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I always maintained that there are no great directors and no great actors but there are only well directed films and well enacted roles. That’s because a director is as good as the subject matter he chooses and an actor is as good as the character he gets. For example I am the same guy who directed “SHIVA” and I am the same guy who directed “SHIVA 2006”. Now why did the first one turned out to be so good and the second one so bad. It’s because it is the subject matter which invariably will be largely responsible in bringing the novelty of presentation and also the seriousness with which any director will project his take on it.
The biggest danger for any filmmaker is when he feels that he is the master of that particular subject matter which is bound to build a certain complacent arrogance in him and it will bring in him a ‘taking it for granted’ attitude. A “SHIVA” happened because of my first hand experiences of goonda activities on college campuses and I was dying to capture that spirit in the form a film.
A “RANGEELA” happened because I was so inspired by the visual concepts of Hollywood musical classics like “Singing in the Rain” etc and I was trying my best to imitate them in an indianised way.
A “SATYA” happened because of my being new to Mumbai I was so unfamiliar and yet so excited to see Mumbai in its bare nakedness. I was desperately trying to find a way to put an order into its chaotic situations and from it a new style got evolved.
A “COMPANY” happened because I gained a very comprehensive understanding of how the Mumbai underworld operates by the time I finished filming “SATYA” and because of that there is a very composed strong structure to the making of “COMPANY”.
A “SARKAR” happened because of my long standing desire to capture the intense tone of Mario Puzo’s writing style instead of how the original “GODFATHER” has been made.
When I feel that I can do this kind of film with my eyes closed is when “SHIVA 2006” kind of flopbusters happen.
With “RAKTA CHARITRA” for the first time in my career I am working under a mental state of an enormous respect for the characters I am dealing with and a very heartfelt concern for the emotional traumas these people went through in their real lives. This is not only in the context of the principal characters Ravi and Suri but it is also for the people who killed for them and the people who got killed by them.
When I first got some details about the inside story of the Ravi-Suri conflict in a chance conversation with someone who knew them very well I was shocked that something like this can ever happen anywhere in the world.
Fair enough that a battle for supremacy happens everywhere in the world and in a much larger scale compared to the so-called Rayalaseema factionism but what was stunning for me here is the sheer drama which happened around them which was part built by they themselves and part built by the situations around them.
When I started my research on the subject matter I wanted to know answers to questions like, what kind of people are they who can actually hack somebody with axes and sickles in cold blood. What kind of people seemingly do not mind killing scores of innocent people just to get their intended target? What kind of people are they, whose sole point in life is to kill someone in revenge and in that process they themselves don’t mind dying? I wanted to know what gives them that kind of courage, conviction and also such intense madness.
In this quest I met scores of people who were both directly and indirectly related to the said people and the events.
Apart from meeting Paritala Ravi’s family and the people who worked with him, I also met the naxalites who were with Ravi in the days of his hiding. I met Suri and his people in Anantpur Central Jail and I also met people who were associated with Suri at various times and stages of his life. I met Police Officers who were involved in the investigations against their crimes. I even managed to meet one of the men who hacked Ravi’s arch rival Obul Reddy to death.
From all the above interactions apart from gathering material I needed for the film what I really got is a tremendous understanding of a human beings psychological aspects, his compulsions, his vulnerabilities, his responsibilities, his loyalties, his betrayals and above all his own personal ego in such extreme situations.
People ask me if “RAKTA CHARITRA” will be a true story and I tell them that it is a true story in my perception. The reason I say this is that the events which happened in such secrecy when told by the various concerned and related people after such a long time are bound to have different perspectives not to mention their individual agendas. So for me as a neutral guy I have to read and understand in between the lines so as to conclude on what could be the nearest truth from my perception. So in the process of getting closest to the truth I became a journalist to a detective to a psycho analyst.
“RAKTA CHARITRA” for me is not only a career defining film but it is going to be a life changer for me as I know that I can never be the same again in my life with the kind of insights I have developed into the hitherto unknown recesses of such extreme human beings who were shaped thus by even more extreme events.
I have never known as much drama ever as there is in “RAKTA CHARITRA” from all my previous knowledge of books, movies, people etc, and this additional growth in me is going to surely erase my history of filmmaking.
I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “RAKTA CHARITRA”.
There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV and I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra.
P.S: I am sharing some pics of “RAKTA CHARITRA” here.
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Hi Ramu, did you ever get angry on our comments? If yes, when? If no, why?
What is the meaning of maturity in your terms?
Where are the pics man? Have you uploaded them?
Is it not the intent with which u make a film often decides the result of it?For instance,kamal hassan is a proven actor still he wanted to prove again what he is capable of donning 10 roles in DASAVATHARAM which didn’t fare well at the box office.As u claimed,shiva-2006 bombed as u thought u were a master dealing dark themes.
Your pre-Raktha charihara insights give me a feeling that it is a conscious effort to take the imagination of the audience to peaks as to how it is going to be by defining it your career defining moment.
deemak pani chestha ledha ra bhai photolo evi bhai…….aina ee cinemaki antha scene undha intha drama ekkada chuda ledhu annav……why dont you write a good one than this?
U will never know, what a person will do until you push him into a corner… thats really an awesome storyline….
Come on RGV…… waiting for your best of your movies…….
Surap! No front row seats this time?
Newspapers say that:”4 killed in a clash between two groups at some place”
Everyone are bothered or discuss about those two people heading those groups… but none about those 4 dead guys……
U say that u r on to those 4 guys…..?
great looking forward for its release………but y do you say you cant be the same person after raktha charitra of course after evry movie u become a changed person but y r u emphasizing it here?
nice to see tanikella bharani……he looks like an ias officer(perhaps a bad guess)
I once wanted to be an atheist, but gave up; they have no holidays…
Hi Ramu
I agree that a final product(film) is a series of thoughts made over a period of few months/years.
But did you ever feel what you thought for a concept/scene is not up to the mark by the time it came out as rushes…or may be you should have done it better!
Because i feel its a lot more easier to have a thought than actually film it and keep liking it for more than a few weeks….of course there are few exceptions like ” rasheed scene in Sarkar”..etc..many more ….i just love the way you filmed it….no matter how many ever times i saw it!
In that particular period, now i understand how many people you have convince to get it the way you want !
Even I read the story of ravi and suri, I didn’t find any thing wrong from either suri’s side or ravi’s side. damage was done by naxalites to suri and suri thinks that ravi had done it ri8.
who is playing the character of oblereddy?
and are the names same as ravi and suri or are u changing the names?. keep the orginal names, then it will be good, please dont answer me ok sir sure sir thanku sir :P
two silly question
are u a vegetarian or non vegetarian?
which is the best brand that u feel in vodka, I will gift it to my new girlfriend?;)
Ramu, though never being involved in any kind of fights or violence, long back I used to be angry about system and why people dont just do things right. Of course many years later, now, it is now clear, everyone is with a personal and selfish agenda. Criminals, Professionals, workers are open about it. Politicos, policemen, actors, celebrities are not.
It is for this reason that Khosla ka Ghosla and Lage Raho Munnabhai is so endearing for us.
For us viewers, we need to connect with the movie. And movies provide sometimes a fantasy ride, like in Khosla ka Ghosla and LRM, in that normal people under fire/subjugation from powerful entities, deal and win in a convincing way, not to mention entertaining as well. Comedies are also fantasy set in hypothetical circumstances specifically to evoke laughs. Therefore do not know why romantic movies are a hit.
You are very attached to Rakta Charitra and I do wish that the film shows these normal people in conflicts, being subjugated and then coming up trumps, albeit in a convincing way. Your Naach was so good, it had the same conflict and how she and others react in professional circumstances. Very sad, it didnt work commercially. But then most of us are not interested or give prominence to professional decisions or circumstances. We are more emotionally inclined and interested towards family and always thinking about (changing) the system in general.
Casting looks top notch as usual!
What is so ‘life changing’ about Rakta Charitra? Is it going to bring in you more empathy, sympathy for others? You say “I can never be the same again in my life”, what is going to change in you?
Hi Ramu,
Who is playing the Obul Reddy charcter in Rakhta Charitra??
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There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV
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abba..chaaa… nijama..???
hello ramu,early you mentioned that if you go deep into a subject..it always be pleasant..
i think you enjoyed a lot while studing on paritala ravindra..
r u this stupid or acting like this?
vivek oberoi in rakta charitra= vivek oberoi in shootout at lokhandwala..
result..rakta charitra=cult hit..
HI RAMU,
SUPERB POST AFTER A LONG TIME.I MISSED A HEART BEAT WHILE READING IT.DEFINITELY NONE OF UR ASSISSTANTS CAN EVEN TOUCH UR VISION IN FILM MAKING.I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE FIRST 3 LINES N THE REST IS HISTORY.KEEP MAKING FILMS TILL U MAKE ALL THE 100(0) FILMS THAT U WANNA MAKE………CHEERS.
Can you give us an insight on the role of FOCUS in life?
Hi Ramu!!
I m not a creative person just a working professional. I have been reading ur blog since past 1 month & from then my mind is sustainably thinking, assuming, beating. heating & all. There is a girl in my office who use to talk to me assuming that I am familiar & we were simply like colleagues. What forced me to write in here was an incident that have just changed my view in terms of life practices. I am very friendly so everyone likes to talk to me in my office. But yesterday that girl asked me ” Do you know about ART OF LIVING??” & mesmerized with your bolg I literally replied “I am more into ART OF FUCKING!!” She looked at me with extreme anger & moved ahead. The whole day I was very depressed thinking that how sweet I was in that girl’s eyes & infact I am very simple & how could I say like that. Dumbass Ramu has foiled me.
But but but 12:30 at night she gave me a call & said “I never expected this kinda person in you” For a moment I was scared but then I run my mind & thought 12:30 at night is not a time for morals or learnings. She could say me the same at office or she could stop talking to me forever. Every possibility was upto her wish. Somehow I gained some courage in just a moment & started hammering her mind with ur sentences. I beated her each & every logic,washed her brain & also entertained her & u know what..The call ended with phone sex. As we both work in same office so Sunday is only holyday but we are surely gonna turn it into FUNDAY.
Thanx a ton RAMU!!!!
hi
How are these “insights” regarding Rakta Charitra so different from insights regarding other films! How’s it gonna change you. Dont tell us ur gonna make a remake of Hum aapke hain kaun!
In the end,its not going to matter how many breaths you took,but how many moments took your breath away – sreenesh
Not sure why people keep on complaining saying its not fair from RGV’s part to make a movie on a person like Paritala Ravi who is a bad guy, instead of making one on any good guys when ‘good’ and ‘bad’ are such an abstract words, when a killer is killer, when a fighter is a terrorist before certain happening and the same fighter is a freedom fighter after the happenings, when it is the hunger, the purity that matters but not the abstract ‘goodness’.
Above this, they say audience get influenced to be bad !!
RGV,
Is there any other movie of you on which you had so much of confidence before the release or before the making ?
Hi Ramu
It is interesting to learn from a learner like you. I always tune into you to amplify my thought process and your instinctive perspective perceptions revitalize my endeavors of becoming a filmmaker….thank you guru :-)
One of my another brainchild (http://meatmymost.blogspot.com/2009/10/dope-dollars-and-death.html), dedicated to you, Sir.
What a wonderful state of mind you are into while directing RC. I remember I asked this question earlier.
Nice to know that you are killing your old self or going in a paradigm shift. Amazed that you write you start to respect the characters of RC.
Nothing to ask, nothing to get…just to see Rakta Charitra that is all.
there is a lot of intensity in the last three pictures ;)
good pictures..
Vivek is looking as good he was in company, I am not sure abt his hair style….I am not sure Paritali ravi wld strighten his hair though?
Looking forward to see Raktha Rharitra. Please make sure it releses in UK.
PS: Vivek you sld only work with Ramu, he can bring out the best out of you, I think all other movies you worked as a choclet boy are not even comparable to company and I hope Rakta Charitra will give you a re-break. Use it well, ramu might not cast u in all of his movie, choose ur roles wisely.
why are you so inspired by bad guys ramu? Parital has killed may innocent people why make movie on him?
“I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “Rakta Charitra”” – Believing you :) no way…I cant believe you Ramu.
Wow you have taken Ashish Vidhyarthi. He is one of my favourite actors. Well done! Give him a good role
Ramu bhai
Good article. First 3 lines are very impressive.
Who s that actor for OBUL REDDY s character?
Ramu bhai
I remember RAMANAIDU describing film industry as 2 era s .
1) pre SHIVA
2) post SHIVA
y did u stop taking subhaleka sudhakar ..after shiva?
Hi Rgv
just tell me how can i meet you and work with you on a project on drug(pharma) mafia in india.
luv u…dilse…
kalyan
http://rgvzoomin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/MSR_8430-copy.jpg
Wow…
@ k.rathnakar
You are seriously into puting soap and shampoo on RGV.
Ha ah aha aha.
if what’s this – Hi Ramu
It is interesting to learn from a learner like you. I always tune into you to amplify my thought process and your instinctive perspective perceptions revitalize my endeavors of becoming a filmmaker….thank you guru :-)
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@lalitya, perhaps you can find answer to your ‘question’ in response #39 by hitler. If you don’t agree with that, then who do you think holds such a distinction in the telugu film world?
that crap woman activist sandhya will surely gives her negative publicity
RGV,
do u have the idea of deactivating the blog?
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Ramu .. your description is tempting and the pics are promising … so excited to see the movie, btw I asked in your earlier blog whether I can see you working on the sets of RC while shooting at Anantapur .. pls let me know !!!
@ lalitya
What do you know about telugu industry?
