RGV's Car At Amitabh's Residence

From the past one week, there has been Mumbai media focus on Ram Gopla Varma's statements and alleged break up of him with Bachchans. Followed by a grapevine that RGV revealed the story of Dum Maro Dum and criticized Abhishek Bachchan's performance to his friends, he also announced that he is replacing AB with Rana Daggubati in his forthcoming 'Department'.

News is that Amitabh fired on Mumbai media and also on RGV to some extent. Not known what had happened later, Ram Gopal Varma's car was seen parked at Amitabh's residence 'Jalsa' last night. No one knows what had happened inside, but sources say that Ramu has been there to rebuild his relation with Bachchans by giving several excuses and throwing convincing points.

We may see Abhishek in 'Department' again, may be!!

RGV Leaks DMD's Review!!!

Director Ramgopal Varma is one man who loves to be in the middle of controversies and so far, his moves and movies have been the cause for sensation. But now, it appears that he has got into someone else’s periphery and triggering a controversy. Here are the details for that.

According to a source from Mumbai, it is heard that Ramu who watched the special screening of the film ‘Dum Maro Dum’ ended up revealing the review to his friends through SMS. A source who has reportedly received the message said that it reveals the exact suspense element of the film. Buzz is that Ramu’s SMS also contains remarks on performance of Abhishek Bachchan which was more or less negative.

While this has raised quite a few eyebrows, the man in focus RGV has reportedly denied about any such thing. Ramu added that he has not even watched the film. While rumors are making rounds about things going sour between Ramu-Abhi, only time will tell whether it is just a ploy by vested elements or if RGV is involved.

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.

Ramu- A R Rahman Going For A Sequel

The combo of director Ramgopal Varma and music maker A R Rahman happened nearly 16 years ago when they came up with the blockbuster hit in Bollywood ‘Rangeela’. Now, it is heard that both are teaming up once again and yet again, this would be to recreate the same ‘Rangeela’ magic in the form of a sequel.

Recently, Rahman launched his biography and sharing his thoughts, he thanked his mentors but took the name of only one film. That was ‘Rangeela’ and RGV who was present amongst the special guests was reportedly touched by Rahman’s words.

That’s when the idea of a sequel flashed in his mind and it is heard that he has expressed the desire with the Chennai Mozart. Ramu reportedly said that ‘Rangeela’ was a significant film in Rahman’s career and the mention of it flooded him with memories of that music. Let us hope this dream team comes together once again..

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…

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 'Oka Prema Katha'

Ram Gopal Varma has announced another film to be shot in Telugu and Hindi. The film's title in Telugu is Oka Prema Katha and in Hindi it is titled A Love Story. It is based on the story of aspiring model and actor Maria Susairaj, who is facing trial in a murder case.

He said: "In my life, I have never heard such gruesome murder case as this. Maria and her boyfriend allegedly murdered Neeraj Grover and dismembered his body. I met everyone from relatives of Maria, police officers who investigated the case and came to know some shocking truths.  Love instigated the murder. Love provoked them to this. So I am doing this film and titled it as Oka Prema Katha."

Ramgopal Varma's 'Bloodshed-Love'

If you think that Ramgopal Varma is a different specimen, don’t be surprised that even those who follow him also belong to an offbeat category. Usually, it is eccentrics, police, criminals who connect well with RGV films and most of his fans belong to that category. And now, they seem to like the concept of Ramu’s new movie but not its title.

We are talking about the latest announcement of Ramu’s project titled ‘O Prema Katha’. One can recall Ramu came up with the film ‘Madhyanam Hathya’ starring JD Chakravarthy few years back and it became a dud. Now, those who heard about ‘O Prema Katha’ said it seems to have a flavor like the Hindi film ‘Tarkeeb’ which released in the year 2000 and had Nana Patekar, Tabu.

