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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #100

2013-10-01T18:51:00.002-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #100

991. You seem to have lost respect for the audience?

Ans: How can I loose what I never had?

992. What’s the difference between cheap directors who depend on heroine’s skin show and a special director like you?

Ans: I don’t know what cheap is. For me a really special director is one who can show a heroine’s skin really special.

993. How do you define patience and humbleness?

Ans: Both are non-existent to me.

994. What about people who don’t know what to do with their life?

Ans: By definition they are not living anyway and hence as good as dead for all practical purposes.

995. Why do you give interviews even to B grade websites and channels?

Ans: Well, if I can write a blog for even C-graders like you, then I guess my stupidity is lesser there than here.

996. Do you agree that a woman’s mind is most difficult to understand?

Ans: No, because long time back I realized that there is nothing to understand there.

997. If you have no friends, I pity you and if you have I pity them.

Ans: And I pity you for wasting your pity on both the pitiable and the non-pitiable.

998. Why is it that I already know which film of yours I should watch and which I should not?

Ans: That’s because you are a Genius Sir!

999. You will be remembered in the history of Indian cinema for what you are.

Ans: I really don’t care about being remembered. I just want to be what I am and I will be what I want to be.

1000. 4. A wise man won’t repeat his mistakes.

Ans: Unless you make mistakes you don’t become wise and unless you continue making mistakes you won’t become wiser. Now come on answer this, wise man!

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #99

2013-10-01T18:50:00.003-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #99

981. What is your opinion on strength and confidence?

Ans: Strength is your ability and confidence is about your belief in it.

982. Your blog is nice.

Ans: I am Ok with both making love and fucking. Having sex is what I detest. Kindly do me a favour and not use words as bland as “nice” to describe my blog.

983. Do you consider posters as an art?

Ans: Of course, Yes! Much more artistic than the paintings of the M.F.Hussains of this world. (Will soon write a piece on this.)

984. Why are fools and fanatics more certain than wise people?

Ans: That’s because the former do without thinking and the latter think and don’t do.

985. On background music “Die Hard 1” had a symphony that was copied in Amol Palekar’s song, “Na bole tumne na maine kuch kaha”.

Ans: That song was copied from, not “Die Hard 1”, but from Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr.Strange Love”.

986. A filmmaker is as human as anyone else and if one can make SHIVA, RANGEELA, SATYA, COMPANY etc, he can also have duds like AAG etc.

Ans: Can I kiss you for this pleeeeeeeease?

987. You were lucky enough to be surrounded by intellectuals.

Ans: Well, you can’t fly like an eagle if you are surrounded with turkeys.

988. Have you ever tried drinking vodka with Russian women?

Ans: I have better things to do with women than having vodka with them.

989. What is the unique thing which sets you apart?

Ans: Being uniquely myself.

990. What do you think of children?

Ans: I hate them because whenever they are around they take attention away from me and also they remind me of my age.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #98

2013-10-01T18:49:00.003-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #98

971. Are you a judgmental person?

Ans: I hate Judges.

972. I would call your blog “Confessions of a dangerous mind”. What say?

Ans: I would call it “Confessions of truthful mind”. But then truth is dangerous to people who can’t digest truth. What say?

973. Thank God you became a filmmaker. You would have been a real nightmare had you settled in gangs.

Ans: Ha ha! When we were making Company, Jaideep Sahni used to the say the same.

974. I am eagerly waiting for your views on God now compared to your views on the same earlier.

Ans: I have grown wise enough now not to waste my time on God. Any free time I have from my movies I would rather spend that in bed.

975. I am jealous that there is so much of drama and action in your life.

Ans: The drama and action in anyone’s life will be a direct consequence of how he deals with life.

976. Did you really have pirated videos of “Aakhri Raasta”?

Ans: Yes and porn films too.

977. Why fight over the credibility of God when no god will ever come out to prove himself right?

Ans: Brilliant.

978. In spite of your maturity why did you indulge in street fights?

Ans: I got my maturity because of them.

979. Your blog entertains me more than kissing less than fucking.

Ans: Thanks. Fucking will finish it and kissing will be too mild. In between somewhere is just about perfect.

978. Your blog is like a porn video.

Ans: I can’t ask for a better compliment than that.

979. What is difference between fear and thrill?

Ans: Fear is what you feel when you are alone in the night and thrill is what you feel when you are rushed down a rollercoaster.

980. Your story is interesting but it has a I, Me, Myself feel.

Ans: That’s me.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #97

2013-10-01T18:47:00.003-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #97

961. You think you are extra smart, don’t you?

Ans: Yyyyyeesssssss!

962. Someone told me that Rakta Charitra’s script is someone else’s.

Ans: I don’t have a copyright ownership of Paritala Ravi’s story. Anyone is welcome to make a film on him from their own interpretation.

963. What is the best compliment for your blog?

Ans: Someone here said that the only thing he does in office is to watch a yummy girl in there or read my blog, which basically means he is saying that my blog is the next best thing after sex. Ahhhhh!

964. Surya fits the bill, but still not convinced about Vivek.

Ans: Sleep on it.

965. What’s your take on violence v/s non-violence?

Ans: Well, violence for sure is more entertaining.

966. Is Agyaat inspired from Predator?

Ans: Yes and from many more in that genre.

967. What is sad is that you think that you are Gail Wynand fighting Toohey’s like me.

Ans: What is even more sad is your half-baked understanding of Ayn Rand.