What Ramu was saying as pre-RGV entry period and Pro-RGV is 200% correct – nobody with slightest knowledge of Tollywood can deny it. He is the one who is the Guru of Puri, Krishna Vamsi, seenu Vytla, Guna Sekhar, Teja, Chandrasekhar Yeleti, YVS, etc.
Apart from SS. Rajamouli, Shekhar Kammula, VV.Vinayak and few others all the other successful directors have directly or indirectly worked under him.
RGV has been path breaking in many technical aspects and his techniques and movies (even commercial flops) are viewed as specimen models to get inspiration to the younger generation.
Now every amateur and established director of photography uses the style Photography of Varma’s Shiva, Kshana kshanam, Rathri, etc which was unique in the late eighties and early nineties.
Although left for Bollywood, he left a legacy of talented guys in tollywood who make us remind of RGV in bits and pieces.
You can see the difference in concepts and technique between the protege^ of RGV with those of EVV or K.Raghavendra Rao. If you are concerned about the number hits and Gross collections of a movie alone, then you may as well leave this blog.
i could guess .. the man with beard is obul reddy
wow great to hear ramu sir changing
plzz dont change real names.
its going to be change film trend again
Ramu bhai
wats ur take on path breaking films or classics
1) Shankarabharanam
2) Swati mutyam
3) Khaidi
4) Geetanjali
5) Gang leader
RGV,
yes , those sort of mad extreme violent fuckers will be in andhra pradesh only mainly…we telugu are the most wild in whole world …
for us
agression is style …
fighting is a pride…
ego is drive..
highly flammable emotions are ornaments…
just look at our commercial movies …every poster got hero with sword and blood on it …and he stabbing villian is glamourized…..in reality also killings are so dramatic filled with passionate revenge……just see MODDU SRINU quoting KRISHNAM RAJU of ANTIMA TEERPU as his inspiration l for being a killer…movies and reality are same regarding violence in AP..our culture minister if any shud be fucked for not controlling violence in movies ….donno when we telugu people will become professional in relationships…Our people are more violent than ISLAMIC TERRORISTS ..
all these show how backward we are in maturity…!! And now you are making a movie on those ….thats it…lot of violence students will learn passionate wild agression from it…Thanks
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met?
RGV
By saying “I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra”, seems you were so emotional when you write this article..
This post resonates with that great quote from Nietzsche
“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had”
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I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra
Just make sure RGV stays in one piece by the time shooting ends. :)
Nice post though. But just out of curiosity…what if RC fails?? will you still be so proud of your film or will you just join the crowd to make fun at your own film like you do with ‘AAG’??
I would like to wish you good luck with the project, but you don’t care about luck or my wish so let me not waste my time. C ya.
A brilliantly put advertisement for “Raktha Charithra” sir. Can’t get bigger than this. BTW, pics were awesome.
Why do u think that Shiva 2006 is a bad film? Just because it didn’t do good business? I think it has one of the top 5 career best BG from Ilayaraja and also the best in you films. So superb. Especially the one that comes at the cafe fight and the one that comes before the song(immediately after the shadow fight) where Mohit and Nisha decide to get married. Also, Ram – Laxman have never composed so brilliant fights for any film in their career to date. Also please write about the night fight in the film where shadows played a major part. Like how did u wanted it? Were Ram – Laxman and the D.O.P successful in bringing up your vision alive on the screen? I can still remember every frame of it. I think you did better in Shiva 2006 than in Shiva. The shadows chase with chinna in Shiva was brilliant too though. Also I think Shiva 2006 would have been a better film than Shiva only if it had a Bhavani. Though BAPU was terrific Bhavani was unbelievable. Also I think Mohit acted better in 2006 than Nagarjuna gaaru in 1989. Andhulo elanti doubt ledhu.
I watched the movie 4 times in the theaters and wanted to watch it 14 more times, but the theater fellow didn’t agree with me. Of course watched it thrice on DVD later (hindi version). To be frank, I didn’t like the hindi version. Telugu dubbed has got some brilliant punches, like BAPU telling ‘Khandisthunnanu’. Endhukano hindi lo aa dialogue lo punch kanapadaledhu naaku.
So, why do u think such things happen? The same movie sounds better in another language? Now please don’t conclude that since I am telugu speaking I liked telugu version. Agyaat is the worst dubbed movie that I happened to see in my lifetime so far. The hindi version was too good.
I dont understand why you felt ‘heartfelt concern’ for those characters.. why do you care (in your own words).. just use their interesting story, make a good movie, make good bucks, receive good reviews and continue with your life… you are a movie man, not a person to be affected by these kind of lives or their traumas.. anyway, i do see a contradiction in what you write here…
hope u gathered all the info regrding dis film ..but Y.S.JAGAN ,late chief minister .RAJASEKHR REDDY ‘S son is pointed out in the assembly by PARITALA SUNITHA as the main accused in the murder of partiala ravi…so will u show jagan as d culprit behind ??
if u go with d truth ,der will be no more importnce to soori’s character in d second part
and if u ignored des all things{{jagan and all}}…der will be lot more to show you ..which may probe u to take d third part
so what will u do ??
nuvvu king mama
is ashish vidyarthi playing obul reddy?
Regarding great directors and great actors – i dont understand why you cannot see a simple point as this one.. Why is Om Puri considered a great actor? because, 9 times of of 10 he can act more realistically than , say, Me… i aint an actor in the first place, but i may give out an outstanding performance in one role, but i will fail 9 times out of 10…
So an actor who consistently gives great performances is what we call a great actor and likewise great director.. same to do with genres.. mohanlal is a great actor because he can show pure human emotion across genres…. and i cannot and hence i aint a great actor despite my best efforts…. and likewise is the reason why some directors are considered great directors.. and that is also the reason why you are still not considered by me ( i dont care about what others think)as a very good director with potential to become a great director though not yet. Maybe RC will do that for you. You have been very inconsistent
After shiva came the boring antham… after company came the horrible D. after rangeela came the bad Daud…..after phoonk came the unmentionable Agyaat.
And your comment on sarkar is precisely the reason why sarkar can never be considered a classic like ‘the godfather’… intensity is not making someone’s eyes big or red… in sarkar all those emotions were artificial and the story line fell flat big time…. there werent many memorable scenes or acting also except that of Kota Srinivasa rao…
I know Raktha Charithra is going to be a good movie but why put too much pressure on yourself by saying this will define your: pre-Raktha charithar RGV and post etc.
One wise man once advised: Don’t tell them, just SHOW them.
One more thing, I am sure you have LOT of material on these two guys.
But I don’t think this will be better than: Phoonal Devi and how she turned into dacoit etc OR even our own Mahabharata with its innumerable and memorable characters.
Just make the movie and let us decide how great this is?
PS: don’t say, yes sir. LOL.
hey ramu
that camera angle between the legs of someone is not nice….its like joke and not serious..its awkward angle…donno if its u r idea or cameramans…for heavens sake remove that …LUNGI ANGLE
Long back you mentioned why Farhan Akthar can never make a movie in south indian style as he was not brought up in that environment. In other words, “A man is a sum total of his experiences”. So this experience has changed your sum total and hence you too…..
like how you believe Farhan has grown more or less in a silo, you too have experienced life in a silo of a different kind. But, its still a silo. What this experience gave you is a perspective. And it was such an experience because of its extremism.
similarly there are various other extreme experiences that can change you and your perspective forever. Some that you have seen and some that you have chosen to turn a blind eye to. Open your eyes and experience all that and they are bound to reveal the “you”.
One such experience is capitalism vs communism. Its the same rayalseema faction story and totally different scale and is bound to send shivers down the spine if you see events that unfolded.
@RGV
“I have never known as much drama ever as there is in “Rakta Charitra” from all my previous knowledge of books, movies, people etc, and this additional growth in me is going to surely erase my history of filmmaking.”
will it be really expel your obsession towards great drama of Mario Puzo’s Godfather.
@ crazy_kiran
You are so chilipi……You are the first person to have noticed the ‘humor’ in the angle……..hahahahahaahah
Ramu
Yes , the worlds most mad violent people are we telugu people…we are the most immatured toxic ppl for whom…
1)ego is drive
2)aggression is pride
3)fighting is way
4)highly flammable emotion is ornament and
5)Revenge is purpose
donno when we telugu ppl will become professional in behaviour and relationships…fighting is immaturity and “junglee”…even among software engineers abroad we telugu ppl are the most WILD MONKEYS …because of ppl like us in thailand many PUBS indians are not allowed as policy..what a shame….atleast other ppl though filthy minds but wont have guts …we telugu ppl are filthy and also have guts therby displaying uncivilized behaviour…
but u told nowhere in world there wud be such extreme meaningless violent ppl than in AP…but i wonder if bihari ppl are more violent or andhra ppl !!! Did u study them ??
http://rgvzoomin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/RSC_0209-copy.jpg
I never expected violence in your movies. Though your stories contain violent episodes, you seldom show them on screen. But this pic (Man getting burnt) changes my view.
How violent is this film going to be?
RGV
u say that to study the characters and their psychology of rayalaseema factionists u started as a journalist and then became a detective and then a psycho analyst right
for your information a journalist is nothing but a combination of a journalist a detective and a psycho analyst.
the best examples of that journalists are
1. rajdeep sardesai of CNN
2.bharka dutt of NDTV
3.KARAN THAPAR OF CNN IBN(DEVILS ADVOCATE)
4.UDAYAN MUKHERJEE OF CNBC TV-18 FOR BUSINESS NEWS
5. priyadarshini ram reddy of SAKSHI TV
above all i would like to tell u one name MARK TULLY who is a britisher and has been living in india for a long time and who has been working for BBC india who was present in ayodhya when babri mosque was demolished MARK TULLY was the first person to capure the vedio footage of the demolition of the mosque.
MARK TULLY loves india but a britisher by origin and he can speak hindi just like any indian
RGV if u find time u go and have a cup of tea with MARK TULLY u wud get more info on these issues.
MARK TULLY was the first person in ayodhya to take the vedio footage risking his life and he interviewed both the hindus and muslims and gave the first hand analysis to indian media.
I respect MARK TULLY coz he s become an indian and he speaks hindi better than sonia gandhi the sicilian
Marty
Normally HIDDEN CAMERA is used by management to shoot and track illegal things…
Ramu is the only director who has introduced HIDDEN CAMERA concept in movies…where camera is hidden in cameramans LUNGI ha haha….
Also whenever u see man running with camera dont think he is thief and dont try to catch him…He is actually cameraman shooting for Ramu :P:P:P
Ramu
U r between the legs angles will suit for porn movies ha haha…( just joking )
@RGV
“I have never known as much drama ever as there is in “Rakta Charitra” from all my previous knowledge of books, movies, people etc, and this additional growth in me is going to surely erase my history of filmmaking.”
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After RC, are you going to make movies on Family relations(pure family sentiment, love and with 20 songs in a movie with family get-togethers where everybody wears highly expensive costumes and at the end all ends well ala Karan Johar), devotion towards God or preaching Ayn Rand, life of a Cricketer in India, biographies of great leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose, childhood life, life of Indian Muslim after the Taj Hotel attack (or Koti blasts in hyderabad for telugu version) etc instead of churning your usual stuff of mafia and horror and again mafia and horror and again and again and again…..
RGV Answer:- I will make only what I like. I don’t like God, Cricket, family relations or what national did in the past. I will try to make more and more Mafia / Horror films until I am able to con my producers for the budget.
@ramu
i think tiz the 1st time ur indirectly promoting ur film…:)
RGV
u might have been thrilled with this concept coz u never tried to make original stories all ur films were nothing but master copies of fukin hollywood films.
anyway i congratulate u coz this is the first original film made by u without copying any hollywood film and u need not.
u say that u were thrilled by interviewing a person who killed obul reddy.
a simple reporter had interviewed MODDU SRINU on TV9 who killed paritala ravi and that was viwed by entire public of andhra pradesh.
interviewing a killer or a naxalite is not a big issue coz i am from an advocates family and i see more criminals and naxals than u everyday
to all those people on this blog one of my friends is the owner of the canteen at nampally criminal court and if u go to that canteen and have acup of tea and sit for an hour u find these fukin criminals and their families interacting with each other and how the cops help them do it
@RGV,
I am not getting the authentic feel when I see Vivek as the main lead in this movie, it looks un-natural (just like the stupid biryani I eat here in USA). But all the other artists and the locations, costumes, etc everything looks soo authentic and soo good.
Please don’t change the main lead names so that some people like me who don’t know the actual story about paritala Ravi will understand the story with out any confusion.
ALL THE GUYS ON THIS BLOG I WISH ALL OF YOU TO WATCH THE PROFILE OF MARK TULLY ON GOOGLE
ATLEAST BY WATCHING MARK TULLYS PROFILE U PEOPLE WUD COME OUT OF THAT FUKIN WESTERN EUPHORIA
We get a glimpse of the naked truth in our imagination, it sounds exciting, till we face it, nothing we know can prepare us for its assault. There is no easy way out!
When there are no barriers between you and your fears or your desires – nothing can stop “every thought” of yours converting into action. God forbid, the trauma for everyone involved, if there is no moral conditioning to hold you back either.
Looking fwd. Thanks!
@RGV
‘I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra.’
Hope this is not another publicity stunt to give hype for the movie. And if the movie is a flop don’t say that you just said those words for the heck of it.
A brilliantly put advertisement for “Raktha Charithra” sir. Can’t get bigger than this. BTW, pics were awesome.
