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{{Short description|Indian film director, screenwriter and producer}}
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| name              = Ram Gopal Varma
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| caption            = Ram Gopal Varma in September 2012
| caption            = Varma in September 2012
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|04|07}}<!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.-->
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|04|07}}<!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.-->
| birth_place        = [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| birth_place        = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| alma_mater        = [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College]]
| alma_mater        = [[Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College]]
| occupation        = [[Film director|Director]] and [[Film producer|Producer]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[Film producer]]}}
| spouse            = Ratna (divorced)
| spouse            = Ratna (divorced)
| children          = 1
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| relatives          = [[Madhu Mantena]] (cousin)
| relatives          = [[Madhu Mantena]] (cousin)
| website            =  
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| birthname          = Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma<ref>{{Cite web|last=India|first=The Hans|date=2020-07-18|title=My Wife's Murder: This RGV film failed to excite his fans in 2005|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/bollywood/my-wifes-murder-this-rgv-film-failed-to-excite-his-fans-in-2005-634346|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
| birthname          = Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-07-25|date=2020-07-18|language=en|title=My Wife's Murder: This RGV film failed to excite his fans in 2005|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/bollywood/my-wifes-murder-this-rgv-film-failed-to-excite-his-fans-in-2005-634346|website=Thehansindia.com}}</ref>
| yearsactive        = 1989–present
| yearsactive        = 1989–present
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'''Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma''' (born 7 April 1962), is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi]], and [[Kannada]] language films, in addition to television.<ref name="iffi.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1998Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1998.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|work=iffi.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2006/Ram_Gopal_Varma%20.htm|title=IndianGoodfellas|work=americancinematheque.com}}</ref><ref name="gunsandthighs.com">http://www.gunsandthighs.com/#director</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/rgvs-new-web-series-guns-and-thighs-talk-about-the-time-of-mafia-in-mumbai/articleshow/58870549.cms | title=RGV's new web-series 'Guns and Thighs' talk about the time of Mafia in Mumbai - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> Varma directed films across multiple genres, including [[parallel cinema]] and [[docudrama]] noted for their gritty [[realism (arts)|realism]], technical finesse, and craft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Veerappan-Going-to-Hollywood/2016/01/13/article3224773.ece|title=Veerappan Going to Hollywood|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-don-t-think-cinema-in-Rs-100-crore-terms-RGV/Article1-933638.aspx |title=I don't think cinema in Rs 100 crore terms: RGV |work=Hindustan Times |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Aparna Phadke, TNN 2 May 2012, 02.43&nbsp;pm IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-02/news-interviews/31537594_1_rgv-muse-nathalia-kaur |title=Me, RGV's muse? Out of question: Nathalia Kaur |work=The Times of India |date=2 May 2012 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fefB3eMm24 |title=LOVE2HateU – 15th January 2012 – RGV and Ritesh Deshmukh |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age [[Indian cinema]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040606/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="indiatvnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rgv-associates-wants-him-back--14042.html|title=RGV's associates want him back in action|work=India TV News|date=5 May 2014 }}</ref><ref name="dailyo.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/arts/ram-gopal-varma-killing-veerappan-satya-company-bollywood-underworld/story/1/4889.html|title=How Ram Gopal Varma gave Bollywood its best gangsters|work=dailyo.in}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/07/30/ram-gopal-varma-revolutionizing-indian-film-industry-flow-cam-technology-now-auctioning-distribution-rights/|title=Ram Gopal Varma revolutionizing Indian film industry: flow-cam technology, now auctioning distribution rights|work=The American Bazaar|date=30 July 2014 }}</ref> Varma received the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[screenwriter|scripting]] the political crime drama, ''[[Shool]]'' (1999).<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