968. I think you are the most sensitive guy than anyone.

Ans: Well, my mom and my girl friend think the same. They think I just hide my sensitivity under my seemingly tough guy image. But I think they think that because they are too scared to think otherwise.

969. A person like you cannot be as soul less as in your reactions to reactions.

Ans: Did you ever hear of something called sense of humour?

970. What are your views on getting married?

Ans: It is as bad and as avoidable as doing business in partnership.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #96

2013-10-01T18:47:00.000-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #96

951. Why don’t you open a film school?

Ans: The concept of film schools in today’s time is a big sham. In the olden days there was no access to film tools like camera, etc. Today anybody with a digicamera and a laptop can make a film. And as per the institute having film archives, every corner dvd store has more films than them. Further more filmmaking is an expressionist art and I don’t believe that it can be taught.

952. What school did you attend?

Ans: St.Marys High School, Secunderabad.

953. How much was your remuneration for Shiva?

Ans: The sum total of whatever I earned till today and whatever I will ever earn.

954. You have won my respect with Jana Gana Mana Rann song. After 17 years I will step into the theatre to watch this film.

Ans: Oh great, I will arrange a band for your welcome.

955. I liked that scene in Shiva where the mother of the dead friend slaps the Police Inspector. How did you conceive that great scene?

Ans: I copied it from “JAWS”. The mother of the boy killed slaps the Police Chief for not forewarning the tourists about the shark.

956. I think during your early stages your movies had sensible music.

Ans: And I think during your late stages you lost your sensibility of music.

957. I want to make a film on you.

Ans: Just remove “Ki Aag” from “Ramgopalvarma Ki Aag”.

P.S: Ok… Ok… Ok… I know that this was a dumb answer but I could not think of something better.

958. You don’t comment from your heart, you just want to make them interesting and you want to show off.

Ans: Yes. Yes. Yes. So?

959. People who are close to you and bear your attitude must be either thick-skinned or blissfully ignorant of your sarcasm.

Ans: Or they could be smarter than you.

960. How do you differentiate between right and wrong?

Ans: Very simple. What I do is right and what others do is wrong.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #95

2013-10-01T18:46:00.002-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #95

941. I think the reason you are fascinated with criminals is because of their ability to break the social taboo of not being scared to be selfish.

Ans: Not really. My understanding of a criminal is that he is a child who refuses to grow up. This is in the sense that when we are born we all pretty much think that we are the centre of the universe because of the attention everyone gives us. In time we slowly realize that we are just one among millions and kind of adapt to our designated place in society and revolve along with the world, whereas a criminal still wants the world to revolve around him. It is this psychological aspect I am fascinated with.

942. Do you really have the guts to say “I lust you” to a woman rather than “I love you’?

Ans: Many a time I told a woman ‘I lust you” with more intensity than most men would have said “I love you” and the women fell in love with me for the honesty behind my lust.

943. Make a movie only if you have something interesting to tell.

Ans: I always do that, my friend. But the problem is that many times the audience is not interested to listen.

944. I have a story which can be a potential Hollywood movie. Are you interested?

Ans: I think you got the wrong blog. Try Spielberg’s.

945. You are a crazy man… ultimately crazy.

Ans: When did I say no?

946. I think you enjoyed life a lott… Isn’t it?

Ans: Yes. Much more than any of you can ever imagine. I did, I am and I will.

947. Why don’t you try to find Rifle now?

Ans: Hello! She will be above 40 now. At that time I was in a danger of being beaten up by her husband and now I probably would be beaten up by her sons. Thanks!

948. Is it your impatience that makes you work so fast?

Ans: No, it’s my fear that I will not have enough time to be able to make all the films I want to make before I die.

949. I think you are using your blog to publicize yourself and your films?

Ans: Of course yes! You thought I was here for my love for you or what?

950. I give you 3.5/5.

Ans: And I give 0/5 for your opinions.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #94

2013-10-01T18:45:00.005-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #94

931. I will see “Rifle” first day first show.

Ans: Done and if you look around in the theater you might find me too.

932. My girlfriend is so jealous that she shut my laptop when I was reading about ‘Rifle’.

Ans: Too bad that she can’t shut your mind from thinking about ‘Rifle’.

933. Your grammar is wrong in saying most sexiest. Either it should be most sexy or sexiest woman.

Ans: Teacher, you need to understand that an enlightened soul like me places more importance on the psychological aspect than on grammatical correctness. Like for example; there’s a much higher chance of a girl falling for me by me telling her “You are the most fantabulously mindblowable awesomic sexualistic creature I have ever seen” than you telling her “I think you are the most sexy woman”.

934. Have you ever heard of ‘meaningful cinema’?

Ans: Ya, I know that it’s quite a dangerous disease. Lots of film institute guys get infected by it.

935. Ramu, I think your tough guy image is just a pretence.

Ans: Shalini, most girls who know me say the same about me and they seem to love me for that. Now my question is why would a girl love a guy who is not tough? You see, I developed my tough guy image on the basis of a million year old belief of mine that men should be tough and women should be sexy.

936. When it comes to entertaining nothing can beat your blog.

Ans: Ahhhh! Finally one unadulterated compliment! Thanks.

937. In ‘Deyyam’ how did you do that scene when the man’s feet are facing backward?

Ans: I got his feet buried in the sand and placed an artificial feet facing backward around his ankle.

938. How did you come up with the cycle chase scene in Shiva?

Ans: I copied it from Rahul Rawail’s and Sunny Deol’s “Arjun”.

