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Will his take on Sholay, arguably the nation’s most revered film, vindicate him of his recent catastrophes, or will this be the biggest of them all?
The promos of the film are on air, and there is a rational skepticism towards
it. I am almost fearful of watching Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a sentiment
only augmented by the narcissistic tone to the title (who prefixes their name
to their films?).
So, why are people expecting RGVKA to be a mess, while hoping they
are proven wrong? The apprehension is not coming from people indifferent to
RGV as a director, but from those who have enjoyed his cinema over the years
and are, quite frankly, puzzled by his work over the last few years. His fans
(this writer included) who loved the breezy Rangeela, were enamored
by Satya, shivered through Kaun and were deeply impressed
by Company, enough to watch it over and over, admiring the screenplay
once, the acting the next, the dialogues the other, could not understand where
films like Naach, Darna Zaroori Hai and Nishabd came from.
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Varma named his company `Factory’ and showed us that he believed in mass production
putting out one mediocre film after the other – Mr Ya Miss, Gayab, D,
and Darwaza Band Rakho, among others. Film-going audiences grew clever
over time, learning to differentiate RGV- produced films and therefore expecting
less, and RGV-directed ones, where the films continued to be looked forward
to with immense anticipation.
So even if these strange films (save some truly interesting, original ones
like Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon, Ek Hasina Thi, Ab Tak Chhappan
and My Wife’s Murder) kept coming into the theatres, the audience gave
its verdict by refusing to watch them. Varma’s stock was still up as films directed
by him were still widely regarded. Surprisingly, 2004’s Naach directed
by Varma himself was a flop, and his next hit was a full year later with Sarkar.
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