In 2004, he was featured in the [[BBC World News|BBC World]] series ''Bollywood Bosses''.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|title=A filmmaker is like a journalist |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3932985.stm|publisher=BBC|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=29 July 2004}}</ref><ref>http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/gaayam_retro0909_printer.php</ref> In 2006, Grady Hendrix of [[Film Comment]], published by the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]] cited Varma as "Bombay’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on [[experimental film]]s.<ref name="Film Society of Lincoln Center">{{cite web|title=Against the Grain: Grady Hendrix on Bombay's most successful maverick|publisher=[[Film Society of Lincoln Center]]|date=September–October 2006|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/against-the-grain-ram-gopal-varma/|accessdate=22 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2006/06/18/good-varma-from-india/|title=GOOD VARMA FROM INDIA|work=New York Post|date=18 June 2006 }}</ref><ref name="indiatvnews.com"/><ref name="dailyo.in"/><ref name="auto2"/>


Varma is known for presenting the [[Sarkar (film series)|Indian Political Trilogy]], and the [[Gangster (film series)|Indian Gangster Trilogy]]; film critic Rajeev Masand had labelled the series as one of the "most influential movies of Hindi cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-contract-mangled-mess-of-satya-company/69135-8.html|title=Masand's Verdict: ''Contract'', mangled mess of ''Satya'', ''Company''|work=CNN-News18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?227527|title=Behind The Scenes - Rachel Dwyer - May 30, 2005|work=outlookindia.com}}</ref><ref name="The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071216/spectrum/main11.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|work=tribuneindia.com}}</ref> The first installment of the trilogy, [[Satya (1998 film)|''Satya'']], was also listed in [[CNN-IBN]]'s 100 greatest [[Indian films]] of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time|work=IBNLive}}</ref> Varma's recent [[avant-garde]] works include hits such as the dramatised re-enactment of "Rayalaseema factionism" in ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), the "[[2008 Mumbai attacks]]" in ''[[The Attacks of 26/11]]'' (2013), the "[[Operation Cocoon]]" in ''[[Killing Veerappan]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ram-gopal-vermas-veerappan-creating-ripples-in-south-india/1/562583.html|title=Ram Gopal Verma's Veerappan creating ripples in south India|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Sakshi">{{cite web|title=మంచి ఐడియాతో తీస్తే... 'ఐస్‌క్రీమ్'లా ఆర్థిక లాభాలు!|date=17 July 2014 |url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/ramgopal-varma-directed-by-ice-cream-film-financial-benefits-in-film-industry-149014|publisher=Sakshi|accessdate=22 August 2014}}</ref> and the "Vijayawada riots" in ''[[Vangaveeti (film)|Vangaveeti]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/vangaveeti-ram-gopal-varma-s-latest-film-is-his-most-violent-work/story-h9cFJPH8lvTQfolZ9mZMjN.html|title=Vangaveeti: Ram Gopal Varma's latest film is his most violent work|date=23 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/flow-cam-technology-for-the-first-time-in-asia-rgv-news-telugu-ogssBkicijbcj.html|title=Flow Cam technology for the first time in Asia: RGV|work=Sify}}</ref>
'''Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma''' (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials '''RGV''', is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in [[Telugu cinema]] in addition to [[Bollywood|Hindi]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] language films, and television.<ref name="iffi.nic.in">*{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1998Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1998.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=Iffi.nic.in}}*{{cite web|url=http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2006/Ram_Gopal_Varma%20.htm|title=IndianGoodfellas|work=americancinematheque.com|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702070149/http://americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2006/Ram_Gopal_Varma%20.htm|url-status=dead}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.gunsandthighs.com/#director |title=Guns and Thighs - an Original Series by RGV |access-date=28 May 2017 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526090054/http://www.gunsandthighs.com/#director |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/rgvs-new-web-series-guns-and-thighs-talk-about-the-time-of-mafia-in-mumbai/articleshow/58870549.cms | title=RGV's new web-series 'Guns and Thighs' talk about the time of Mafia in Mumbai – Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> Varma has directed films across multiple genres, including [[parallel cinema]] and [[docudrama]] noted for their gritty [[realism (arts)|realism]], technical finesse, and craft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Veerappan-Going-to-Hollywood/2016/01/13/article3224773.ece|title=Veerappan Going to Hollywood|work=The New Indian Express}}