939. What happens at the end of Agyaat and don’t give me crap answer?

Ans: “The end” comes at the end of Agyaat and don’t ask me crap questions.

940. Does Agyaat have elements of Gumnaam?

Ans: Yes and also elements of Predator, Alien, Blairwitch Project, Raat, Bhoot, Phoonk and 5 Ramsay Brother’s films and 7 Zee Horror Show episodes.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #93

2013-10-01T18:42:00.000-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #93

921. You have two contrasting characters Ram and Krishna in your name.

Ans: I guess that explains my confused screwed up state of mind. Hey guys (all my haters), how about blaming it on those Gods and leave me alone.

922. I am with you Ramu.

Ans: I don’t need anybody to be with me Jai. You keep yourself with yourself where you will do most good to yourself.

923. What would have been your reaction if Jana Gana was made by someone else?

Ans: I would have been extremely jealous that I didn’t get the Idea first.

924. Don’t you have any conscience?

Ans: No.

925. I think you lost your sensibility on love and emotions.

Ans: Ya, that’s because I graduated to sex and intelligence.

926. Could truth be told in RANN as effectively as it was written by Ayn Rand?

Ans: Terribly.

927. “Truth can be terrible” would have been better than “Truth is terrible”.

Ans: “Truth is terrible” sounds like a strong statement and the line “Truth can be terrible” albeit more truthful is known to everyone which will make it sound preachy. A strong statement startles people for a moment before they burst out with their venom or praise. I don’t believe in gentle head-nods and gentle head-shakes as then I can’t pounce on them with my loud background music.

928. I think you lack a filter between your thoughts and words.

Ans: I prefer not having a filter than having a clogged filter like yours.

929. You are a con artiste and not even a good one. Only Rangeela and Satya are the 2 good movies you made and the rest are crap. In 2 years your luck will run out.

Ans: Okey dokey. Text after 2 years.

930. How did you do the sound design for Shiva? It was so effective.

Ans: For any film whether it is sound design or background music or camera work, all of them depend on how effective the scene content and the edit is, apart from how seriously the Director is taking the film. There is no such thing as a specific sound design.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #92

2013-10-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #92

911. How do you balance between existentialist philosophies and material life which you are enjoying in a full fledge style?

Ans: Like I said somewhere on this blog, I believe that we are born in the morning and die in the night. So thinking beyond the moment we are living, I think is a futile exercise. Vodka and sex are realities for me, and films and philosophies are dreams.

912. Since when have you become patriotic and so concerned about the Nation’s people?

Ans: Hello! The piece I have written was in the context of the film I am making and with reference to a certain character’s thinking in it and I wanted to give an explanation regarding the same to be clear about the intent behind it. I personally don’t believe in anything except my own beliefs which keep changing all the time depending on my mood and the situation I am in. If I am telling the viewpoint of a gangster in a film I am making that does not mean I myself think like a gangster.

913. There are very few sane people out there.

Ans: Ahhhhh! You are telling me! All you need to do is to go through the comments section on my blog and you will see how many!

914. Try to clean your body of toxins like liquor and women and eat simple food.

Ans: Ok Doc, and I suggest that you clean your holier than thou attitude with a bar of dettol.

915. Don’t you have dirt within yourself?

Ans: I am full of it and I love it.

916. I would say you are not even a kid… you are an animal.

Ans: Ooooh! I am so proud of the dawn of your wisdom. I believe that an animal is the purest form of a living being and I thank you so very much for the compliment.

917. How can you start RAKTA CHARITRA and still be firmly focused on RANN and AGYAAT?

Ans: Eashwar, Allah and Jesus have been kind enough to give me a mind which can multi-task at an unimaginable rate. Only me and Satan battle with those Godly forces and manage to screw up most of those tasks.

918. It was first RANN, then INDIA 24/7 and then again RANN. Why change the title so frequently?

Ans: My wish.

919. I have lost all respect for you and Big B.

Ans: Ha Ha.

920. Do you trust in love?

Ans: Yes, but love does not trust in me.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #91

2013-10-01T18:25:00.002-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #91

901. Why do you keep tough faces for all your characters?

Ans: Because I love tough guys.

902. The line you attributed to Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon” was from Zen Buddha’s scriptures.

Ans: The point was not about the origin but about where I heard it. For all I know the Zen guy could have got it from his cook.

903. You are still a kid.

Ans: If you say so, Uncle.

904. Do you find it paradoxical that sex which can be such a pleasure requires a woman who can be such a torture?

Ans: Ahhhhh! You are telling meeeeeeee maaaaaaaaaan!

905. Why is it that you keep coming back to the same genre of movies?

Ans: Atleast I keep returning to my roots. Most other filmmakers don’t even leave their roots.

906. Do write a scary story.

Ans: Ok, here goes my one line scary story…. I am remaking Aag.

907. If you are happy about the movies you are making, you are making a fool of yourself.

Ans: And if you think you are happy about you thinking I am happy about thinking what you are thinking of what I am thinking then you are making a double fool of yourself.

908. Your arrogance is revolting. Someone should beat you with a stick to tame you.

Ans: My mom, my sister and my girlfriend think the same.

909. How do you manage time?

Ans: By not wearing a watch.

910. The title of Rakta Charitra is not good. It does not have shock value. People won’t come to watch a movie with that title.

Ans: Ok, Mr.Expert, how about blessing us with your creative genius and gift a title.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #48

2013-10-01T18:23:00.001-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #48

I missed 401 to 410 and 471 to 480. So I am publishing those RGV QNA here. Remaining will be continued as earlier.

