RGV Blog

1. I did not like this “last time I was scared” post. Ans: Jaani, to start with I don’t post anything here for you or anyone else to like it. I do it because I felt like posting it at that point of time and I myself might dislike it more than you at some [...]

It was 3’O’clock in the night. I just returned from a late night shoot of “Bhoot” to my apartment on the 8th floor. As I got into the bed and was trying to sleep I suddenly had a feeling that Manjeet the ghost in “Bhoot” was behind the cupboard near the wall. I felt my [...]

1. Did no Telugu director or Telugu writer ever influence you? Ans: Dasari Narayan Rao and K.Vishwanath influenced me as directors with “Chillarakottu Chitemma” and “Siva Ranjani”, “Shankarabharanam” and “Sagara Sangamam” respectivelyt. Muppala Ranga Nayakamma the novelist influenced me tremendously through her book “Ramayana Vishavriksham”. 2. How do you prepare an actor for a character? [...]

1. Would Howard Roark read Fountainhead? Ans: That’s a damn intelligent question Bhanu, I can’t imagine Roark ever reading a book because he himself is an embodiment of a thought process that arose from an intellectual analysis of the knowledge gathered by Ayn Rand through her reading of every book back then that was ever [...]

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1. When will you take me out for dinner? Ans: If you are man I would rather have a vodka with you, and if you are a woman I would rather stay in with you. 2. How about casting Nana as Ravi? Ans: How about keeping your suggestions to yourself? 3. Did you ever go [...]

1. Do you keep changing your directorial approach like for instance, post Naach till Sarkar Raj I see a difference? Ans: Directorial approach largely depends on the theme of the film and the characters I am dealing with. 2. In Sarkar how were the killings of Selvar Mani, Vishram and Rashid countsructed? Ans: In real [...]

1. What is death? Ans: Will let you know as soon as I die. 2. Bastard you are really a genius. Ans: Well. I wish Satya thought the same. 3. I think you are bored, lonely and just want to show off. Ans: You are right on the third charge. 4. Do you really think [...]

Years ago I was involved in a train accident, while travelling from Hyderabad to Naraspur for the shooting of ‘Prema katha’, which resulted in around 17 deaths. It was one of the most dramatic, comic and tragic experiences of my life. I was sleeping on the upper berth in a First Class cabin, when I [...]

Right from my childhood I had a fascination for tough guys. I used to look up to the bullies in school as they were my earliest exposure to violent power which slowly graduated to street toughs. When I was doing my B.Tech in Siddharth Engg.College in Vijayawada I had a pretty tough guy reputation. The [...]