*{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-don-t-think-cinema-in-Rs-100-crore-terms-RGV/Article1-933638.aspx |title=I don't think cinema in Rs 100 crore terms: RGV |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=22 September 2012 |archive-date=23 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923153759/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-don-t-think-cinema-in-Rs-100-crore-terms-RGV/Article1-933638.aspx |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite news |author=Aparna Phadke |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-02/news-interviews/31537594_1_rgv-muse-nathalia-kaur |title=Me, RGV's muse? Out of question: Nathalia Kaur |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019051803/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-02/news-interviews/31537594_1_rgv-muse-nathalia-kaur |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fefB3eMm24 |title=LOVE2HateU – 15th January 2012 – RGV and Ritesh Deshmukh |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age [[Indian cinema]],<ref> * {{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040606/spectrum/main1.htm|title=Bollywood's new badshah|website=Tribuneindia.com|access-date=21 July 2022}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rgv-associates-wants-him-back--14042.html|title=RGV's associates want him back in action|work=India TV News|date=5 May 2014 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/arts/ram-gopal-varma-killing-veerappan-satya-company-bollywood-underworld/story/1/4889.html|title=How Ram Gopal Varma gave Bollywood its best gangsters|work=dailyo.in}}
*{{cite news|url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/07/30/ram-gopal-varma-revolutionizing-indian-film-industry-flow-cam-technology-now-auctioning-distribution-rights/|title=Ram Gopal Varma revolutionizing Indian film industry: flow-cam technology, now auctioning distribution rights|work=The American Bazaar|date=30 July 2014 }}</ref>
he was featured in the [[BBC World News|BBC World]] series ''Bollywood Bosses'' in 2004.<ref name=autogenerated1>*{{cite news|title=A filmmaker is like a journalist |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3932985.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 September 2011|date=29 July 2004}}</ref><ref> {{Cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/gaayam_retro0909_printer.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 August 2015 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003002930/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/gaayam_retro0909_printer.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2006, Grady Hendrix of [[Film Comment]], published by the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]] cited Varma as "Bombay's Most Successful Maverick" for his works on [[experimental film]]s.<ref name="Film Society of Lincoln Center">*{{cite web|title=Against the Grain: Grady Hendrix on Bombay's most successful maverick|publisher=[[Film Society of Lincoln Center]]|date=September–October 2006|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/against-the-grain-ram-gopal-varma/|access-date=22 February 2009}}
*{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2006/06/18/good-varma-from-india/|title=GOOD VARMA FROM INDIA|work=New York Post|date=18 June 2006 }}</ref><ref name="indiatvnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rgv-associates-wants-him-back--14042.html|title=RGV's associates want him back in action|work=India TV News|date=5 May 2014 }}</ref><ref name="dailyo.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/arts/ram-gopal-varma-killing-veerappan-satya-company-bollywood-underworld/story/1/4889.html|title=How Ram Gopal Varma gave Bollywood its best gangsters|work=dailyo.in}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite news|url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/07/30/ram-gopal-varma-revolutionizing-indian-film-industry-flow-cam-technology-now-auctioning-distribution-rights/|title=Ram Gopal Varma revolutionizing Indian film industry: flow-cam technology, now auctioning distribution rights|work=The American Bazaar|date=30 July 2014 }}</ref>


Starting his career as a [[civil engineer]], he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path-breaking [[crime thriller]], ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]'' (1989) screened at the 13th [[International Film Festival of India]], and has won Varma, the state [[Nandi Awards]] for [[Nandi Award for Best Director|Best direction]], [[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best first film of a director]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]].<ref name="Directorate of Film Festival">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |publisher=Iffi.nic.in |accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref> Subsequently, the film was included in [[CNN-IBN]]'s list of 100 greatest [[Indian films]] of all time.<ref name="IBNLive">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time-Movies News Photos-IBNLive|work=IBNLive}}</ref> Varma's next movie ''[[Kshana Kshanam]]'' (1991) was screened at the [[Ann Arbor Film Festival]]. The [[sleeper hit]] won him another [[Nandi Awards|Nandi Award]] for Best Direction, and the [[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Kshana Kshanam, Pg(503)-Professor of critical Studies-Paul Willemen-2014</ref> The 1993 [[political drama]], ''[[Gaayam]]'' received six state Nandi Awards.  