471. Ayn Rand is ashamed of you.

Ans: Oh! ……. When did you die?

472. I want to kiss you Ramu.

Ans: I only believe in kissing and not in being kissed.

473. What is your advice to budding directors?

Ans: To understand that the onus is on you to get a film and not on someone else to give it to you.

474. What if Spielberg directed Godfather and Coppola directed JAWS?

Ans: That’s a mighty interesting thought. It’s not so much about the genre but considering their highly different world views obviously they would be highly different films but I think they would be lesser than what they are now.

475. Is it possible to engage the audience in a film without background score?

Ans: of course. The earliest example I have known of this is The Exorcist. Inspite of it being a horror film, a genre which almost depends on background score, it had very little of it. And of course there is the Blair Witch Project which had none.

476. With all your understanding can you not hate a snake which is about to bite you?

Ans: I would run from it or jump over it or kill it or in case of not being able to do any of the above I would prepare for a post-bite scenario but I would never never hate it. That’s because both love and hate are highly destructive feelings. They are like drugs which will make you feel high for the moment and then just when you are not looking throw you into a never ending abyss of complexities.

477. Ayn Rand said, “I will not die. The world will end”.

Ans: Schopenhauer said, “If you close your eyes the world will cease to exist”.

478. I wish you come out of the shell of Rand and Nietzsche and get into the shoes of Chanakya.

Ans: I wish the reverse for you.

479. Do you think prostitution is a sin/crime?

Ans: I detest prostitution because it vilifies the sacredness of sex.

480. Your Telugu horror film Deyyam looks like a B-grade Ramsay film. Have you transformed yourself from Deyyam to Bhoot?

Ans: Transformation comes partly from experience and mostly from intent. I can’t believe that the director of AVATAR could have ever made a film like “Piranha II”.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #41

2013-10-01T18:22:00.000-07:00

I missed 401 to 410 and 471 to 480. So I am publishing those RGV QNA here. Remaining will be continued as earlier.

401. I don’t want to accept that Phoonk 2 can be better than any of your horror films.

Ans: Arrey who is asking you to accept. I told you that it’s my opinion.

402. Some shots of Phoonk 2 trailor look like the shots of Grudge.

Ans: They are not shots of Grudge but they are shots from Grudge. That was not a trailor but just a concept trailor to arrive at the look and feel of the film which was done much before the shoot actually started.

403. Is it true that you sang the lines “Baagundi kaani plaanu, palti kottindemo emi gaanu” in the song “wah re wah emi facu” in “Money”.

Ans: Yes.

404. When you don’t care about others why are you running this blog?

Ans: I don’t care about what others think of me but I care a hell about what others think and that’s because only various peoples views and perspectives is what which can give you a metaphysical insight into the working of human minds from which you can then pick and choose what suits your taste, sensibility and entertainment quotient.

405. Why was Aamir quoted as saying in the interview that you hugged him and cried?

Ans: Ha Ha… me hugging and crying! I never heard any thing more funnier. Anyway don’t believe everything you read or hear or if it suits you and makes you happy please believe that and be happy.

406. What do you think of Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita”?

Ans: Not a patch on the Adrian Lyne’s version. I don’t like the plot of the movie but I love the sequences of how Adrian Lyne captured a middle aged man’s love for a 14-year old girl.

407. Are you at best a cheap imitator of Spielberg, Scorsese and Coppola?

Ans: 100% yes. Both literally and figuratively.

408. Do you think the reason for a westerner’s higher intelligence is genetic?

Ans: It’s due to both their genetic code and their ability to develop a system to nurture and grow it.

409. How important does light play in creating a mood for a scene?

Ans: I would say it’s a combination of light and the composition of a frame which does that. They both cannot work independent of each other. Will soon write a piece on this.

410. You should have gone to Diwanchi Bar instead of Lamba Talkies.

Ans: I did and saw quite a few striptease dances there.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #90

2013-08-21T05:04:00.000-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #90

891. Can we show internal motivation of characters through camera language?

Ans. That is the purpose of camera language.

892. Can a director stage a scene just with set properties and no characters?

Ans: See “Final Destination”.

893. Why do you still follow old rules in camera language?

Ans: There’s no such thing as old rules and new rules. It’s just your individual choice of how you want to see a specific shot.

894. Would you like to make a film on transfemoral amputees?

Ans: No.

895. Can you write something on time management?

Ans: I love this one dialogue from Anil Kapoor’s “Tezaab”… ‘Waqt rehta nahin, nikaalna padta hai’.

896. Define a genius?

Ans: Me! …………….. Just kidding…………. Then maybe I am not ……. Then maybe I am ….

897. Selvar Mani in Sarkar screams ‘Muruga’ before he dies like Gandhi said, “Hey Ram”.

Ans: That was exactly the brief I gave the actor who played Selvar Mani.

898. How come all your villains follow Gandhi?

Ans: It’s not because I am against Gandhism, but it’s because many bad men usually operate from the shelter of either God or someone like Gandhi.

899. What is the best book of Fredrick Forsyth?

Ans: It’s a toss between “The Day of the Jackal” and the “The Devil’s Alternative”.

900. What is the difference between a dictator and a director?

Ans: A dictator orders and a director guides. Having said that Most directors I know want to play the director rather than direct the players.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #89

2013-08-21T03:34:00.000-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #89

881. My girlfriend says that the only way to shut you up is to put a cello tape on your mouth or get under the sheets with you.

Ans:Ahhhhhhh! I love her.