Why do u think that Shiva 2006 is a bad film? Just because it didn’t do good business? I think it has one of the top 5 career best BG from Ilayaraja and the best in your career. So superb. Especially the one that comes at the cafe fight and the one that comes before the song (immediately after the shadow fight) where Mohit and Nisha decide to move in together. Also, Ram – Laxman have never composed so brilliant fights for any film in their career to date.
Also please write about the night fight where shadows played a major part. I can still remember every frame of it. I think you did it better in Shiva 2006 than in Shiva. The shadows chase with chinna in Shiva was brilliant too though. Also I think Shiva 2006 would have been a better film than Shiva only if it had Bhavani. Though BAPU was terrific, Bhavani was unbelievable. Also Mohit acted well in 2006 than Nagarjuna gaaru in 1989. Andhulo elanti anumaanam ledhu.
I watched it 4 times in the theaters and wanted to watch it 14 more times, but the theater fellow didn’t agree with me. Ofcourse watched it thrice on DVD later(hindi version). To be frank, I didn’t like the hindi version. Telugu dubbed has got some brilliant punches, like BAPU telling ‘Khandisthunnanu’. Endhukano hindi lo aa dialpgue lo punch kanapadaledhu naaku. And also the dialogue “Kurchi thirigi kottaledhu”, the BG (beats and the tetain tetain tetaaaaiiinnnn . . . thing) that follows immediately is Historical. Wah!! Iliayaraja!! Hat’s off to such incredible talent.
So, why do u think such things happen? The same movie sounds better in another language? Now please don’t conclude that since I am telugu speaking I liked telugu version. Agyaat is the worst dubbed movie that I happened to see in my lifetime so far. The hindi version was too good.
Why do u think that Shiva 2006 is a bad film? Just because it didn’t do good business? I think it has one of the top 5 career best BG from Ilayaraja and the best in your career. So superb. Especially the one that comes at the cafe fight and the one that comes before the song (immediately after the shadow fight) where Mohit and Nisha decide to move in together. Also, Ram – Laxman have never composed so brilliant fights for any film in their career to date.
Also please write about the night fight where shadows played a major part. I can still remember every frame of it. I think you did it better in Shiva 2006 than in Shiva. The shadows chase with chinna in Shiva was brilliant too though. Also I think Shiva 2006 would have been a better film than Shiva only if it had Bhavani. Though BAPU was terrific, Bhavani was unbelievable. Also Mohit acted well in 2006 than Nagarjuna gaaru in 1989. Andhulo elanti anumaanam ledhu.
I watched it 4 times in the theaters and wanted to watch it 14 more times, but the theater fellow didn’t agree with me. Ofcourse watched it thrice on DVD later(hindi version). To be frank, I didn’t like the hindi version. Telugu dubbed has got some brilliant punches, like BAPU telling ‘Khandisthunnanu’. Endhukano hindi lo aa dialpgue lo punch kanapadaledhu naaku. And also the dialogue “Kurchi thirigi kottaledhu”, the BG (beats and the tetain tetain tetaaaaiiinnnn . . . thing) that follows immediately is Historical. Wah!! Iliayaraja!! Hat’s off to such incredible talent.
So, why do u think such things happen? The same movie sounds better in another language? Now please don’t conclude that since I am telugu speaking I liked telugu version. Agyaat is the worst dubbed movie that I happened to see in my lifetime so far. The hindi version was too good.
@ RGV
If you really want to change your genres, you may go to your own pupils Krishna Vamsi (for making movies that reflect religion and culture) and Puri (Conveying message without missing the mass pulse).
RGV Answer:- Ok sir, Thank you Sir, Send me your bill, Sir.
P.S:- We are mature enough to understand that you are using this intelligent article to solely promote RC. And in the process you say something (RGV pre-RC and pro-RC statement) which you will neglect right from the release of RC – this not lying but professional conning for openings which is highly understandable. But we really want a cult classic movie from you so that you will be remembered as RGV of Rakhta Charitra (2010) pro-RC and RGV of Shiva (1989) should be more or less forgotten. I hope RC becomes a national sensation ala Shiva (1989).
http://rgvzoomin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC_9671-copy.jpg
@RGV
In the above pic are you trying to show that GOD is not saving him ?
You started with Shiva, Rangeela, Satya, Company, Sarkar and then you mentioned “Rakhta Charitra”, this is evident that this film is giong to be a cult film…..Whenever I read about Rakhta Charitra in your blog, it actually touches my nerves…I can feel the intensity in the story…!! Waiting for it – FIrst day first show!
ee mark *ully gadu evadu ra bhai…????
galath jaga lo dham chesthunnadu…
A brilliantly put ad for “Raktha Charithra” sir. Can’t get bigger than this. BTW, pics were awesome.
Why do u think that Shiva 2006 is a bad film? Just because it didn’t do good business? I think it has one of the top 5 career best BG from Ilayaraja and the best in your career. So superb. Especially the one that comes at the cafe fight and the one that comes before the song (immediately after the shadow fight) where Mohit and Nisha decide to move in together. Also, Ram – Laxman have never composed so brilliant fights for any film in their career to date.
Also please write about the night fight where shadows played a major part. I can still remember every frame of it. I think you did it better in Shiva 2006 than in Shiva. The shadows chase with chinna in Shiva was brilliant too though. Also I think Shiva 2006 would have been a better film than Shiva only if it had Bhavani. Though BAPU was terrific, Bhavani was unbelievable. Also Mohit acted well in 2006 than Nagarjuna gaaru in 1989. Andhulo elanti anumaanam ledhu.
I watched it 4 times in the theaters and wanted to watch it 14 more times, but the theater fellow didn’t agree with me. Ofcourse watched it thrice on DVD later(hindi version). To be frank, I didn’t like the hindi version. Telugu dubbed has got some brilliant punches, like BAPU telling ‘Khandisthunnanu’. Endhukano hindi lo aa dialpgue lo punch kanapadaledhu naaku. And also the dialogue “Kurchi thirigi kottaledhu”, the BG (beats and the tetain tetain tetaaaaiiinnnn . . . thing) that follows immediately is Historical. Wah!! Iliayaraja!! Hat’s off to such incredible talent.
So, why do u think such things happen? The same movie sounds better in another language? Now please don’t conclude that since I am telugu speaking I liked telugu version. Agyaat is the worst dubbed movie that I happened to see in my lifetime so far. The hindi version was too good.
RGV
i request , urge , plead and demand u to meet MARK TULLY coz he is the only britisher who got padmashree and padmabhushan being a britisher.
as u are an objectivist and a die hard disciple of aynrand i request u to meet MARK TULLY so that u can gain something out of him and make money BY MAKING UR BRAND OF FILMS
and i request all the people on this blog to read about MARK TULLY
RAAZ gadu enter ayyadu…mama….!
namaste…annayya…namaste chellemma….namaste…namaste….namaste…!!!
What about the timing of the release of a movie to be successful? I am saying successful since you only chose to reference successful movies of yours and not necessarily your best ones.
I doubt if Shiva would have the tremendous impact it had if it is released today. Ghajini for example would not have been such a hit if there wasn’t a dearth of mainstream serious movies, people were sick of multi-starer slapstick comedies. Timing is Everything!
pics keka
Ramu,
You sounded very emotional in this post….:) hope you are ok now…;)
I want to see this movie in telugu than hindi…..for the nativity factor….do u agree?
Cheers
Sree
@RGV
I wondered to see Vivek Oberoi in Pre-washed jeans, Reebok shoes with Old jeep…
seems missing chronicle balance..
Re : For example I am the same guy who directed “SHIVA” and I am the same guy who directed “Shiva 2006”.
(Bhavani dialogue)
SHIVA SHIVA SHIVA SHIVA….Entayya ee SHIVA…Adhemanna TITANICCAA ?? …
Rendu LORRYllo janam ni theeskellandi…rendu LORRYllo….choopincheyandi !!!
Naanaji, aa show entha sepundaalante, inkosaari SHIVA choopinchu ani janam manadaggara anadaanikaina bayapadaali…
Aunu dhaani director gurinchi entannaav…?? Vaadi family details kanukko….
(Amala) *with ilayaraja emotional violin music in background*
“sob sob”…Industry lo entho mandhi evevo cinemalu theestho untaaru …”sob sob”….manaki enndhuku ee godava
(Nagarjuna)
Prathiokkadu ila anukone ee industry ila thagaladindhi…!!! poddunna legisthe naadi legusthundhi…ooops sorry sorry…poddunnaa legusthe newspapers lo manam posters choostham…ee industry ni evado okadu clean cheyaali…aa pani ippudu nenu theeskunna…
I still cannot digest the BS you dished at us in the garb of some deep philosophy in the first sentence… it is like saying – there are no great batsmen, only great innings… basically according to you, Lalchand Rajput is as great or not great as Viv Richards or Sachin Tendulkar… all of them played some great innings and thats about it… DUDE, greatness in batting is not JUST playing a great innings once, but it is about the range of their shots, the circumstances in which they hit those runs, the ease with which they place the shots, the opposition and the consistency (average).
So just talk about movies without preambles on philosophy.
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met??
you always say that one need to have courage to say that i was wrong or i have to change, and afther this post of MY HISTORY i think the same statement can be seen as you say i am moved and my history of filmmaking can be erased.
I believe Rakta Charitra will have the effect of Satyendra on you!
And, you are the best echo, of most of my thoughts.
- Piyush Bhageria
+919823071940
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met???
bye-bye RGV….see you in theatres……!!!!!
@102
hehhee…..pretty good idea……
At an interesting point of my life & on the verge of success.
This instance , would like to talk to some people who have real
guts and who are irrational according to others but interesting
according to me. For a while now, I wanted to talk to one such
guy, JD..Using grandma google tried to search for his
blog..could not get one..Could you be my messenger?? just a
favor..no offense meant..oh yeah, you must be thinking, get in
touch with JD and talk what..hmmm..talk some sense may be..&
what difference does it make? Huge or small it will make a
difference..
@Ramu….
Really nice to see ….how enthusiastic you are abt Rakta Charitra…
“I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “Rakta Charitra”….”
Gr8…to hear that…..
@Ramu..
Seems most of the shooting is done…so r u planning to release in Jan?
@Ramu…
people behind vivek are looking truly mass..do u think they will appeal to Hindi audience?
@Ramu….
I think there is already much violence in Andhra…pls dont spread with this movie….
Why don’t u make a cool, calm and pleasant movie?
Very well stated! Well directed movies and well enacted roles make sense and not the hype of movie-makers or the actors involved. However, since some people can go on repeating the good job time and again, it only indicates individuality might have a role to play after all.
@RGV: I feel, more than the lead actors, the people around them are making the experience more powerful.
It doesn’t look like a film to me. It looks more like an real time incident…and event!
wats wrong with VIVEK rgv ?????? y is his attire like that….i mean when compared to the other locations and charecters……..he is not matching “The PARITALA RAVI”.
I’ve been reading your blog for a while and it kind of amazes me how you get the point straight out there. All these posts are very focused and to the point and not advertising yourself or your films. I feel like it’s an honest feedback of a film-maker to himself. Also, it takes alot of guts to say out loud the stuff you say being a celeb and all. We’ve seen people go to great lengths to potray an image of themselves that people accept. But you seem to have no problem giving RGV -Uncut to the world. That’s what makes you you I guess. I respect that.
I read why all those films were made, what went into the process and found a new appreciation for the process of film-making. We normally judge the film by its final outcome in 3 hours. Unfortunately, most of us do not even spend that time analyzing why the film is the way it is. I watch movies now and I see characters and not artists portraying them. This is after I read the psychology of the gangsters and how the characters came to be what they are in the movies like “Company”, “Sarkar” and “Satya”. You gave me that perspective with your posts. Thank you!
But one honest feedback is “Please try to separate your personal posts and the posts on film-making if possible”. I say this because as a Film-maker I admire you but as a person I was seriously surprised by your post “Happy Deathday”. What you said in that post was true and all but it was seriously disappointing to see you say that the way you said it.
All that I am trying to say is that your blog could potentially be “THE SOURCE” on film-making for future generations to come. Please try to split your posts into “film-making” and “others” Or you could start another blog on films altogether.
I know you get alot of such feedback and hate mails but it was still worth a shot. Thank you so much for all the insights.
GRV, what is it that suddenly enlightened you ? I knew Pawan ( operated remote / car blast )
He was a good student and was good in cricket. Nothing but innocence, caste feeling ( maybe brain washed ) and may be money, all made him a criminal and most probably robbed his good future. This movie has to be biased towards Ravi, his father being a kind of Robin-hood and cause Reddys produced the first villain? ( I am neither a caste fanatic nor have any grudge on Reddy community ). So, VGR are u going to duck the truth, to satisfy both parties ? Maybe we have to wait and see, But as far I can guess…it should be either controversial or stupid ???
That being said, Good luck with “Raktha Charithra”. I cannot wait to watch it. I’ve read alot of stuff about them on the net but waiting to see the real deal.
This guy “Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh” gave a damn good performance in Gulaal. this reaction of him seeing a -burning enemy was scintillating.
Vivek Oberoi
Shatrughan Sinha
Mohan Babu
Surya Sivakumar
Abhimanyu Singh
Radhika Apte
Subrat Dutta (dont know who he is)
Ashish Vidyarthi
Sudeep (dont know who he is)
Zarina Wahab (dont know who he is)
Raj Babbar
Ranjeet (dont know who he is)
Tanikella Bharani
sushank..
What a star cast man..
I think the first time title of your article didnt completely suit the content..
RGV is also like every other human!!! huh!! RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra
Waiting to watch it! When is it going to hit the screens?
Hi RGV , is the change u are going through, will make u see voilence as a need rather than voilence as a glamorous component of a powerful human being ????????
