mutha' Making-Video Into Market

The one film which is currently gearing up to revolutionize the entire film making process is swiftly on. This is ‘Dongala Mutha’ and the latest update is that the shooting is completed. This is directed by Ramgopal Varma and it has a flurry of stars such as Ravi Teja, Charmy, Lakshmi Manchu, Sunil and others.

Now, the news is that the ‘film making’ will have a release on March 7th. Yes, it is indeed true that many would like to know how this feat was accomplished in just 4 and half days. The ‘making video’ hitting the market will certainly have demand. As such, the film is marked for a March 4th release in the theatres. The film is unique since it got completed in just about 4 and half days when it comes to shooting.

The film is being awaited with bated breath since the Tollywood folks feel that this will change the entire thought process in the industry. And with Ramu’s thoughts on revealing the film making video as well, there will be a lot to learn for the aspiring movie makers. 

Ram Gopal Varma: A Maverick And Margadarsi

Recently, Allu Sirish wrote in his twitter about Ram Gopal Varma like this -”Dongala Mutha wrapped up in 4.5 days! he is really a rockstar! Ramu is the Steve Jobs of our industry: maverick & a margadarsi..”

In a way, there is no denying that Sirish was right in every word he wrote. Cinema and Tollywood have seen some crucial moments over the past few decades and it must be said that one reason for that was Ram Gopal Varma.

For now, his latest offering is ‘Dongalamutha’ and Ramu has wrapped up the film’s shooting in flat 5 days. True to his word that with the right technology a film doesn’t require long schedules, Ramu created ‘Dongalamutha’. Soon, he is planning to come up with another multi-starrer in Hindi titled ‘Department’ and he is looking to wind that up in 15 days. These are things that one would never have found possible but Ramu broke the jinx.

‘Department’ is expected to be shot using a steady cam and to those who don’t know, it was Ramu who baptized the Tollywood circuit into using Steady Cam. Now he is teaching on low budget flicks with modern technology. As has been his signature style, the flavor or genre of his films has always been different and mostly controversial. The unconventional thinker that he is, Ramu was successful in make-believing the audience that even a cycle chain (courtesy- Shiva) can be used for other purposes.

Most of his films like ‘Shiva’ ‘Satya’ ‘Company’ ‘Raatri’ ‘Sarkar’ ‘Rakta Charitra’ had something unique that the audience and cinema industry carried and they became more or less, trendsetters. Now, with his conservative approach on budget for cinema, Ramu is creating a revolution. A talk that is generating across film circles in India is that, Ramu is called as father of modern cinema.

RGV Created History Today

As announced before the start of the project, Dongala Mutha has completed right on schedule, that is, in just 5 days with a crew of only 8 people including the director. Also, unlike some people believe, this film has not been shot on a 24 hour basis. It’s been shot on plain normal shifts that is from 9 am to 6 pm without a single shift being extended.

This opens new doors and to a new approach towards filmmaking and shows all concerned in the industry what it could never even dreamt have possible.

The speed of the shoot is attributed to the unique structure of the production process - 4 Canon cameras were used to capture every shot in multiple angles simultaneously, with absolutely no lights or additional equipment such as dollys, jibs etc. The entire film has been shot hand-held and in natural light.

The film stars Ravi Teja, Charmi, Prakash Raj, Laxmi Manchu, Brahmanandam, Subbaraju, Brahmaji, & Supreet. Adding to its list of first-times in the industry is the fact that the entire film is being made on a zero budget. None of the cast or technicians are being paid any monetary remuneration. Their payments will come only from the profits of the film.

Using digital technology to its maximum, the film is racing through its post-production and will be ready for theatrical release on 4th March 2011, that is in just 23 days from day 1 of the shoot.

In here, we are releasing some of the production stills of Dongala Mutha.