882. How was the sound for the footsteps scene on the stairs in Kshana Kshanam done?

Ans: Am impressed and thrilled that you noticed that. It was the idea which was unique and the process is very regular.

883. What is your idea of a beautiful woman?

Ans: Who looks beautiful to me.

884. Define a nice guy.

Ans: One who doesn’t threaten your sensibility, intelligence, your physical being and your emotional state. In simpler language, a guy who you don’t need to really bother about as nice guys don’t matter in the scheme of things.

885. I have mixed feelings on your personality.

Ans: That’s because I am a mixed person.

886. Grow up when you still have time.

Ans: Ok Pop.

887. You are corrupting us all.

Ans: “You say you believe in me. But did you find me? To find me you have to seek yourself first and the day you find yourself you will not need to seek me as I would have become a part of you”.- Friedrich Nietzsche.

888. Does truth get magnified only when the successful advocate it?

Ans: Yes, and the reason for that is because the majority either do not have the brains or don’t want to tax their brains to understand the truth, so they would take the easy way out by believing in whatever the successful say.

889.”If the path is beautiful, ask where it leads… but if the destination is beautiful, don’t ask how the path is.”

Ans: Superb.

890. When you were schooling in St.Mary’s, Secunderabad, did you ever peep into the adjacent St.Francis Girls School?

Ans: That’s the only thing I used to do.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #88

2013-08-21T03:22:00.001-07:00

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #88

871. Who is your first girl friend?

Ans: I only had lovers.

872. How can one get rid of fear completely?

Ans: By not taking anything seriously especially yourself.

873. Your eyes are more sexier than your viewpoints.

Ans: My eyes come through my viewpoints.

874. How would you decide on the pace of a movie?

Ans: On the basis of at what pace I myself would like to see it.

875. How would you describe yourself?

Ans: I am like a hardcore porn dvd. You might hate it, love it, look down upon it or get disgusted by it but if it is in the room you can’t resist watching it.

Apart from this I am also quite a nice guy though no one agrees with me on this.

876. You talk of Ayn Rand and Nietzsche and actually you don’t understand their ideas.

Ans: Hello, Rand and Nietzsche are just two among hundreds where I pick up my thoughts from. A substantial amount of my philosophical growth came from Mad magazine. I learn from James Hadley Chase and unlearn from Jean Paul Sartre and make a living out of reading Fredrick Forsyth. After all the reading I do, I pick up what suits my convenience and twist and turn them and apply them to the way I choose to live my life and discard the rest. That too keeps constantly changing subject to my state of mind and my state of being and lots of times also due to my moods. I am neither into understanding Ayn rand’s objectivism nor Nietzsche’s nihilism. I take them merely as knowledge to practically apply in a thought process. They and others are just ingredients I use and I myself prepare the dish to eat it myself and I serve it to whoever is smart enough or foolish enough to want it.

Knowledge should be like the steps of a ladder. As soon as you climb one you should go that much more higher. You should not make the mistake of carrying what should carry you.

“The pursuit of truth is not important. The pursuit of that truth is important which helps you in reaching your goal that is provided you have one.” – Ayn Rand (The Romantic Manifesto)

Like in some context someone here on this blog used the word “Ramuism”, that’s pretty much what I am into as that reads as “individualism” to me, or to be moré particular Ramu’s individualism which again can be called as “Ramuism”.

877. Why the hell are you so arrogant?

And: You need a little bit of intelligence to realize the difference between arrogance and confidence.

878. Anyone can read a few books on philosophy and make a movie. Don’t be proud that you are a director. These are millions of people more talented than you.

Ans: Ok Sir. Yes Sir. All right Sir.

879. Life is full of surprises. Who can say which decision is right?

Ans: That’s exactly what I have been screaming all this time.

880. Where did your aesthetic sense go Ramu?

Ans: Higher than your eye can see.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #87

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #87

861. Can you tell us the three biggest mistakes you made w.r.t your films?

Ans: Shiva, Satya and Rangeela because they have created a benchmark and all the time I get bashed up for not living up to them. Boo hoo hoo!

862. Do you prefer Ramu, Ramgopal Varma or RGV?

Ans : Ramu. That’s because a name like that can create a psychological effect in people not to take me too seriously and I can get away with quite a lot of my kiddish stuff.

863. My 2 cents worth. I think Agyaat is just a filler film before your next big one.

Ans: Your estimation of your worth is bang on.

864. Your funda on the father going to a prostitute was over the top and childish.

Ans: Arrey Bhagwan. That was just an example I gave to emphasize on the point of how little control we have on how we come into existence.

865. I think you would rather be hated than being ignored.

Ans: Yes. Actually I love being hated and hate being loved because hate keeps me alert and love makes me complacent.

866. I have been a supporter of both your good and bad films.

Ans: I hate charity.

867. I am startled with your arrogance and your incorrect grammar.

Ans: And I am startled with you missing the thought and concentrating on the grammar. Grow up and realize that in the age of text messages grammar belongs to the dinosaurs.

868. Sometimes I feel that you drew just one circle and you are living in that only.

Ans: Actually I live on curves. (pun intended)

869. Where did you hear the word megalomaniacal first?

Ans: Someone called me that at school.

870. If Ramu were to be a woman will he sleep with Ramu the man?

Ans: I surely would have better taste than that.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #86

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #86

851. What is the best compliment that a woman ever gave you?

Ans: She said that she wants to have sex with my attitude.