In 1999, he directed ''[[Prema Katha]]'' for which he received his third [[Nandi Award for Best Director]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Starting his career as a [[civil engineer]], he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path-breaking [[crime thriller]], ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]'' (1989) featured at the [[13th International Film Festival of India|13th IFFI' 90]] ''Indian Panorama'' mainstream section, and has won Varma, the state [[Nandi Awards]] for [[Nandi Award for Best Director|Best direction]], [[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best first film of a director]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]].{{Sfn|Chinnarayana|2007|p=54}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Film Festival of India 1990 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420093021/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2016 |access-date=17 April 2016 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> Subsequently, the film was included in [[CNN-IBN]]'s list of 100 greatest [[Indian films]] of all time.<ref name="IBNLive">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time-Movies News Photos-IBNLive|work=IBNLive|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Varma's next directorial was ''[[Kshana Kshanam]]'' (1991), the neo-noir [[Heist film|heist film]] being featured at the [[Ann Arbor Film Festival]], won him another [[Nandi Awards|Nandi Award]] for Best Direction, and the [[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Kshana Kshanam, Pg(503)-Professor of critical Studies-Paul Willemen-2014</ref> The 1993 [[political drama]], ''[[Gaayam]]'' received six state Nandi Awards.  In 1999, he directed ''[[Prema Katha]]'' for which he received his third [[Nandi Award for Best Director]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


==Film career==
Varma is known for directing and presenting [[Pan-Indian film| pan-Indian works]] casting actors across the country, such as the [[Sarkar (film series)|Indian Political Trilogy]], and the [[Gangster (film series)|Indian Gangster Trilogy]]; film critic Rajeev Masand had labelled the latter series as one of the "most influential movies of Indian cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-contract-mangled-mess-of-satya-company/69135-8.html|title=Masand's Verdict: ''Contract'', mangled mess of ''Satya'', ''Company''|work=CNN-News18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?227527|title=Behind The Scenes - Rachel Dwyer - May 30, 2005|work=outlookindia.com}}</ref><ref name="The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071216/spectrum/main11.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|work=tribuneindia.com}}</ref> The first installment of the trilogy, [[Satya (1998 film)|''Satya'']], was also listed in [[CNN-IBN]]'s 100 greatest [[Indian films]] of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time|work=IBNLive|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Varma also received the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[screenwriter|scripting]] the political crime drama, ''[[Shool]]'' (1999).<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref> His recent [[avant-garde]] works include hits such as the dramatised re-enactment of "Rayalaseema factionism" in ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), the "[[2008 Mumbai attacks]]" in ''[[The Attacks of 26/11]]'' (2013), the "[[Operation Cocoon]]" in ''[[Killing Veerappan]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ram-gopal-vermas-veerappan-creating-ripples-in-south-india/1/562583.html|title=Ram Gopal Verma's Veerappan creating ripples in south India|website=Indiatoday.intoday.in}}</ref><ref name="Sakshi">{{cite web|title=మంచి ఐడియాతో తీస్తే... 'ఐస్‌క్రీమ్'లా ఆర్థిక లాభాలు!|date=17 July 2014 |url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/ramgopal-varma-directed-by-ice-cream-film-financial-benefits-in-film-industry-149014|website=Sakshi.com|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> the "Vijayawada riots" in ''[[Vangaveeti (film)|Vangaveeti]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/vangaveeti-ram-gopal-varma-s-latest-film-is-his-most-violent-work/story-h9cFJPH8lvTQfolZ9mZMjN.html|title=Vangaveeti: Ram Gopal Varma's latest film is his most violent work|date=23 December 2016|website=Hindustantimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/flow-cam-technology-for-the-first-time-in-asia-rgv-news-telugu-ogssBkicijbcj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618204751/http://www.sify.com/movies/flow-cam-technology-for-the-first-time-in-asia-rgv-news-telugu-ogssBkicijbcj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2014|title=Flow Cam technology for the first time in Asia: RGV|website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> [[N. T. Rama Rao|N. T. R.]] in ''[[Lakshmi's NTR]]'' (2019), and [[Konda Surekha|Konda politics]] in ''[[Konda (film)|Konda]]'' (2022).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/konda-movie-review-an-unintentionally-hilarious-film/article65556861.ece|title=Ram Gopal Varma's 'Konda review - The Hindu|website=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 June 2022 |last1=Dundoo |first1=Sangeetha Devi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/konda-muralis-close-aide-prashanth-karthi-to-shine-as-naxal-leader-rk-in-rgvs-konda/articleshow/92343627.cms |title=Konda Murali's close aide Prashanth Karthi to shine as Naxal leader RK In RGV's 'Konda' &#124; Telugu Movie News  |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref>
===Early years===
In an interview to ''[[Tehelka]]'', Varma talked about his relationship with his parents and the reasons behind his decision to become a filmmaker.
