RGV Blog

Ram Gopal Varma’s Blogsite & Lifestream

Tag archive for ‘company’

My Reactions to Reactions

1.What are your views on getting married? Ans: It is as bad and as avoidable as doing business in partnership. 2. Are you a judgmental person? Ans: I hate Judges. 3. I would call your blog “Confessions of a dangerous mind”. What say? Ans: I would call it “Confessions of truthful mind”. But then truth [...]


Tagged as , , , , , , , , + Categorized as My Take, Reactions

The Psychological aspect of BackGround Music

I was always fascinated with Background Music. I saw the film “ALIEN” 17 times in Vijayawada, Urvashi theatre, out of which at least 3 of the shows I just shut my eyes so that the visual won’t disturb my concentration on the music. I used to take in a tape-recorder in a bag to record [...]


Tagged as , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , + Categorized as Entertainment, Film

Memories of the Cycle chain

.. It’s amazing for me the sheer number of people the way they remember the impact that “Shiva” had on them. Recently I was travelling from Hyderabad to Vizag and after a few minutes into the flight the passenger next to me asked me who I was as he felt that I looked familiar. When [...]


Tagged as , , , , , , , , , + Categorized as Entertainment, Film, My Life

The SOUND of SILENCE

Lot of people tell me that the sound in Bhoot was very frightening. But it’s actually the silence which comes before that which makes any sound effective especially in the scary film genre. Apart from camera work and background music, sound obviously plays the most important role in creating a state of heightened tension. Irrespective [...]


Tagged as , , , , , , , , + Categorized as Entertainment, Film

The CAMERA as a PEN

The language of a camera primarily is broken in compositions and movements which largely dependent on the placement of actors.


Tagged as , , , , , , , , , , , + Categorized as Film

Bad “Company”

Somewhere in 2000 I happened to be in the company of a man called Haneef at some producer’s house. Haneef was the owner of Magnum Video, was in jail in the serial blast case for 5 years and also reportedly very close to Dawood.


Tagged as , , , , , , , + Categorized as Film