852. My mother still thinks you are half mad.

853. What you don’t know is that a wife and husband also do have sex for giving birth to a beautiful child which is an acknowledgement for their love from God.

Ans: Okay dokie.

854. I truly admire the guts of that lady who broke up with you.

Ans: That’s not guts. That’s being smart.

855. Fuck you and fuck your limited brains.

Ans: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!……… (In case you didn’t realize that’s me having an orgasm)

856. If somebody feels happy in wanting to do something why not let them?

Ans: That’s precisely the point I was making. Life should be lived for wanting to and not for having to.

857. If someone gave you vodka, sex and also produce your film on a condition that you have to celebrate your birthday, will you?

Ans : Of course yes. I will celebrate even his birthday.

858. When we are born we are all like small piglets… naked and crying. When we die we are all different… Gandhi, Hitler, Einstein, you, me etc.

Ans: Excellently said, Keshav. You are the only guy who got the point of that article.

“I looked back and a ray of sunshine fell across my life. Not in vain did I bury my four and fortieth year”. – Friedrich Nietzsche (Ecce Homo)

859. I am glad she slapped you.

Ans: Well, I have been punched, kicked and almost been killed by so many others for so many other things I said. Unfortunately for many of you out there, I didn’t die.

860. You are a very strange man to talk like that to a woman.

Ans: Hello, did I ever claim to be normal?

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #85

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #85

841. Why did you go to college when you were not interested in education?

Ans: Not then, not now, I never worked towards an objective. My parents wanted me to do Engineering and for me it was an opportunity to be in a new place with new people. I enjoyed being sexually stimulated by Rifle, emotionally stimulated by Satya and intellectually stimulated by Satyendra. Apart from that I did a lot of character studies of people at college which I use till today in my films.

842. How can you call me a weirdo? This is my last comment on your blog.

Ans: If you don’t have even that much of sense of humour you don’t deserve to be on this blog. Bye.

843. What is the most influential book you have ever read?

Ans: Without a doubt Ayn rand’s “Fountainhead”.

844. What kind of people do you think will watch Agyaat?

Ans: Morons, like me.

845. Why do so many people bitch you and your comments?

Ans: Where there are elephants there will be dogs. I am the dog and you bitches are the elephants. Happy now?

846. Do you get affected by criticism?

Ans: Well, I get irritated by stings, I fear bites and I ignore the barks.

847. Don’t talk with so much immaturity. Sex and power are not the only things which give happiness.

Ans: Your are right! More sex and more power give more happiness.

848. Power obsession is natural to people who suffer from an inferiority complex like you.

Ans: Criticism of power obsession is natural to inferior people like you.

849. If you had respected your grandfather and invested it would have become 20 Crores now.

Ans: Ok grandpa. Just be very wary of your grandson.

850. Only when we are independent we can fulfill our wishes.

Ans: “Like the camel is man. He kneels down and lets himself be well laden with burdens of commitments and expectations and then he says ‘Yeah! Life is hard to bear!’ But man himself is hard to bear as all he has to do is to shrug the load and gallop free.”- Friedrich Nietzsche.

On the other hand if for whatever reason you have to carry the load, then you have to learn to enjoy the process. What you should never do is to crib about the load.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #84

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #84

831. Would you have had the same attitude towards life if you were not successful?

Ans: I became successful because I have that attitude.

832. My girlfriend threatened to leave me if I ever advise her to visit your blog again.

Ans: Well, come to think of it, she might be better off.

833. I think you are a person with double standards.

Ans: Actually I am a person with multiple standards.

834. I wish you 200 movies.

Ans: Thanks! That’s 800 less than what I wish for.

835. I am 22. Roark, Nietzsche and you are the 3 most interesting men I encountered.

Ans: I think it’s high time you encounter some hot women now.

836. I don’t agree with most of things you say. You are quite strange.

Ans: “The whole of mankind lies at an incalculable distance beneath me and my Zarathustara. I say in one sentence what others say and do not say in whole books”. This is what Nietzsche said in his autobiography “Ecce Homo”.

I say that I am not above but I am away.

You will have no problems in life with what you don’t agree with, but be very very wary of what you agree with as that is what will determine your personality and growth.

837. Your blog is the most addictive thing I have known.

Ans: Try sex and vodka.

838. You were destined to be successful.

Ans: For me the biggest failures in life are those who cite destiny, luck and chance. Sure enough the very fact that we are not in control of things is proof enough that there exist extraneous factors which control us whether they are God, devil, destiny, astrology, planets, numerology etc etc or whatever else they might be. But the very fact that they are not in our control itself is proof enough for us not to waste our time and energy on them and instead concentrate on what is in our control.

839. Have you ever struggled in life?

Ans: No. That’s because struggle is in your mind. In reality you have to deal with life. For example, I waited for 5 hours in my beginning days to meet a Producer which could be deemed as struggle. But in all the 5 hours I was studying the kind of people who came to meet him, understand the people who are working for him, what his expectations seem to be etc etc, so that I can prepare for a better pitch.

840. What would have been your plight if your father was as careless as you?

Ans: That’s the point I was trying to make, my friend. What was his point when he was working towards a completely selfish bastard like me?

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #83

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #83

821. How many women have you slept with till date?

Ans: You will die of jealousy if I tell you.

822. What is the factor which so constantly drives you to make movies?

Ans: It’s my insatiable desire to constantly occupy the mind-space of others.

823. You might not be a criminal, but I think you too want the world to revolve around you.

Ans: Of course yes and I pretty much make it revolve. I am not an anti-social in practice but I am an anti-social in theory which can be much more dangerous not only to others but even to myself. But I love to confront danger as it makes me feel alive.