Should you write a piece on the variations of your perception and mindset during the course of reading Fountainhead?
Amazing pics Ramu garu…it takes me to my school days and i clearly remember reading the stories in the newspapers about the incidents happening in our town(anantapur) which were connected to the things in dharmavaram..i can SEE those stories in these pictures..
I clearly remember the DIWALI at dharmavaram and the BANDH in anantapur when Obul reddy was murdered in a lodge at HYD,
I clearly remember my mom hearing her friend cry with ecstasy on the other side of the phone from dharmavaram that he was killed..
I still remember the chopped body of a telecom dept manager(who was once our landlord) killed in the middle of the road just in front of RADHA SAOMI SATSANG(a spiritual centre) building in anantapur.
and let me tell all you fellow blogmates, i dont think you will be able to see OBULREDDY’s real pic here in the internet, i know it cos i tried showing it to my friends but in vain…
I CLEARLY CLEARLY REMEMBER HIS FACE, but i’m sure u dont need to, even if u do i’m sure this obul reddy here in these pics will be more interesting :)
@ walmart
Did u study in LRG school too..how did u know pavan??
which batch are you from???
@ walmart and EVERYONE for that matter
the movie ‘Sriramulayya’ falls under the category of FICTION
not a bit of it is true, u can enquire person from the yester generation.
@ Jagadeep Chowdary:
dude what did u say???
‘The’ Paritala Ravi
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY A*& OUT
and if anyone says ‘The Suri’
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY A*& OUT again
@ Pradeep Maddali
i aint be doing Jaani Bhai’s work here replyin to crazy comments but this is an exception
The quite common answer here in this blog for your kinda questions is
” Why don’t you stay home and watch any channel which play a lot of cool, calm and pleasant movies?? “
@ Surap Bhai
Attendance eskunnava leda????????
Ramu Garu,
I know this comment would reach a deaf ear but please consider writing a piece on CASTE before releasing ‘RC’
It doesnt matter how ENLIGHTENED people are gonna be, but there is a sure need of THE RATIONALIST in you to come out and talk about CASTE
tomorrow i may be gettin a lot of phone calls from my dear friends from ’see how dary’ club (for laughing at Ravi) and the ‘red’ club( cos i laughed at Suri ) if they happen to see these posts.
The only reason we believe America is far superior than us is only because BILL MAHER was able to make RELIGULOUS and even RGV will not be spared if he tries doing that here in INDIA.
And people talk about Indian Culture, heritage, tradition, Caste and CRAP
FOR WHAT ????
Hi,
I luv your posts, I always visit your site. But the first time i am writing to you. May i know who’s doing the photography and who took the photos. Third pic from the first row, i luvd the way the shot is taken…actually so perfectly captured, the slight teardrop in Vivek’s eyes. May i Know whos the actress in the 4th row 1st pic. She’s beautiful and looks like yesteryears telugu actress sita.
Keep Posting.
Vandana
Hi Ramu Garu,
Watch this movie if u have not…
“Lord of the Flies”
It’s an xploration of Human nature, even kids turn savage..when situation drives!!
Wonderful to noe ur making raktha charitra with gr8 care.
GOOD LUCK
Your article and the photos, they make me ask one question- Is there a better way to promote Raktha Charithra? I don’t think so.
In my opinion this is the best trailer (if i can call it a trailer) among those you made so far.
@RGV
“I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “Rakta Charitra””
I believe that this is a strong statement. I am surprised with this saying.
RC is a story between 2 people, 2 castes, 2 families….that’s all. Well, with all the greatest of respects, I am not downgrading the lives of all those who are involved in it. But, for a person like you, who met so many thousands of people, went thru hundreds of emotions, turmoils, one who went to places, to have this kinda effect, I think there must be something of great interest that you came to know about them. There must be “something”.
When I first read this post, I didn’t believed even 1% that it is you who wrote it. And I still can’t believe. As one of the bloggers said(i think it’s madeinandhra), that you might have been moved primarily because after a long gap, you are doing something with mostly new and original story.
Hope to hear from you….
Cheers!!!
Ramu,
It’s interesting to see that there is no Telugu person playing an important character(i don’t know if Tanikella Bharani has a prominent role) in a Telugu film with Telugu nativities. Hmmmm….has it got anything to do with Suri and Ravi’s family?
I know that you were warned by Suri not to show Ravi as hero(Protagonist) in the movie.
Cheers!!!
@Surap
Bhai, as far as I know, Paritala Ravi likes wearing sports shoes and I believe that even on the day he was shot to death, he was wearing sneakers.
So, he might have wore jeans and shoes when he was young…just guessing….
@all folks
just wanna share this with you’ll…..
Ravi was killed on the same day(January 24th 2005) when my maternal grand father died. I was returning from college when my brother called and informed me about his demise. We couldn’t go on the same day(we had to travel to Gudur, Nellore) coz of the rasta rokhos, dharnas and hullabaloos.
Eventually we reached our town on The Republic Day….
@all folks
Telugu version of this post….
http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/rgv-naacharitra.html
enjoy!!!
Hi,
Your movies have always been different from other’s.The camera work, the artists,thier attire,the music everything has been different.Here comes one more, RGV’s -RC,the description you gave looks grt and so are the pics ,looking forward to watch this movie.
cheers
sirisha
Ramu,
Sorry to say but this is fact
RGV= WHERE INTELLIGENCE MEETS IMMATURITY
RGV= WHERE CREATIVITY MEETS CHILDISHNESS
@SrinivasManoz
@Narender
bhai saab… aaj kal gee poragaallu attendance ku vastale…. kodukulaku …udda balisisndi… Blog istha mochchinatlu jesturru…. RGV emo monna moodu dinaanlu mottam bloge bandh jesindu… emi jeyyala seppu… okka mataina.. bhai surap . itlayyindi.. blog bandh jesina ani cheppoddanna? mere jeppurri…. emantamanna…. perukemo C.V.O mana jaani bhai seppinattu “ooper sheravaani .. andar pareshaani”
Hi Ramu,
What would you do when it feels like eveything is turning against you and if it feels like world is crumbling down on you? Please don’t give me your philosophy. I know you are human being after all and you would have your down time too.
Just going thru some rough times and wanted to know how you would handle those moments in your life. Please speak from your heart or just don’t say anything. Thx in advance.
@puroorava
I agree with you…
Ram, whats ur most favorite INDIAN movie excluding the films produced/directed by you?
Could you please CHANGE the background color of this blog.It’s causing pain to eyes.after reading this blog continuously for few minutes – you notice the affect of the background color. Thanks!
Dear ramu,
for me, these pics look like some press photographers. I couldn’t believe what i saw is just a film’s snaps. Pure Brilliance. If there were no Vivek oberoi, this could be viewed as a documentary.[ BTW, the presence of vivek is a relief].
I always have felt that you should make film out of this kind of intense research. I too believe that your life will be divided as pre-raktha charitha and post raktha charitha….
But please don’t again say that you are peter keating. A peter keating can’t do a film like this for sure…
with love….Vaishak…………
Some spelling mistake in the first post…
Dear ramu,
for me, these pics look like some press photographs. I couldn’t believe what i saw is just a film’s snaps. Pure Brilliance. If there were no Vivek oberoi, this could be perceived as snaps from a documentary.[ BTW, the presence of vivek is a relief].
I always have felt that you should make film out of this kind of intense research. I too believe that your life will be divided as pre-raktha charitha and post raktha charitha….
But please don’t again say that you are peter keating. A peter keating can’t do a film like this for sure…
with love….Vaishak…
Ramu – I have seen Satya today again after few years…I had seen it when it had released and I was very impressed. No doubt I am impressed even now (I know my impression shouldnt matter to you at all)
From the time, I have started reading your blog and heard you in interviews, it is very clear that you make movies for your own purpose and you are happy as long as you are successfully able to communicate what you have in your mind! That is the kick of your life. I hugely became a fan of your this thinking (again my being your fan shouldnt mean anything to you)…
…I thought, you thought messages, etc in movies are all bullshit and a movie is only “made by you, for you, to you”…
…At the end of Satya, I saw a message infering – even if one person doesnt hold a gun because of this movie, your effort of making this movie becomes a success…what the hell was that…
…are you a frickin hipocrate like any of us!!??
Mannar
@RGV
http://rgvzoomin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSC_9671-copy.jpg
Ramu, I can see in this pic one of them is in swamy maala. But still he’s ready to kill a person.
This shows what you mean when you said “I wanted to know what gives them that kind of courage, conviction and also such intense madness”…..
Btw, was the actor really in maala or did you ask him to be in that attire?
just curious….
Cheers!!!
also…he’s(artist) wearing some shoes too……..
Just want to let you know that, publicity for a film is only good to a certain extent.
You should always keep in mind AAG, and the way you were talking about it and publicising it..people thought it was going to be another Sholay, but look at the result.
Nothing can sell tickets (not even ShahRukh) except for its quality.
So, Im just hoping (sincerely) that RC wouldnt turn out to be another AAG in ur house.
An admirer of Ur works, but I just dont want to keep my hopes too high with the way you are writing on this movie. Tone it down a bit. ALL THE BEST !
among above all pics… they have captured by three different Digital Cameras .for sure one is Sony SLR. First 12 Images were captured by Sony SLR camera ..
Next Bus scene was captured by any other Camera and last five shot by some other camera..
RE: The biggest danger for any filmmaker is when he feels that he is the master of that particular subject matter which is bound to build a certain complacent arrogance in him and it will bring in him a ‘taking it for granted’ attitude
we all know that already..you are like just writing your personal diary…the scope of your realization is very very large…u dont know that …and you are just in the beginning…only time will tell you how arrogant , foolish ,cheap , childish and anti social film maker you are….
@surap
bhai namaste jara attendance esko raade…inka orkut la bhi frnd request pampinchina anna
Surap anna nenu presente. Jaani bhai eda missing. Leave pettinda.
hope you are not fooling us again… u narrated about Agyaat in the same manner and it turned out to be a flopbuster…
the hype u created around Agyaat and the actual content does not match dude… infact it looked like a cheap imitation of American TV season ‘Lost’
Will your films be more human post Rakta Charitra.
I guess sushant singh is CHAMAN in the movie.. wearing a white shirt and glasses
“”I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “Rakta Charitra”.
There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV and I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra. “”
What a shock to me
RGV , say that it is a Lie,
Iam really shocked ,RGV is not to be RGV.
Iam not ready to receive your new face but i will try to face you,
any how
ALL THE BEST
@ RGV,
Is this true….
http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=17404&cat=1&scat=5
Hi RGV,
In fountainhead in keating can not hold the success which is not his. Does it happen to a person where his success itself becomes burden to him? If happens what kind of people are they?
Thanks
Ramu bhai,
Do u think the war between .. RAMOJI RAO nd JAGAN MOHAN REDDY has got a potential
story to make a movie? like it got lot of twists and most powerfull people like ADVANI, MUKESH AMBANI, NARENDRA MODI, CHANDRA BABU NAIDU, NTR … got connected with the story.
But this story involves only..political twists and conspiracies… no violence and blood shed as compared to paritala ravi and suri rivalry.
I never saw you so much exited about any other of your movies.. I will check this one out first day first show.
Rangeela , Anathapur krishna theatre lo anukunta, first row lo kurchoni choosa. First day first show.
I have not seen any movie first day first show. I will repeat the feat for RC.
So, have you ever tried to “unlearn” what you learnt during Satya,Company, Shiva?
Or Post-Raktacharitra, your films will be based on your unlearning?
Hey Fellow Readers,
Read this article found on greatandhra.com…….
http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=17404&cat=1&scat=5
It’s about “100 crore political satire “…………….
Given his association with Lagadapati Rajagopal and his “care-a damn” attitude,Ram Gopal Verma could create waves in Indian Cinema history with this film.If the buzz is to be believed it is to be made with a budget of 100 crores …………………
All the best Ramu for this venture…………
You really rock……………………………..
HEY RAMU
I REALLY LOVED THAT BUS…..
BUT WHY SHOULD THAT PEOPLE KILL A BUS DRIVER.LOOKS LIKE THE LADY OVER THERE IS HER DAUGHTER.WHY IS SHE IN THE BUS AT THAT TIME?
ARE THAT MANY PEOPLE AND ARSENAL NEEDED TO KILL THAT OLD MAN?
ANYHOW I AM NOT INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE REASONS BEHIND THIS,………..
BUT I LOVED THAT BUS………………..I WILL WATCH THE MOVIE FOR BUS………..
AS SOON AS BUS SCENE GETS COMPLETED I WILL LEAVE THE THEATRE……………….
I LOVE BUS
I LOVE BUS
I LOVE BUS
WELL CHOSEN BUS………………………………..
THAT BUS LOOKS GORGEOUS THAN VOLVO
I WISH I HAD THAT BUS……………….
RAMU PLEASE AUCTION THAT BUS AFTER SHOOTING………………
I WILL BUY THAT BUS……………………………….
PLEASE COMMENT RAMU
HEY RAMU
I LOVED THAT BUS………………
I WILL DEFINETELY WATCH THE MOVIE FOR BUS…………………
WILL YOU AUCTION THE BUS AFTER SHOOTING?
I WILL TRY TO BUY THAT…………………..
we are cheap imitators of westerns —RGV
Hey guys! This movie will have the following twist. When both caste armies are about to lunge at each other during the climax, suddenly Abhishek Bachchan jumps out of nowhere as the sarpanch and announces that there would be no caste henceforth, no names. Everyone will be known by numbers only. And this will be sponsored by IDEA cellular. :)
@ FUTURE FILMMAKERS
so, guys if u r planning to copy any of the above mentioned English movies…forget it they have already been copied..Try some other movies..