Though the concept is old, given Ramu’s excellence in moviemaking, the presentation will be new. However, the common opinion is that the title is not appealing and some are quoting one of Ramu’s flick ‘Prema Katha’ starring Sumanth, Antara Mali and say he has added an ‘O’ conveniently for the new film’s title. They sense a lack of creativity and feel Ramu is getting into a recycle mindset with the title. Only time will tell how creative and interesting Ramu gets with this love story.

Condolences To Ramgopal Varma

Today is RGV’s birthday. But he equals that to his death day as one more year in his life has got died.

The name Ramgopal Varma or in short RGV sure rings a bell in many minds that follow cinema. However, even the dong of the bell gets twisted due to this man’s mention and the reason for that is his philosophy of life and his attitude towards things. The reason for this gyan is Ramu’s latest comments on the eve of his birthday which is today.

In his twitter account, Ramu came up with this statement – “I just gave condolences 2 myself that I have 1 year lesser in my life to what I want to do..so do me a favour and don't wish me Happy B`day.thnx”.

Well, in view of Ramu’s wish on his special day Great Andhra conveys its deepest condolences to RGV. As it is, the initials of his name has been accredited with new terminology- R- Radical in thought, G- genius in film making, V- Variety in approach.

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.

Bejawada Rowdylu shooting to begin on May 7

The regular shooting of ‘Bejawada Rowdylu’ to be presented by Ram Gopal Varma and produced byKoneru Kirankumar on the banner of Shreya Productions introducing RGV’s associate Vivek as director is most likely to begin on May 7. Naga Chaitanya is playing the protagonist in this film and he would resume the shooting from June 8. The film unit is planning a 23-day schedule in Vijayawada for the movie. More details about the film are awaited. Keep watching this space for more details.

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

RGV's utter disregard for Telugu film viewers

It appears maverick film maker Ramgopal Verma is of the opinion that the Telugu film viewers absolutely have no taste for good films and therefore, deserve third-rate films.

One cannot get a better impression than this, if one were to go by the crap RGV is producing these days in Telugu in the name of films. Take for instance, his latest “experimental” film Dongala Mutha.

It clearly shows that RGV has degraded himself as a film maker and the kind of quality that was seen in his earlier films like Shiva and Kshana Kshanam is glaringly missing. He looks totally mediocre in his latest film. Shot in five days with five Canon 5D cameras and no director of photography, the film has completely gone awry and it appears like a video film shot by an amateurish person with his handycam to please his friends. It is a lesson for those directors to learn how not to make a film, rather than taking inspiration from a “great” director like RGV to shoot such a miserably low budget film.

RGV, perhaps, is thinking that he can get away with making any kind of film at the cost of the producers and make some quick money so as to get rid of all his loans in the Bollywood. It is an open secret in the film circles that he ran away from Mumbai to Hyderabad because of his mounting debts with financiers and the subsequent threats from the underworld operators who financed his films.

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RGV Patches Up With TV9 Raviprakash: What's Up?

It is still fresh in the memory of the people how popular television channel TV9 ran a big story against maverick film director Ramgopal Verma and run him down for his crazy ideas and silly plots. So much so that RGV had even gone to the extent of lodging a complaint with the police against Raviprakash, chief executive officer of TV9 for tarnishing his image.

In fact, there were also reports that RGV decided to take revenge on Raviprakash by creating a satirical character in his forthcoming film “Bezavada Rowdeelu” to run down the TV9 CEO or even make a film entirely based on the latter’s real life rags-to-riches story.

One does not know what happened to this war between the two subsequently, but one was surprised to find Raviprakash doing a rather soft interview with RGV in his popular show “Encounter With Raviprakash,” on Sunday night. Interestinlgy, it was a sort of “promo” for RGV’s latest film Dongala Mutha, which turned out to be an utter “bakwas”.

It is heard that some common friends had mediated between RGV and Raviprakash. And the latter had sent an SMS to RGV, tendering an apology. Of course, RGV also reportedly reciprocated Raviprakash gesture with a nice party where everything was arranged for the latter. And the Sunday’s interview was a sort of friendly gesture by Raviprakash!

Source: Greatandhra