P.S: Shalini, if you promise not to tell anybody I will tell you a secret. I am not an anti-social in practice because I am too scared of the law and I love life too much and also deep inside I think that I am quite a nice guy.

824. Before reading Nietzsche, Rand and others, were you this strong willed?

Ans: That’s an interesting question. Many of my close people say that only because I was strong willed that I understood those books in the first place. Their argument is that many would have read those books, but were not affected.

“Man has no ears for what experience has not taught him already. If he agrees he knows it already.” – Friedrich Nietzsche.

825. Can there be ill effects of having too much will power?

Ans: The point of will power is to have the will to take decisions on your life. But yes, life will take other decisions on your decisions. So you have to counter life’s decisions by taking decisions on its decisions and thus the circle continues. So as long as I keep on continuously taking decisions irrespective of their consequences it’s inevitable that I will always be on top of life. It’s the day that you stop taking decisions which is when life will come on top of you and crush you under its feet.

826. Why were your assistants not as successful as you are?

Ans: I will tell you that the day I come to know why I myself was successful in the first place.

827. How did you characterize Kay Kay for Vishnu’s role in Sarkar?

Ans: Compared to the novel I always felt that Sonny Corleone’s role was not as intensely portrayed by James Caan the way it was in the book. So I took a cue from a line from the novel.

“From 1935 to 1937, the name of Santino Corleone sent shockwaves through the underworld”.

Vishnu matches the intensity of this above line.

828. What is the definition of a weirdo?

Ans: One who is different and does not conform to any standards and dares to be alone.

“For them lonesomeness is the plight of sick one. For me it’s the flight from the sick ones.”- Friedrich Nietzsche.

829. Which work of Ayn Rand do you like the most?

Ans: It’s not her works, but it is her thoughts which I connect to, which could be both in her fiction and non-fiction writings. Likewise I connect to a lot of thoughts in Mad magazine too. I think humourists are the greatest philosophers in the world.

830. Is it because you go by your decisions without bothering about consequences that you made so many flops?

Ans: Yes and my hits too happened because of the same.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #82

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #82

811. Frankly don’t get into making “Rifle”. I don’t want to see a porn film.

Ans: Who said anything about anybody making a film for you buddy?

812. Can you differentiate between Truth, Real and Fact?

Ans: Fact is what happened, Truth is the way it’s perceived and Real is its effect.

813. When you talk in your interviews, me and my sister laugh.

Ans: Ha Ha Ha.

814. What if Rifle’s son or daughter read that article?

Ans: Either you have a very short memory or too tiny a mind which obviously can’t even comprehend the simplest of things. I clearly mentioned in my article on Rifle that she never even knew that we referred to her as Rifle. Not only her, I never ever talk or comment demeaningly about anybody except myself.

815. How did you visualize the lengthy shot in the beginning of Raat?

Ans: I was sitting late in the night in a place called Kamayya Thoppu in Vijayawada in my engineering college days when I thought of that shot and I eventually shot it there. Incidentally that was the first shot I visualized after I decided to be a director.

816. You said filmmaking cannot be taught. Don’t say something for the sake of saying.

Ans: Either you must be a part of a film institute management or a guy who is trying to pester your folks that you want to join an institute or a director. Any way Shekhar Kapur, Mani Ratnam and me neither went to an institute nor assisted anybody, and my case rests.

817. What do you get out of writing this blog?

Ans: An extraordinary insight into what all kind of wackos exist in the world out there.

818. Don’t let the Court verdict deter you. Just delete the song Jana Gana Mana Rann and go ahead with the movie.

Ans: Ohhh My God! What an Idea! I was just about to shelve the film as I could not think of this Idea.

819. The morning was gloomy and your blog refreshed me.

Ans: That’s probably the nicest compliment I received. Thanks!

820. You fell in love with a beautiful Satya and not a sexy Rifle.

Ans: Hello? Beauty and sex can’t be really separated. Emotional planes differ from physical urges.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #81

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #81

801. Do you keep changing your directorial approach like for instance, post Naach till Sarkar Raj I see a difference?

Ans: Directorial approach largely depends on the theme of the film and the characters I am dealing with.

802. In Sarkar how were the killings of Selvar Mani, Vishram and Rashid countsructed?

Ans: In real life death comes as unexpected and as random as that.

803. I just hope youngsters don’t start believing in your theories and get carried away.

Ans: I hope they will as then they will get carried over. Anyway I think nobody believes in anything or anyone. They will just hold on to one belief system or the other at different stages and phases of their lives very much like a ship anchoring at different places in the course of its travel.

“You say you found me, but until you find yourself you can’t find me, and the day you truly find yourself you will remain yourself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

804. How did Satya an engg student become a doctor?

Ans: I never said we were classmates or college mates in engineering. We were both in Siddhartha College at Vijayawada. She a student in Siddhartha Medical College and me in Siddhartha Engg. College and those days they both operated from the same compound.

805. Why do you think getting rid of conscience is godly?

Ans: I believe that our life is nothing but a conflict between wanting to and having to and in between lies the conscience. So if you get rid of your conscience you can live a life as pure as that of an animal.

806. Can you elaborate on the “dog dying in South Africa” (referring to Mohan Krishna’s mail on your blog)?

Ans: I will soon write a piece on that.

807. I have an idea for Sarkar III; how Subash Nagre started his life as an immigrant labourer and then became a union leader and then a political power. Abhishek can play the young Sarkar. What say?