HAPPY COPYING..!!!
How ever anti-social u are,u can not empathize with the blood shed they have created.I am guessing that Its the compelling situations that they were put in would create the drama as it was the case with SATYA.
Apart from their buring desire/madness to go to any extent of getting their target,sure u must have been fascinated as to how PARITALA RAVI defied the police,law,society..et
Do you reckon u found real life DON corleone in RAVI?
@Seshu
@asr369
Namaste bahi logom…. kya khariyat…. seshu got it….
i think ashish vidyardhi is for the role of SANE RAMANA REDDY…who was a congress m.l.a
back in 1991. He was.the key man who made a gang against paritala by using his granite money.
@surap, seshu, sreenivaz manoz, asr369, vaishaak,
salaam aap logon ko……..no computer access for me right now…..(dont ask me how I posted this comment)…
Ramu bhai
seeing this post I strongly feel that “He who fights mosters must take care lest he becomes a monster” (by Nietszche) should be an apt opening statement for this movie.
I guess, there are many people who are wishing to rip this movie apart regardless of its outcome. Main examples: Human rights Sandhya, all the telugu media/channel people, all the pipperment reviewers. I guess these people are waiting like hungry animals to jump on this movie.
Please handle RC with utmost care.
I think RGV will be divided into pre-Rakta Charitra and post-Rakta Charitra.
Ramu bhai,
then, what happens to RGV between RC part I and RC part II?
I am just asking this question for fun and expecting a similar funny answer.
@autojaani
correct jeppinav anna…i hope this doesnt turnout to be another aag
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met????
@ramu
i lik ur cpncept of having sex but not marriage…but watz use having sex with any girl rather than fucking girl whom we like…anyway the girl whom we lik never accepts this..watz the solution then???
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This RGV stands lonely here in the film industry;he grew high above hits and flops and if he wanted to speak he would have nobody who could understand his conning, so high he has grown. Now he waits and waits—for what is he waiting?he dwells too near the seat of controversy, he waits for the first lightening (release and success of Rakta Charitra)
Thus Spake (not) Zarathustra
—K.rathnakar
@ramu
i lik ur concept of having s*x but not marriage…but watz use having s*x with any girl rather than f**king girl whom we like…anyway the girl whom we lik never accepts this..watz the solution then???
RGV
every film seems like a turning point to you and ur career and u say the same even in the year 2013 right.
thers no turning point or change of attitude to anyone its only the time and the days u consume by living on this earth.
EVERYDAY IS A GIFT THATS Y THEY CALL IT THE PRESENT.————————————————————————-nathuram godse
the above staement was written by natturam godse on 14 th november 1948 in ambala jail just a day before the hanging of nathuram godse
RGV
y dont u start selling the tickets of RAKTA CHARITRA right from tomorrow just like the way the TATAS are selling NANOS before the production and making the NANOS by public money
Don’t tell us that you will be making patriotic movies with this change.
the stills are great and it feels like the film might run into some unnecessary controversy and even undergo some unneeded cuts .. in such a case please do release a directors cut on the DVD .. lets hope no such situation arise .. i hope you make few films but films for which you feel like you do for rakthcharitra ..
Well Controversy is your second name as someone said it. So if Rakth charitra does not become controversial then that is the news but it will become controversial and prove your mettle….
Your opening statement in this article is soundly illogical. Whatever the definition of a job be, there will be people who can be good at it, or suck at it. I always thought director’s job is very similar to a teacher’s job. Both of them have an audience and both have a story to tell.
Having good/bad directors is as real as having good/bad teachers.
Well our people are quite paradoxical
if someone makes a movie to discuss a problem they are against it.
if someone makes stereotype movies they say routine is not creative
We think we know what we want but we don not realize what we need. Routine movies are to breed escapism towards problem in audience but movies that discuss a problem ignite thinking towards a solution to discussed problem sometimes…..and such films are needed
lets hope Rakth Charitra leads towards something a solution….
–k.rathnakar
http://cinemaphilosophylifenme.spaces.live.com
Ramu,
Film is more about story telling, rather than the story itself. I believe so and you also mentioned this many times earlier.
I am sure that in your mind there is a film already playing based on the rakhta charitra story and that film is exciting you endlessly. I hope when you translate that on screen, we will also be excited equally.
Some of your recent films that I saw lacked novelty in story telling and hence I did not like it. There was nothing new about Shiva, Rangeela or Satya from a story stand point, but it was the way you told the story that made it novel, fresh and exciting.
I do hope that you are you are going to tell Rakhta Charitra in a novel way for us to experience a “never before” feeling. Well, let me put it this way, if you are feeling “never before” in your mind, then just translate it for us to the T.
Cant wait.
Kesavan
NERVOUS FOR YOU
I am very excited and nervous at the same time.
Coz I felt equally excited during AAG.Coz Intense Drama can be very boring sometimes.
I dont know how this film is goinn to be!.I wish it wont let us down !.
I cant tolerate anymore dogs barking behind you after the release,If the film doesnt do well!..
Regards
pradeep reddy
Ramu
do u believe in the theory of LAW OF ATTRACTION …if yes what did u experience ?
@125 Srineevas..Manoz
Thanks for interferring ….I know that question silly but ..posted to RGV …not to u…..
“Why don’t you stay home and watch any channel which play a lot of cool, calm and pleasant movies?? “
again thanks for wonderful suggestion….keep it with you…..
Ramu,
why greatandhra.com admires u so much ? Whenever there is an article on u there will tons of praises introducing u …
Ramu
i guess u wud have rakta charitra 2 in mind now itself…fine …but for heavens sake pls dont make the climax of part 1 look like interval…it wud b very disappointing…
Ramu
I m checking these posters and the prevoius one’s again and again. dont know why but its raising a lot of curiosity…..
i think the way you show POWER only maniratnam could show it in his movies….
I really like IDDARU by maniratnam….especially everytime there is a background score (by Rahman) creating the hype that needed on the screen….it gave me goose bumps everytime i saw those scenes…
Manisharma is an awesome music director…hope he creates a bang on the BGM with RC….
all the best to the RC team….!!!!!!!
Cheers
Sridhar Aemalla
Ramu
As far as i heard the conflicts between Suri and Ravi were based on 3 things..
Family rivalary, Politics – (Ravi -TDP and Suri – Congrees) and Caste (Ravi – Kamma and Suri – Reddy).
Not that it makes any difference which one is aired more important on screen but just curious…..
ok to make it simpler….what is the conflict point in the story that you gonna show us? ;);););)
Cheers
Sridhar Aemalla
RGV,
As u said, “…..I wanted to know what gives them that kind of courage, conviction and also such intense madness”
Now I would like to ask you the same question….
What gives you this kind of courage, conviction and yes such, intense madness just for the sake of doing any film?
What kind of a man are you?
Aren’t you scared in digging the naked truth of “Raktha Charitra”?
But my understanding is…
If its not RGV’s Raktha charithra, none of the directors in India would have seen this story in a psychological aspect.
I guess, “Raktha Charitra” should be the movie which is close to your heart.
Ramu Bhayya,,,
Damn good and superb work…ANIL has done tremendous job in posters design, Here in pics also its just showing the camera output…Ramulu murder scene and Siddappa murder scene are ulti, hope Mukesh rushi played the Siddappa’s role…
Eagerly waiting for indian film trend setter. Rakta Charitra.
From
Sridhar.
Paritala ravindra website…
http://paritalaravi.com
Can see few of his images and other things abt him….
RGV, reading your blog makes me curious to know about this. If you have an average (by skill) but a well established actor available for a role, and a fresher who is extremely talented but without any market value also in your mind, whom will you cast for your movie? I guess, the lesser mortals will opt out for the established one, since that will fetch them some market value, but what about your own league?
State of mind of the film maker as well as the intent with which u make a film contribute to the result of the movie as much as the Subject matter does?
After many years u have this dying spirit again to capture your interpretation of characters while most of the times U went ahead and made a movie the moment that it ignited you.
If a movie like RAKATHA charithara needs this intense research and great understanding of characters(character study),would it make sense that u should have done the same with some of your earlier films.
Does your heart goes out for the scores of people who got killed in the process of the rivalry between ravi and suri?
@RGV
When u have no way of knowing ravis version as u do know that of suri,u said that u will be neutral in interpreting the information that u got from the various people.Your interpretation has to be next to perfect?In between don’t you think your sensibilities come in between for a misinterpretation specially when u don’t have emotions?
I reckon,u must have snubbed the intellectual RGV and would have stepped into the shoes of RAVI/SURI to draw a conclusion analyzing the compelling situations?
@all folks
@RGV
This is SHOCKING and INTERESTING…….
‘Jana Gana Mana’ – Just a thought for the National Anthem! How well do we know about it?
Had anyone wondered who is the ‘adhinayak’ and ‘bharat bhagya vidhata’? whose praise we are singing? Well, I thought it might be Motherland India! Our current National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ is sung throughout the country. Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn’t.
To begin with, India’s national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919.
To honor their visit Pandit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included , which are in praise of the King and Queen.(And most of us(I mean, all of us) think it is in the praise of our great motherland!! !) In the original Bengali verses, only those provinces that were under British rule i.e . Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc.were mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India…Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala.
Neither the Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea were included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is
the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is ‘the bestower of good fortune’.
Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King.
*First stanza:* (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha name jaage; tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)
*Second stanza*: Around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words..
*Third stanza:* Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond
misery.
*Fourth stanza: *Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother’s (the Queen’s) true protection..
*Fifth stanza*: In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O’ Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King).
This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not indicate that. It is time now to understand the original purpose and the
implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done in all these years.So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our Dear Motherland India.
Jai Hind….
@ Narender
I had exactly the same discussion on “Jana Gana Mana” with some of my friends. I argued exactly the same thing as you mentioned except for bengali translation of all stanzas. But my argument was that it is not for India, it was for British rulers.
Yet we sing that song everyday in schools and every imprtant national occasion.
Bankimchandra’s “Vande Maataram” song should have been our Nation anthem.
Now I can argue more on this with my fellow autodrivers
@autojaani..bhai
i too feel the same…Vande mataram should have been our National Anthem…
@Ramu
Did u ever sung National Anthem in your school days..or used to pretend by.. moving lips?
@Ramu
When r u going to start full fledge publicity for Rann..mean promos and songs in TV channels?
its releasing on Jan 10th..right?
Paritala Ravi Interview.Vivek plays this character in Rakta charitra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mbsXkAtzFk
Question for you:-
1. Do you believe in ‘competition’?
More violence.. ..more blood shed…….its fun to watch
-quentin tarantino
Do u believe in that ramu bhai?
“There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV”
Whoever said this above sentence:: I DONT AGREE.
Two Reasons:
1. I would like to correct the sentence as pre-SHIVA and post-SHIVA (instead of pre-RGV and post-RGV)
2. We are still pounded with same old masala formula movies even after 20 years of SHIVA. The only difference is directors changed but the movies are still just the same.
Expansion of point #2
I would say pre-SHIVA they were called as K. Raghavendra Rao BA, B. Gopal, Kodanda Rami Reddy etc etc and post-SHIVA they are called as SS. Rajamouli, VV Vinayak, EVV etc etc.
pre-SHIVA, hero’s introduction is shown in high elevation with his feet shown first, low angle shots etc. post-SHIVA, this is continuing even now in Jr NTR, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu movies.
Pre-SHIVA we had Jayamalini, Anuradha, Silk Smitha songs. Post-SHIVA we have Mumaith Khan, Abhinaya Sri songs
Pre-SHIVA, some songs were called as “Cabaret songs”. Now they are called as “Item ongs”
During pre-SHIVA, Sobhan Babu used to do husband roles with two wives. post-SHIVA it i sthe turn of Jagapathi Babu, Venu and Srikanth
pre-SHIVA we had five fights, five songs (including one rain song). post-SHIVA, these trademarks are continuing even now.
pre-SHIVA we used to have a comedy track of Sutti Velu, Veerabhadra Rao. Now it is the turn of Brahmanandam, Sunil, Venu Madhav
pre-SHIVA, especially in K. Raghavendra Rao movies, some one gets raped. post-SHIVA, especially in SS Rajamouli movies, it seems heroine wants to get raped (Example allmost all movies with heroine Ankitha are like that)
pre-SHIVA we used to get to see Y. Vijaya’s cleavage. post-SHIVA it is the turn of Apoorva, Bhuvaneshwari.
Last but not least:: This is highly important::: pre-SHIVA times we used to get lot of dubbed adult movies with Jayalalitha, Prathibha etc. These type of movies are continuing even now with Shakeela, Reshma etc etc
NOW TELL ME: HOW CAN OUR TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY BE DIVIDED INTO PRE-SHIVA AND POST SHIVA……To me it still the same…..
“SHIVA was a fresh breeze in polluted air”
“There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV”
Whoever said this above sentence:: I DONT AGREE.
Two Reasons:
1. I would like to correct the sentence as pre-SHIVA and post-SHIVA (instead of pre-RGV and post-RGV)
2. We are still pounded with same old masala formula movies even after 20 years of SHIVA. The only difference is directors changed but the movies are still just the same.
Expansion of point #2 in the above comment
I would say pre-SHIVA they were called as K. Raghavendra Rao BA, B. Gopal, Kodanda Rami Reddy etc etc and post-SHIVA they are called as SS. Rajamouli, VV Vinayak, EVV etc etc.
pre-SHIVA, hero’s introduction is shown in high elevation with his feet shown first, low angle shots etc. post-SHIVA, this is continuing even now in Jr NTR, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu movies.