{{blockquote|From my parents' perspective, I looked like a useless bum. It was the truth. I had no objective. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to study their behaviour. I was most fascinated by the bullies in my classroom. They were like gangsters for me. They had the guts to push around people, do things I couldn't— perhaps did not even want to do myself. But I'd want a friend like that (laughs). I used to adulate them like heroes. That was my first touch with anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle fascination for larger than life people. I was always a loner – not because I was unhappy, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to study myself – the way I am walking, talking, behaving. My constant obsession with studying myself and other people is perhaps the primary motivation for me to be a filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=I need to change my approach to films|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=hub150907ramgopalverma.asp |work=[[Tehelka]] |accessdate=12 September 2011|date=15 September 2007}}</ref>}}


Varma did his schooling at [[St. Mary's High School, Secunderabad]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=varma |first1=ram gopal |title=Dedicated to my first, memorable crush |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140309/entertainment-bollywood/article/dedicated-my-first-memorable-crush |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=9 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref> and completed his BE degree in Civil engineering from [[Velegapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College|V.R. Siddhartha Engineering College]], [[Vijayawada]]. Even during this period, Varma remained a film buff, through his uncle. Varma would skip classes often and watch films instead. He would watch the same film repeatedly "just to watch certain scenes which interested him."<ref>{{cite web|last=Basu|first=Arundhati|title=Don of the big screen|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/weekend/story_4921623.asp |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=2 July 2005}}</ref> According to him, that is how he learned film direction.
==Early life and background==
Varma was born into a Telugu speaking family, and did his schooling at [[St. Mary's High School, Secunderabad]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=varma |first1=ram gopal |title=Dedicated to my first, memorable crush |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140309/entertainment-bollywood/article/dedicated-my-first-memorable-crush |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=9 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref> and completed his BE degree in Civil engineering from [[Velegapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College|V.R. Siddhartha Engineering College]], [[Vijayawada]]. Even during this period, Varma remained a film buff, through his uncle. Varma would skip classes often and watch films instead. He would watch the same film repeatedly "just to watch certain scenes which interested him."<ref>{{cite web|last=Basu|first=Arundhati|title=Don of the big screen|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/weekend/story_4921623.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127004822/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/weekend/story_4921623.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2005 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=12 September 2011|date=2 July 2005}}</ref> According to him, that is how he learned film direction.


After a brief stint as a site engineer for Krishna Oberoi hotel in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], he put his dreams on the back burner and decided to go to Nigeria to make some money. It was at this moment that he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own at [[Ameerpet]] in Hyderabad, through which he slowly developed connections with the film world.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Without being successful as a fourth assistant director in B. Gopal's film ''Collector Gari Abbai'', Varma directly ventured into film direction, with the 1989 Telugu film, ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://70mmonline.com/WatchMovie.aspx?movieid=3279&movieName=Lakshmi%20Talk%20show%20with%20Ramgopal%20Varma|title=Lakshmi Talk Show with Ram Gopal Varma|accessdate=12 September 2011}}</ref>
In an interview to ''[[Tehelka]]'', Varma talked about his relationship with his parents and the reasons behind his decision to become a filmmaker.