Ans: Nothing.

808. Do you look down on people who oppose your thoughts?

Ans: On the contrary I enjoy them as I am fascinated with the amazingly different point of views.

809. You said “I had a fear of rejection from Satya”. Did you have the same fear of rejection from the audience about your first film?

Ans: I never feared the audience as they are just nameless and faceless individuals whereas Satya is an individual I loved and hence feared.

810. Dumbo, if it’s just to impress Satya why didn’t you just write a cute love story?

Ans: Double dumbo, it’s because at that time love stories were around plenty and I thought this article will be unique. I just didn’t realize that there are people like you and Satya also in this world, and yes, that was my triple dumbness.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #80

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #80

791. You should have come up with something more original than this song.

Ans: Waaaaah! What an original idea! Maan gaye Sir! Mind blowing.

792. Sorry but the song is bad.

Ans: Thanks.

793. Awesome song.

Ans: Thanks.

794. I bet 2000$ this movie will not be a hit.

Ans: Then why not bet 2 million$? Why be so cheap even in your wishes?

795. I decided to watch Agyaat.

Ans: Can you please post your feet to my office so that I can touch them?

796. Use the words philosophize and philosophy correctly.

Ans: Where do I send the cheque for the English lesson, Sir?

797. I think you did not understand Satyendra.

Ans: If this is how you think, you better think about yourself.

798. My girl friend says you are a softie at heart.

Ans: Hmmm! Well! Err! Am blushing… please tell her not to tell this to anyone and let my secret out please…

799. The Agyaat song has just 2 layers. It needs atleast 3 layers to complete it.

Ans: Pardon me Sir but I have no knowledge of the layeral aspect of songs and neither do I wish to know, so I please request you to not jump forward to educate me on the same now.

800. I started enjoying you ridiculing even my own comments.

Ans: Attaboy. That’s the point of life. My gyan to you is not to take anything seriously especially yourself.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #79

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #79

781. I am assuming your thoughts on God are same as they were 27 years ago.

Ans: No.

782. Do you know where Satyendra is and what he does?

Ans: No.

783. When will you take me out for dinner?

Ans: If you are man I would rather have a vodka with you, and if you are a woman I would rather stay in with you.

784. How about casting Nana as Ravi?

Ans: How about keeping your suggestions to yourself?

785. Did you ever go to a temple?

Ans: Many times when I was kid along with my grandma. She used to give me 100 Rupees each time.

786. I am searching for an answer to this question. Who am I?

Ans: You already answered yourself, because only nobodies can have questions like that.

787. I am fed up of your lame background scores.

Ans: Stop listening.

788. I think Rakta Charitra will be successful.

Ans: Oh! Ok, Mr.Thinker.

789. This song sounds like Kahin Deep Jale.

Ans: That was the intent, Sir.

790. Why don’t you write a scary story for your blog?

Ans: I already did. It was titled “The Making of Aag”.

Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #78

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Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #78

771. Is it really possible to know everything in the entire universe in one life to get bored to death?

Ans: It’s not about knowing everything but it’s about having a desire to know something you really want to know about.

“The pursuit of truth and knowledge is not important. What is important is the pursuit of a specific truth and knowledge which helps you in reaching your goal provided you have one.” – Ayan Rand (The Romantic Manifesto)

In Satyendra’s case he chose not to have a goal or he had goals I with my limited intelligence could not comprehend.

772. How come Satyendra was 2 years junior to you and yet you were with him for 4 years in Engg?

Ans: I said he was 2 years younger to me… and I failed one year. Happy with the math?

773. Who is going to play Suri?

Ans: That had not been decided. Rakta Charitra Part I will end with the Ramanaidu Studio blast and the introduction of Suri. Rakta Charitra Part II will feature Ravi and Suri equally whereas Part I predominantly will deal with Ravi’s rise.

774. How could you see Satyendra in class if you and he belonged to different branches?

Ans: Mr.Detective, we had common subjects in the first year. Happy now?

“When a finger is pointing at the moon, don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss the heavenly glory” – Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon)

775. Sure, some of us are influenced by what we read and who we meet but I think also some of us are born with a capability to think by themselves.

Ans: I suspect that you are referring to exalted souls like yourself whereas I was referring to common souls like me.

776. Is it only the result which differentiates between Guts and Stupidity?

Ans: Yes. Like for example on the decision of making Rakta Charitra in 2 parts, if Rakta Charitra I becomes a hit it is guts, and if it does not it’s stupidity.

777. Do you think philosophy will be best conveyed through a book rather than in a movie?

Ans: Yes. For the simple reason that we can worship Howard Roark’s architectural designs in Fountainhead as long as they only in our imagination sparked off by Ayn Rand’s descriptive genius. But the moment we see them visually we will also become as judgemental as Ellsworth Toohey.

778. Could the philosophy of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer have contributed to Satyendra’s frustration in life and negative effects?

Ans: Vaishak, like everything else philosophy too can be taken in any which way. Most people cry over spilled milk. A philosopher is a person who does not cry over spilled milk but will console himself over the fact that 80% of it is water.

But if you can get another pint of milk you don’t need to philosophize. Philosophy primarily is a weapon of the incompetent. For example; Superman does not need philosophy.

779. Are you scared that you may not be able to do justice if you make a movie on Satyendra?

Ans: Not scared. Wise.

780. There is Satyendra in every one of us but only the degree differs.

Ans: That’s like saying all of us are rich but only some have the money.