Continuation of point #2
Pre-SHIVA we had Jayamalini, Anuradha, Silk Smitha songs. Post-SHIVA we have Mumaith Khan, Abhinayasri songs
Pre-SHIVA, some songs were called as “Cab*r*t songs”. Now they are called as “Item ongs”
During pre-SHIVA, Sobhan Babu used to do husband roles with two wives. post-SHIVA it i sthe turn of Jagapathi Babu, Venu and Srikanth
pre-SHIVA we had five fights, five songs (including one rain song). post-SHIVA, these trademarks are continuing even now.
RE: “There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV
This is pure bull shit……RGV has no influence on telugu or hindi film industry…but he created new interesting parallel path ….which is no way related to main path..its just like railway track and a highway in parallel….
Mr.Varma, i have always been a huge fan of ur films like shiva,kshana kshanam, rathri, satya and company. I must tell you that i was scared to death after watching rathri when i was a kid. I still cant see the movie alone. I think that rathri is the finest horror movie not only among your other horror movies but even in indian cinema.I am a huge fan of gangster films.”company” is one of my favourite gangster films.I hope that even with Raktha charithra you will create the same kind of intensity and exploit vivek’s acting like you did with company.I personally feel that you are the martin scorsese of bollywood. I am looking forward to reading your future blogs
Last but not least:: This is highly important::: pre-SHIVA times we used to get lot of dubbed adult movies with Jayalalitha, Prathibha etc. These type of movies are continuing even now with Shakeela, Reshma etc etc
pre-SHIVA, there used to be one manabhangam. post-SHIVA, it seems heroine likes to get “manabhangam” (Example heroine Ankitha movies)
pre-SHIVA, movies used to have little cleavage scenes (example Y.Vijaya). post-SHIVA, they are still continuing (example Apoorva).
NOW TELL ME: HOW CAN OUR TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY BE DIVIDED INTO PRE-SHIVA AND POST SHIVA……To me it still the same…..
“SHIVA was a fresh breeze in polluted air”
TOLLYWOOD
PRE and POST can be attached if the person has influenced the CULTURE of film industry….forget about RGV changing the culture he cudnt even touch it..because he is an outsider of culture…only ppl who are insided the culture cud bring revolution in culture making the industry as PRE and POST his style….But the CULTURE of tollywood is no way affected by RGV …its still evolving naturally .
BOLLYWOOD
Take bollywood… the whole CULTURE of yester decade has vanished..i dont know reason…its music has changed ….now its impossible for NADEEM SHRAVAN , ANAND MILIND, ANU MALIK type of songs….I dont know if bollywood music or bollywood can be called PRE HIMESH and POST HIMESH , PRE AR RAHMAN and POST AR RAHMAN ….etc
With music bollywood films too changed gradually…BOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED FROM TRADITIONAL TO URBAN …JUST LIKE THEATRES CHANGED TO MULTIPLEXES…THIS IS EVOLUTION
Nice article Ramu.
I know you don’t like us to say “nice”, but still it’s nice
DID SHOLAY CREATE ANY INFLUENCE ON HINDI FILM INDUSTRY ??
NO…
Similarly RGV…
SHOLAY , SHIVA can be huge successful but cannot influence the industry culture..Coz they are indianized west style….when i was in texas , in TV i used to see tonns of cow boy movies same like sholay stories…then i realized sholay is just one well made movie getting inspiration from the west…
story & drama around Partiala’s life is too big to handle in a feature film or even two.
You have to do lot of sum ups & wrap ups at each stage of his life to fit it in a 5 hours movie.
BTW, based on the picture you published, I wasn’t very impressed with the film (Raktha Charitra) you’ve filmed so far. Especially fake RTC bus, Vivek Oberoi’s costumes & make up aren’t appealing & realistic. You need to rough him (Vivek) up more… Discuss this with your Art dept & Costume dept. once more Ramu .. : )
Sider character’s make up is good.
Just see the direction of BAPU’S GORANTHA DHEEPAM , MUTYAALA MUGGU…huge hits and very western direction for indian village stories…but did they influence telugu film industry ?? no……..!!!
RE: “There are some people who say that the Telugu film industry can be divided into pre-RGV and post-RGV
MAYBE THIS IS TRUE FOR FILM MAKING AND FILM PRODUCTION..BUT NOT FILMS
Based on my analysis, people who are termed great actors in this world are mainly smart in bringing themselves up with unique make-ups to the set… for ex. ‘Marlon Brando’ got the tag of greatest actor after ‘God Father’ was mainly because of his look in that movie. If Brando would not have stuffed tissues in his jaws, he wouldn’t got the same degree of acclaim he received… Another example is Kamal Haasan..
Also as our boss (RGV) said it’s mainly the depth of character that allows the actor to perform. For ex. Amjad Khan’s peformance as Gabbar in Sholay is no where match to his own performances in other movies. Likewise if we give Gabbar’s roles to a bum like John Abraham or Abhishek bachan or Salman or sooo many out there trying to make their dog’s day, they can’t deliver the same as Amjad Khan… So, it’s BOTH the Character’s depth and Actor’s ability that gives a good viewing experience(or entertainment) for the audience.
P.S. I’m not talking about “stars”, I’m talking about so-called great “actors”
I love Sushant singh’s performances in your movies. I liked him mostly in Kaun, Jungle & Satya. He has lot of potential to deliver extraordinary performances.
Ramu: I always maintained that there are no great directors and no great actors but there are only well directed films and well enacted roles.
That’s really interesting point !
A Movie, as you said earlier is nothing but a medium of communication and
is an attempt to communicate to others about your ideas , your interests..
If audience judge your movie as ’super flop’ they are actually not judging YOU as a person as ’super flop ‘.They are just judging this one specific attempt to communicate as ’super flop.’
But the good news is: since communication can always be improved, you can always make a better attempt on your next communication (i.e next movie).
Finally,
Siva (1989) – you communcated well enough..
Siva (2006) – Bad case of communication – lost signals… :-)
But as a person .. you are the same…and can’t jsut judge you based on movies you make.. atleast for me…..
P.S:
Raghavendra Rao bootu cinemalu chesinantha matrana vedhava kaadu..
K.viswanath – pavithra cinemalu chesinantha matrana manchodu kaadu..
Got it ????????????
I would like to see ‘Prakash Raj’ acting in a movie directed by you .. I felt this many times before. Have you ever considered him for any role?
Some movies just happens ! Like Magic ……..
Ramu: I always maintained that there are no great directors and no great actors but there are only well directed films and well enacted roles.
That’s really interesting point !
A Movie, as you said earlier is nothing but a medium of communication and
is an attempt to communicate to others about your ideas , your interests..
If audience judge your movie as ’super flop’ they are actually not judging YOU as a person as ’super flop ‘.They are just judging this one specific attempt to communicate as ’super flop.’
But the good news is: since communication can always be improved, you can always make a better attempt on your next communication (i.e next movie).
Finally,
Siva (1989) – you communcated well enough..
Siva (2006) – Bad case of communication – lost signals… :-)
But as a person .. you are the same…and can’t jsut judge you based on movies you make.. atleast for me…..
P.S:
Raghavendra Rao bootu cinemalu chesinantha matrana vedhava kaadu..
K.viswanath – pavithra cinemalu chesinantha matrana manchodu kaadu..
Got it ????????????
Ashish vidyarthi’s expression in that picture where he was going to get wacked was terrrific !!
Hi Ramu,
Fantastic pics. The last 3 pics. gave me a shock. I am confident that this film will have the shock value which you attribute to the success of Siva among other factors. I feel like worshiping Radhika Apte . Hats off to ur creative eye.The crudeness depicted in the pics. is mind blowing.
Radhika Apte is OK in the pics. But she would look much better (I mean natural) with her eyebrows un-trimmed.
WHAT IF YOUR MOVIE RAKTA CHARITRA FAILS 2 IMPRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THE BOX OFFICE?
@RGV
You always says that we have to undergo a series of decisions, while making a film and we have no clear idea how the film is coming out…here my question is how come you say that ‘raktha charithra’ will cange your career without the completion of its filming?
in satya as well as in RC pics , i observed one thing…why u give “awaara” body language to top underworld dons…
“mumbai ka king kaun” scene in satya also is like some “awaara” or some “drunk rickshaw puller” saying that ..not mumbai top dons…
why u r super don characters always look like road side awaara characters ???
I met CHIRANJEEVI when he was in australia for shooting of shankar dada zindabad( remake of lage raho munnai bhai) and i asked chiranjeevi .wat does he think abt rgv and he gave a simple smile shaking his head that.. he is not gonna say thing…
And met PAVAN KALYAN in singapore airport and i posed him the same question which i asked chiranjeevi.. and he also smiled in the same manner.
God knows wht MEGA brothers r thinking…
@ RGV
The moment you start believing in things that are not a living experience for you, you are natural conflict. Now, what is the intelligence in moving into belief? The only thing is your ego feels comfortable ” I know” is the only way you can make the ego grow, isn’t it? “I don’t know” is a big loss for the ego. When you say, “I don’t know” you are incapable of conflict, you are a very humble and wonderful human being. See, you may be a very peaceful, nice human being today, but when somebody challenges your belief tomorrow, anger will arise within you, because you are so deeply identified with what you believe in. The moment you are identified, your identity is threatened with the belief system. Your survival instinct takes over and you will fight. We are going on talking about bringing peace to the world. I was a delegate in the United Nations for the Millennium World Peace Summit where we talked about bringing harmony and peace among religions. Why the need for tolerance and forgiveness? You think somebody’s wrong, you’re right. Now you think he has to be saved. He thinks you have to be saved. Both of you believe things that you do not know really. If you realize “I don’t know,” you cannot fight. Without being capable of bringing peace into your own being, there is no way you are going to be capable of bringing peace to the world. Isn’t it so?
If you can’t make this little mind peaceful, are you going to make the world peaceful? Whatever you see in the world is just a projection of your little mind, an enlarged projection of your mind. Is there anything happening in the world which is not happening in your mind? Now, this science of yoga is a way to look inward. You cannot look inward if you’re identified with something because the moment you’re identified, all doors are closed to you. The very way you think and feel depends on what you’re identified with. Right now let’s say, for example, you identify yourself as “I am an American”. Now, a situation happens, the very way you feel and respond to it is in a certain way. At that moment in national interest maybe it’s a good thing, but still, instead of reacting to it you can respond to it more intelligently. When you’re identified, you just become a reaction. You have no choice to think any other way. You have no capability of seeing the other person’s point of view. You have no capability of seeing from where the problem is springing. You will just react. It’s better that you come from your intelligence, not from your reaction. If you have to come from your intelligence, first thing is you must be able to look at things just the way they are, not from an identity. The moment you look at anything from an identity, you are prejudiced about it, isn’t it?
The More you say ” I don’t want some thing “,that becomes the basis of your Mind.
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paritala with ntr
@ Auto Jaani Bhaiya
You are absoloutely correct(for movie lovers)
y dont you make a porn film?, I feel it would be the best porn film ever made
Ramu how you pair “SEXY”: with Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie?
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met?
@ramu
i think u r a love failure…only love failure get attracted to this kind of attitude…
the last three pictures are more terrifying than any other pictures.
I am really waiting for what they are.
Ram,
I visited your blog …for the very first time.So the questions I asked below might be
what already others asked. If so, just reply that you answered them already.
1) Had Fountainhead not existed on earth, what you are NOW , would ever have existed?
2) Assume the whole world is getting destroyed like it shown in the recent movie 2012 , will you
love to undergo that feelings of fear and panic and understand how it is working in others..even
though you know that there is no future for you after this disaster? If yes, is it your
natural instinct or conscious habit…to understand the dynamics?
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie?
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met??
RGV
ur gurvini aynrand and ur guru neitzsche were the followers of ARISTOTLE and aristotle taught ALEXANDER all the basic and professional education and motivated alexander to invade eastern part of the world and greater india .
but the fukin alexander failed to conquer india and never dared to cross the ganges and enter into the magadha empire and returned back and confused by the great CHANAKYA and died at the age of 32 on bed mysteriously instead of dying in the battle field.
at the same time CHANAKYA taught CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA and chandragupta maurya expanded his empire from karnataka to iran and south east asia .
and CHANAKYA was instrumental in motivating chandragupta maurya to drive away the henchmen of alexander like HELECUES.
if ARISTOTLE was so great why did he fail to prtotect his own macodonean empire and his great alexander and why did CHANAKYA succeed in motivating chandra gupta maurya and expanded the indian empire and protected the ancient indian vedic culture.
if u can answer my question please be frank and say who is great whether aristotle or CHANAKYA THE GREAT
RGV
even greek historian accept that it was CHANAKYA who confused alexander and the greek army with his cunning skills.
u know RGV even today the greek historians consider CHANKYA the mastermind behind the killing of alexander by poisoning coz chanakya was a master in poisoning the enemies and his great book arthashastra contains 2 chapters on poison.
greek historians call chanakya a eunuch general and till today chanakya haunts the greeks and greek historians that how a man looking like a eunuch can confuse and kill the alexander the great
greeks call chanakya a person who looks like eunuch by physique but a military rogue who can confuse and kill 100 alexanders
RGV
so the conclusion is ARISTOTLE was a fool who could not protect his own emperor and macadonean empire.
and CHANAKYA THE GREAT was a great scholar who motivated chandragupta maurya and expanded the indian empire to iran and south east asia and protected india from the fukers like alexander and upheld the ancient vedic culture of india.
otherwise ur name wud have been ramgopal didotorous or some greek name
enjoy suking ayn rand and neitzsches ghosts
Hello sir
i consider u as a good manager nd producer than a direcot no offense
Hope Raktha Charitra will be good
As a movie geek i love to see a good action movie with a good sci fic background
no songs in middle,good script,no stupid hindi punch dialogs.Make a landmarking movie in action genre like shiva in drama
produce a heavy flick than 5-6 drama’s every year it will get u huge collections
for reference as usual watch Hollywood block busters……………
why u talkin abt u r history now ? r u gonna retire after RC or what ?
can u make a period movie ?
white mischief vodka is the best vodka
@Ramu
Why was SarkaR – 3 shelved? Please complete the triology………we are eagerly waiting for it
hi rgv, how long does u take for casting(hero)? suppose u select an actor(lead role) other than ur first choice(for various reasons unavailable dates, money matters, differences, etc). if the cinema is successful commercially and its not a Factory product, do u feel happy? or if it fails, whats ur answer?
