‘I am nuts to make Sholay’
Ram Gopal Varma’s talent as a filmmaker has been under a cloud for sometime now with series of flops under his belt viz ‘James’, ‘Shiva’, ‘Darna Zaroori Hai’, ‘Naach’ and ‘Nishabdh’. However, the dismal performance of his latest venture — ‘RGV Ki Aag’ — at the Box Office, has doused any hope of the maverick filmmaker weaving his old magic. The failure of his latest movie seems to be the last straw for the talented director, who has recently directed spate of flops.
On ‘RGV Ki Aag’, Ramu himself had stated that people will not like his film. And that certainly turned out to be the understatement of the year. While Ramu is used to be torn apart by the critics, it’s tougher for him to ignore how phenomenally the film has flopped at the Box Office.
Undeterred by the criticism, Ramu seems to be quite an expert at reverse psychology. Instead of defending his rather shocking attempt to recreate ‘Sholay’, he has decided to plead guilty as charged that ‘RGV Ki Aag’ was one of his most bizarre attempts at film-making. Commenting on his lates fiasco, he said:” I was nuts to attempt to remake Sholay.”
The road to Ramu’s downfall started ironically with his film ‘Road’ followed by others.
Ironically, with his latest movie bombing at the Box Office, Ramu is now in a damage control mode. The release of ‘Sarkar Raj’ has now been brought forward by a couple of months, while his next venture ‘Darling’ is going to be released in three languages to ensure that the film has an audience.
Though, Ramu has embarked on a crisis management exercise, we have a pretty simple solution for him — just make a good film –Â and we know you can prove us right for a change.