RC pics chusanu, chaala realistic unnai endukante aa region nenu baaga familiar.
-red
@ all bloggers
Didn’t RGV bring people like Krishna Vamsi (with him Ravi Teja), Puri Jagannadh, Sreenu Vytla ?
Does these people (KV, Puri, Vytla) mean nothing in Tollywood today?
Is the Cinematography of Telugu films not effected by that of RGV movies starting with Shiva?
Hi Ramu, Hope you will not try to motivate more ravi’s and suri’s. We have enough of them. Not sure the jeal at which you are working on this movie. But most of the society doesn’t know much about how to make decisions on good or bad. The crowd just follows it. So I hope the movie won’t trigger few more guys with bad egos.
Some times, I feel bad things are not good to remember, not to recollect or write history about them. When I am on the bed of death, Why will I like to see the world with ‘Rakta charitra’, may be I would like to see something that is soothing or that makes me proud of.
I am proud of you, because of 2 reasons. one is you are from andhra pradesh, and other one is I always wanted to do something big and trying to, but I see you successful as you wanted to be. You are not a role model, but it gives hope, why RGV can do it, why not me. :-). Not to underestimate what you are, but the comfort thing that you get to know about someone else travelled on similar path, you are not the first and your destination may be different but someone else have travelled similar distances already.
nice pics…but RTC bus looks very fake it looks like they painted Service bus (probably andhra guys know what i mean) red..to look like RTC bus..
Ramu bhai,
sharukh s dil to pagal hai songs in the movie satya( at bheku matre s place)
how funny ramu. probably we will c SHARUKH watching satya or shiva in his forthcoming
movie MY NAME IS KHAN.
my gut feeling is ” RGV’S ADDICTION TO THIS BLOG IS 100 TIMES MORE THAN THAT OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS BLOG”
@madeinandhra
agreed
@autosheshu
woww what a username u hav chosen
RGV
do u pay money to run this blog or it is free of cost
RGV
HOPE U WOULD NOT MAKE THIS BLOG A PAY BLOG IF U MAKE IT A PAY BLOG THEN IT WOULD BE PAIN (THORN) IN THE ASS TO EVERYONE ON THIS BLOG
Hey….. I think aag is second worst film in history of world cinema after slumdog millionaire..
Then how come aag was a super duper flop and slumdog was such a big hit?
Hi Varma,
1) Can you write an article on satyendra.
2) How many times u read “THE FOUNTAINHEAD”
did u ever read the story of Rip Van Winkle?
so far 10861 comments hav been posted in this blog? how many of them did u find to be funny/silly/serious/foolish/worth reading/absolute bullshit etc?
RGV
IF YOU RALLY HAVE GUTS TAKE ON THIS BABUS OF TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY
DONT BE IN TWO MINDS
IF U WANNA FUK, FUK THEM HARD OTHERWISE GO N SETTLE DOWN IN BOLLYWOOD
P.S
BABUS OF TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY
SOME B KRISHNA BABU
SOME CHARAN BABU
SOME VICTORY BABU
SOME COLLECTION BABU
SOME SUPERSTAR BABU
SOME SAMRAT BABU
GOT SICK OF THIS BABAUS RGV
I didn’t believe initially that a Woman (Thelma Schoonmaker) edited the movie ‘Goodfellas’ …in fact I came to know that she edited nearly all the films directed by Scorsese.
What’s your take on ‘How the creative attitude builds up for a women( or men ) towards something which they are unaware of ?’
RGV
i’m not trying to flatter you but any mentally stable person should accept that the telugu film industry can be divided into PRE RGV AND POST RGV and i accept that heartfully
but get rid of this fukin babus
bk babu
charan babu
superstar babu
rebelstar babu
powerstar babu
samrat babu
victory babu
collection babu
take on this babus and fuk them to their apetite
@sheshu singania
woww again for choosing such a user name
@ramu
u r thinking of them as how do they get such determination,they dnt even care about their lives for their egos..the same v r thinking about u as hw do RGV get this attitude unless he wants to satisfy something….so watz that something????
@Ramu..
Previously u conducted Agyaat Contest ..What happened to that?
you haven’t announced any winners…yet..
RGV
KILLERS PSYCHOLOGY
natturam godse who killed gandhi first of its kind in india with an italian gun BERETTA
beant singh satwant singh kehar singh who killed indra gandhi
sivarajan nalini and co who killed rajiv gandhi
naxals who killed gangula narayan reddy
ROC members who killed obul reddy and ramna reddy
Moddu seenu who killed tagarakunta prabhakar , PARITALA RAVI
ranga ,radha, gandhi ,murli and the killers and co and chalasani venkat ratnam the communist leader
maddela chervu suri and co
basically all the above killers would be INDOCTRINATED either for the pride of religion , region, caste and poiltical objectives etc
motives wud be money , pride , vengeance and revange etc
simple common sense RGV
and above all RGV the filmmaker who makes films for his own cause OBJECTIVISM
OBJECTIVISM : LIVING ALONE FOR ONES OWN SATISFACTION WITH SOME PRODUCTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR HIS OWN REASON ie RGV
@ramu
In above pics….the jeep registration is “AP 13F 6301″ means some where near Hyderabad….I guess anantpur starts with AP02..
so want to know the actual backdrop….for Telugu ?
Will it be the same for Hindi also?
RGV
i strongly feel that paritala sunithas character would have been played by NANDITA DAS instead of radhika apte
What happened to Agyaat Contest? u havent announced winners…
I’m really very sorry for the repeated posts in the comments sir. When I first clicked “Leave A Comment”, the post didn’t show up. Thoght it wasn’t submitted properly and had to do it again and a few more times. Apologiez . . .
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met?????
With all honesty, I admit to have been deeply moved by the genuineness with which you have stated that RC is bound to change RGV…… But.. just as an afterthought, I tend doubt to its validity again …. You urself had mentioned once that.. you say a lot of things..”just for the effect”..
I sincerely hope to have my doubts dismissed and let this passion be as genuine as it had sounded first.. (let this not be some publicity stunt!)
All d best for RC…
I am never be the same before and after reading your blog. I want to know what made you to say this strong statement”I truly believe that both me and my films will never be the same again after “RAKTA CHARITRA”.. what is that special thing about these characters? . You already dealt with similar kind of characters.So what is your thought process behind the above statement of your’s?
To a certain question, I can answer as – there are a couple of actors who have over the years proved that they can be story tellers best tools – Amitabh, Kamal Hassan…and an actors best tools are his/ her capacity to emote according to the character they play; eyes, face, body language are needed to present those emotions…
‘Indian’, ‘Paa’, etc are few movies, where these actors are wearing makeup (or something much more than that) which actually alter their basic objects of emotions – eyes, face, etc.
There is an ancient art form – Kathakali, where similar makeup is applied, infact if the character in those makeup needs to cry, they paint tears as part of makeup. Maybe they will get that effect on stage with that huge makeup, but putting a makeup of such magnitude in my view this is counter intutive. It almost seems like – an actor holding placards – I am crying, I am laughing instead of crying and laughing…
any thoughts on such levels of makeup…
Why did you portray followers with guns? I know about the faction feud in Anantapur, nobody carried guns like this.
I’m from Anantapur. I’ve grown up listening to the shocking incidents of faction in the district. At times it would be a wonder if there was not at least a murder in a week.
Paritala Ravi’s house in Anantapur is just a lane away from ours. I always used to get excited on seeing the setup of the house, with huge compound wall, spots preset for taking gunshots…etc
Infact the TDP Office in which Ravi was murdered is very much familiar to me.
On seeing the stills of Rakta Charitra, I recollect that you are canning
1. Maddelacheruvu Narayana Reddy’s murder
2. TV Bomb episode.
3. Obul Reddy’s regime.
….
It seems you are not missing out all the key things happened in their lives. Now I’m concerned about you, this film will surely be a sensation but also extremely dangerous to you. Because the people there do not have enough reasoning in their understanding and may not get your point behind making this movie.
I’m very keen to see the movie and the after effects of it on your life. If you can convince people on both sides then you would be most successful director ever.
We never dared even to name Ravi, Suri, Ramana Reddy, Obul Reddy in Public but you are showing their life with such intensity, kudos to your courage !!!
@sheshu gopal varma,@sheshu sena reddy, @shushe, @pulisheshu
wow wow wow wow…ahaa entha baagundho….ika pettuko raa anni permutations and combinations tho usernames ni
@hi all
Comments 265,266,267 and 268 were not posted by me.. some motherfukcer posted above comments.. i am really disappointed the way blog is going.. many many bugs in this fukcing site
@surap
bhai this wordpress sites login can be easily cracked bhai…just change ur password and make it strog bhai urs may be weak……….just click lost password before logging in …it will mail u new password which is strong enough just modify it and use
FOR LAZY PPL LIKE ME WHO DONT HAVE PATIENCE TO READ…
AYAN RAND
HOWARD ROARKS SPEECH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7oZ9yWqO4
Hey Rgv How r u man.Great pics of RC.The one wich had the guy burning was extremely disturbing.I enjoyed it.It was horrifying mopre than ur horror films.I think we r in for a treat with RC with the likes of Sushant singh,Thanikellabharani(Great Talent)(The guy who played Nanaji in Shiva(Telugu) to perfection.He has gone to the range of getting habituated to paan for the charatcter.And Asish Vidyarthi. These people are a different lot who can actually act rather than ytring to act.Great casting man.
Who is the casting director for ur films?Is that u?
Awating RC with baited breath even if it takes another 4 months.
Would have loved to see JD Chakravarthi,Jagapathibabu in RC.Both have tremendous intensity in their eyes.Jd rather behaves in a certain given character rather than act.If anybody tries to act it luks artificial but if he behaves then it shows naturally.
“JD behaves in character he doesn’t act”-RGV(said by rgv longtime back)
This statement is enough to indicate that JD is a natural actor.
Pain at the end of life is inescapably interwoven with, and often amplified by, multiple levels of emotional and spiritual angst as the inevitability of death looms. Fear, a potent pain magnifier, is the dominant emotion — fear of pain, fear of death, fear of the unknown.
It is commonly believed that people at the end of life fear pain even more than they fear death. Sadly, for many dying patients, pain seems like the ultimate torment, and death is its cure. It does not have to be this way, and if you or a loved one is facing death, you have every right to ask that your final days not be consumed by pain.
Fear is just one of the powerful emotions in the mix. Dying patients are often prey to a host of anxieties about the state of their affairs, about the fate of those who will grieve their loss, and about how their behavior will be seen, and possibly judged, during their final hours. And of course, there are often deep spiritual and religious questions to address. Did my life have meaning? Will my soul survive my body? Am I at peace with myself, my family, and my friends?
Not least of all these concerns, people at the end of life worry about how their pain will be managed. Will they be under medicated and have to ask, or even beg for relief? Will they be overmedicated and lose consciousness during their precious waning days and hours?
They may even be afraid to complain. If they do, will they be seen as whiners or quitters? If they ask for narcotics, will they be judged by their doctors as drug seeking, or even cowardly? Or will their medical care be relegated to comfort measures only, while all efforts to cure their illness are suspended?
One of the most universal fears is dying alone or being emotionally abandoned. Whether from a feeling of helplessness or aversion, caregivers may spend less time with someone who is dying or neglect to offer simple human comfort, like holding someone’s hand or sitting with them for a moment. Dying patients who sense reluctance and avoidance feel abandoned and rejected. The cloud of imminent death casts a shadow of abandonment at a time when a person needs to feel connected and loved
namastey surap bhai and autojaani bhai kaise ho.surap aap ka kaam kaisey chal raha hai.samajh gaye naa.bhijaadiya kya????????????
RGV,
re: HOWARD ROARKS SPEECH
dont u think its sounding ignorant, childish , selfish , mean and narrow minded ?
Nature or god or whatever creator , as A part of overall show called LIFE creates scientists at different times to create THINGS for ppl and run the show…but if scientist creates “things” silently and realizes it can be created and chooses not to reveal it to ppl coz he beleives in individualism on the grounds that “a man’s right to exists for his own sake”…then it doesnt make sense regarding the purpose of his birth…Nature has put us on earth as to support life and run the show right ?? but not to live completly independantly …
Yes , like howark said many things are “invented” by individuals but there are lot of things that are invented by collective brains… He says there is nothing called collective brain…but why is concept of brain storming for problem solving so successful ?
isnt the world a puppet show run by supreme creator and we all different characters introduced to play different roles…scientist also have their roles…. and their “ideas” are actually not “their” ideas but nature’s moves …infact they are tools used by nature to run the show
nature creates thought creators and thought followers as package …
nature creates musician and fans as package…..
nature creates makers and users as package…
the same way it created man and woman as package…
the same way it created tiger and deer as package
the same way it created cat are rat as package…
if you take real life example for some people individualism is the way ……
For some others collectivism is the way ..
MUSIC EXAMPLE:
Ilayaraja = creating music by INDIVIDUALISM
ar rahman = creating music by INDIVIDUALISM and also by COLLECTIVISM
Both ways good music is “created”…
ilayaraja claims i am the creator,
Ar rahman claims am a tool and supreme creator is the actual reason…
keep aside who is right and who is wrong
both ways music is “created”…hence INDIVIDUALISM and COLLECTIVISM is just subjective
“END RESULT MATTERS”…
@ manchu sheshu
please ee okka user name vaddu inkemanna pettuko…aa family ante ne padadhu…..
@shehsu
technical brilliance of r n murthy….roflmao
@ manchu sheshu
ippudu naa email ni kuda hack chedamani plan chesaava…baabu nannu vadiley
askubusku3@gmail.com
It seems Sheshu ..has become..Celebrity in this blog…
having more fans than RGV.. ;)
@325 wtf??? malli hack chesaavaa? nannu vadiley ra babu
hi rgv wassup?
this is my first comment on this blog
hi sheshu
@all
wat the hell is this
after logging in at http://rgvzoomin.com/wp-admin/profile.php
in this there is are 2 options nickname and displayname….the nickname is accepting whatever user name we are giving and by choosing this as displayname watever nickname has been entered will be displayed as our user id publicly…….wtf????
all these days i have been fooled altogether by believing that my id is being hacked
and i even suggested people to make their passwords stronger….poorthi ga yedava ni ayipoyaa
Ramu ,
Do u knw malaysian pretty singer SITI NURHALIZA ? what do u think of her ??
Ramu bhai,
y the film industry is only in few people s hands. ? how did u manage to go against
the film biggies?
It seems like a normal guy cannot enter the industry . all the cinema theatres are in
their hands… wats sort of capitalism do we call it?
How to become a MAVERICK like u?
@337
i have just expressed my feelings thats all lite le ….grammar mistake aithe kshaminchu arthame tappu anukunte manninchu ;)
My greatest fear is that one day you’d realize that blogging is boring and so are its followers and shut your shop!
Are sub-plots a must and should in movies? wats ur opinion on sub-plots in a movie???
if you are ramgopal 21,will you visit this blog rgvzoomin.com
RGV
AS YOU ARE A CIVIL ENGINEER BY QUALIFICATION HAS IT ANYTHING TO GET ATTRACTED TO AYN RAND COZ SHE GLORIFIED ARCHITECTS.
MY GUT FEELING IS UR FRIEND SATYENDRA MIGHT HAVE GOT INFLUENCED TO AYN RAND COZ OF HER GLORIFICATION OF ARCHITECTS IN FOUNTAIN HEAD
THIS MAY SOUND SILLY TO YOU
BUT U SEE SOME UNDERLYING SERIOUSNESS IN SILLY THOUGHTS ,DOUBTS AND COMMENTS
RGV
my feeling is HAD AYNRAND GLORIFIED PAINTING OR SOME OTHER ART IN FOUNTAINHEAD AND USED PETER KEATING AND HOWARD ROARK AS PAINTERS
UR FRIEND SATYENDRA MIGHT NOT HAVE GOT INFLUENCED BY AYNRAND AND INFLUNCED U TO FOLOW AYN RANDS BOOKS
ITS JUST AN INTERPRETATION BUT MIGHT BE WRONG LIKE YOUR FILM AGYAAT
@Seshu
you are all the way spoiling the real spirit of this blog.. I am very sorry to say this… but i know well you are the only one person behind this bullshit business.. Please do not repeat it…
Stop blowing your own trumpet , or its just for the publicity of “RAKTA CHARITRA”…. checked all the pic , very promising .realy love it …. seems RGV is back with a bang !!
Ramu , Can you plz tell us about the last scene of Sarkar , how you synchronize it with a single shot — the dialogue & the video , which ends with the word ” Sarkar” …….
Ramu – I’m planning to start Indian version of Mad Magazine. With all your fame and star buzz, will you help me promote it?
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met??????
RGV
I feel ur article on treating failure and success as intent and accident is nothing but ur own derivation from ARISTOTLES theroy of CHANCE AND SPONTANEITY
all those western philosophers theories look like the greatest theories but they are nothing but simple common sense which was explained in a simplified way by CHANAKYA .
Just try out CHANAKYAs theories
@madeinandhra,
Chanakya was an able administrator..not a spiritual person..he was in the same category as Confucious..both these guys or guys in the same group are just playing around with their thoughts..or rather they are concerned with the things of the mind…and so is the case with the so called great philosophers from west who seems to have greatly influenced Mr.RAMU…you can write endless mind boggling complicated theories about everything…i mean everything..and moving in circles…consequently this has an amazing intellectual appeal..but it never penetrates your being and brings about a change in your consciousness..
it is so easy to understand why Mr.RAMU is also influenced by AYN RAND…
they have never tried to go beyond the mind…and beyond the mind lies the real thing…as long as u r looking through the prism of mind..at things..your perception is highly distorted…infact mind is the only barrier which separates man and GOD…
as soon as you can still your mind..the reality is revealed immediately..and this can be acheived in ordinary human activities…the mundane activity being sex…in sex when you have orgasm..their is a momentary lapse of no-mind state…and this no-mind state brings you tremendous joy..correct word being BLISS…( this is only infinitesimal )..as joy has sadness ..and that is reason why their is so much hankering for sex…by us..
all the true meditation techniques achieve to perpetuate this same mental state..infact their wont be a mental state but no-mind state….
What is the release date?
SCENE #2 — BEGIN
EXT. EMPTY PLOT – DAY
Measuring tape as is unwinding. The other end of the tape leads to a SURVEYER who is taking notes. A screeching car tires noise (off screen) interrupts him. He turns to the car — it stops at the corner of the empty plot. This plot is in a posh residential area.
Star RAVAN KALYAN gets out of the car and walks towards the corner of the plot. He is still in karate uniform with saddled college bag onto his shoulder. Around 5 (10 times less than 50) goons are seated in the parked bikes. None move or acknowledge him.
RAVAN smacks down the SURVEYER’s book. Two goons walks to him.
RAVAN
(to the goons)
Plot’la nudi…
(circles the index finger to indicating them to vacant)
The TALL-GOON slowly places right hand in his kurtha’s pocket. This alerts RAVAN. The 3 goons in the rear steps down from the parked bikes. The TALL-GOON steps forward. RAVAN spreads his legs and makes a karate pose at the goons. The TALL-GOON brings out a cell phone and dials.
SCENE #2 — END
Anil can be reached –> satyaneal@yahoo.com
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Puri Jagannath is said to be planning to direct a Hindi movie with Amitabh bachchan..
..is it true..
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I really want to see you participating in open discussion forum with spontaneous people like Raghu (i.e. from MTV Roadies), Taran Adarsh, Harsha Bhogle, Mahesh Bhatt, Lalu Prasad Yadav etc.. etc.. discussing about some weird topic.
I want to see how confident you speak and convince us before these people. I am very sure that you will fall flat before these people in just 10 minutes.
Any thing about Pawan kalyan in this Movie
or did u hear any incident relating to Pawan kalyan from the people whom you met???????
@cosmic_mind,
boss can u just explain what u wrote above in just 2 simple sentences
Hi Ramu sir
Nice to read My history…liked it to be… best wishes.
megham
Why not a native Telugu actor(s) and actress(s) to represent the lead characters of the movie?
what camera is this ? sexy pics.
just my opinion :
1) no matter what language (telugu, tamil or hindi) – no body can match vivek oberoi’s for this kind of concept. Im saying this after observing your direction so very closely on him, in company.
2) i read somewhere that someone else is going to cast the role of paritala in telugu and tamil, if thats true then that would be a costly mistake.
bcoz
for your movies the set audience have been fixed forever already…and that doesnt depend on who acts in your movies, esp. in telugu. They are very good at accepting good films no matter who acts (anand, happy days, kotha bangaaru lokam are a few examples).
if it is a RGV movie…and if it is good…the remaining or the other sets of audience will addup slowly…
So heroes doesnt matter and no one else can match vivek’s intensity i suppose. They will only reduce the intensity of vivek’s.
I bet telugu/tamil audience would love watching vivek aggression more than anyone else.
this column of urs provides enough publicity…no doubt…hope it doesn raise audience expectations a bit too much.
yes, snaps are so promising, casting shows the sincerity of the film…hmmm btw who is she in those last photos…
i want love to listen to your explanation on three scenes…
1) the scene in KAUN where urmila sits on the terrace wall (climax) with legs on either side of the wall and swings slightly and sings la lal alalllaa laal ,etc…that SHOT…what is the inspiration of that…that sends a chill in anybody’s spine…that one glimpse taken from far away road that some girl sitting on a high terrace wall….some one watching from a far away road…huh….so frightening and entertaining…
2) vivek was so desparate to kill the police inspector and still control his temper and begging for ajay devgan’s permission…and ajay thinks for a sec and says chalo marlo (udale…something)….i saw company for this scene so many times….so very macho scene….ur comments on this ?
3) nagarjuna’s style, heroism, characterization and bodylanguage…in ANTHAM…from where u got this kind of inspiration…ur comments on it ? i dont know how this movie failed.
NamasteSir,
When a true story is chosen, and you are not involved, a various layer of truth arises.It is very difficult to reach the nearest truth and very risky to characterized.
Characters in your film are like brilliant surface of a deep pool . They are Silent , THEY SHOW A LIFE with their appearance.They always make you a Master, THE MASTER OF REAL SUBJECT, and we believe.
Not only Telugu film industry but we all , fan of yours waiting for your great change.
Manisha samal (odissa)
Hi Ram ,these are damn good stills,I do not know if you have a reason in movie ,but I never saw a factionist wearing all branded costume from stylish haircut to woodland shoes.
the other still where a man was burning you should have used a closed fire proof bandage for hands instead of fireproof gloves.
The frame through factionist legs is awesome..kudos I love to see suriya stills too.
Thanks!!
I wish I had assisted you for this movie.
I dream to be on the set when such a movie is made.
Hi Ramu
I am writing on any blog for the first time, I had few encounters with this subject in my past through my own research about the conflict of suri and ravi. Since I am fascinated by the motives of the factions and the psychological compulsion of those involved.
No wonder this is the right subject which can make you(us) excited with different shades of protagonists and antagonists in the “drama”, as you like to call it.
I think people who have a horrendous imagination and fear for things like “Chambal” would least know about this cold blood power struggle in faction districts of rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh.In fact it has an history of more than five hundred year rooting from Vijayanagar empire and the village chieftains etc…
MY point is, I am eager to see HOW :
1.You are going to handle and present the neutral perspective what you thinks as “nearest truth”.
2.You are going to manage the brutal chapters of the story. killings or whatsoever
4. you portray the political impetus/patronage given to the both rival sides at those times (as you and all know both of sides belong to two politically rival sects as well and the rivals families were once at good terms during their parents generation)… i am taking the political element , since with out rightly showing that element , RC would be half said. But I hope there shall be no political objections later on.
5. This subject of Rakta Charitra is even more complex than Sarkar (Power*politics*Business, you showed the raise and regime of one man and his empire)
in my view Rakta Charitra (Pride*power*force*politics*vengeance*famine*Naxals*land reforms) is
one subject although “Indian and little known out of Andhra” which has all the dimensions parallel to the mafioso and vendettas way back in 1900s in Italy and US…..as they call “Men of Respect” …. the factionists in Rayalaseema took themselves as “Men of Respect” and had cruel & crushing Autonomy that is beyond any defiance
.I am really sure , “Ramu !you should have got that Guts and nerve to perceive and bring this subject to the celluloid. We are awaiting an Indian movie which we can see countless times like “The Godfather”
I would love to have a Trilogy on this subject from You who I think only could make it .
I wish you don’t settle for a single part regarding this subject……Krishna Vamsee tried to portray the things wonderful in Anthapuram. But its a different perspective/narration of that woman and child.
By the way! the pics are really good and causing much excitement,. The dressing is close to reality.The poor lady (wife of that Engineer, if I am right from my reminiscence of my previous reading on this subject) and Obul reddy ….this once shot/picture shows how deep you are into the subject……As you always say! leave it to Intelligent levels of your fans/critics to see what they say about your “career defining” Rakta Charitra
To people who are awaiting RC
Friends, please give a reading or ask people from “Rayalaseema” in Andhra about the characters and incidents in that film before you make any judgment of the film or this subject.
In a state like Andhra one should have the Guts and deep understanding to take such a subject. Let us leave judging RGV as about what “Message” he could give through this film. For me, I would chill up and grab couple of beers to watch Raka Charitra.
please be careful with the BG score
wishing you lots of motivated time on “RC” sets.
Greetings from Europe.
now a days there lots of changes in telugu audience they will welcome your storys I hope Raktha charitra will prove that
So plz make the film as gud as Hindi don’t leave or cut any scene
Very much impressed with pics of Rakta Charitra… It doesnt seem loud of extra close ups on face.. but very much similar to his movies prior Company… Really hoping well for this movie…
@58 crazy_kiran
Right said bro! for andhra & rayalaseema ppl,
agression is style …
fighting is a pride…
ego is drive..
highly flammable emotions are ornaments…
They live in a delusionary false world which is far far away from the one existing. These delusions were so wild that they started showing their superiority complex over telanganites who believe in reality and respect and manners. That is the main reason for the divide between them and the Telanganites who are trying to gain statehood to get rid of these egos. T