{{blockquote|From my parents' perspective, I looked like a useless bum. It was the truth. I had no objective. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to study their behaviour. I was most fascinated by the bullies in my classroom. They were like gangsters for me. They had the guts to push around people, do things I couldn't— perhaps did not even want to do myself. But I'd want a friend like that (laughs). I used to adulate them like heroes. That was my first touch with anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle fascination for larger than life people. I was always a loner – not because I was unhappy, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to study myself – the way I am walking, talking, behaving. My constant obsession with studying myself and other people is perhaps the primary motivation for me to be a filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=I need to change my approach to films|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=hub150907ramgopalverma.asp |work=[[Tehelka]] |access-date=12 September 2011|date=15 September 2007}}</ref>}}


==Film career, craft and style==
After a brief stint as a site engineer for Krishna Oberoi hotel in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], he put his dreams on the back burner and decided to go to Nigeria to make some money. It was at this moment that he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own at [[Ameerpet]] in Hyderabad, through which he slowly developed connections with the film world.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Without being successful as a fourth assistant director in B. Gopal's film ''Collector Gari Abbai'', Varma directly ventured into film direction, with the 1989 Telugu film, ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://70mmonline.com/WatchMovie.aspx?movieid=3279&movieName=Lakshmi%20Talk%20show%20with%20Ramgopal%20Varma|title=Lakshmi Talk Show with Ram Gopal Varma|website=70mmonline.com|access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref>
===International acclaim===
===International acclaim===
Rachel Dwyer, a reader in ''world cinema'' at the [[University of London]]-Department of South Asia, marked Varma's ''Satya'' as an experiment with a new genre, a variation of [[film noir]] that has been called ''Mumbai Noir'', of which Varma is the acknowledged master.<ref name="The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum"/><ref name="dwyer">{{cite news
Rachel Dwyer, a reader in ''world cinema'' at the [[University of London]]-Department of South Asia, marked Varma's ''Satya'' as an experiment with a new genre, a variation of [[film noir]] that has been called ''Mumbai Noir'', of which Varma is the acknowledged master.<ref name="The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum"/><ref name="dwyer">{{cite news
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}}</ref> In 2010, Varma received critical acclaim at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]], [[Switzerland]]; a retrospective of his filmography, highlighting ''Mumbai Noir'' was staged by film critic Edouard Waintrop, a delegate in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] of the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="India Today">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/edouard-waintrop-on-the-new-indian-cinema/1/189357.html |title=Edouard Waintrop on the New Indian Cinema : UP Front – India Today |work=India Today |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="David">{{cite web|author=David|title=The Films of Ram Gopal Varma – An Overview|publisher=Cinema Strikes Back|date=16 June 2006|url=http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1202|accessdate=22 February 2009}}</ref> ''Satya'' and ''Company'', in particular, were cited by British director [[Danny Boyle]] as influences on his [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the [[Indian mafia|Mumbai underworld]]", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.<ref>{{cite web|author=Amitava Kumar|title=Slumdog Millionaire's Bollywood Ancestors|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=23 December 2008|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors.html|accessdate=4 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lisa Tsering|title='Slumdog' Director Boyle Has 'Fingers Crossed' for Oscars|publisher=IndiaWest|date=29 January 2009|url=http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DGA nominees borrow from the masters: Directors cite specific influences for their films|author=Anthony Kaufman|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=29 January 2009|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=contenders&id=director&articleid=VR1117999259&cs=1|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref>
}}</ref> In 2010, Varma received critical acclaim at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]], [[Switzerland]]; a retrospective of his filmography, highlighting ''Mumbai Noir'' was staged by film critic Edouard Waintrop, a delegate in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] of the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="India Today">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/edouard-waintrop-on-the-new-indian-cinema/1/189357.html |title=Edouard Waintrop on the New Indian Cinema : UP Front – India Today |work=India Today |date=18 May 2012 |access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="David">{{cite web|author=David|title=The Films of Ram Gopal Varma – An Overview|publisher=Cinema Strikes Back|date=16 June 2006|url=http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1202|access-date=22 February 2009}}</ref> ''Satya'' and ''Company'', in particular, were cited by British director [[Danny Boyle]] as influences on his [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the [[Indian mafia|Mumbai underworld]]", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.<ref>{{cite web|author=Amitava Kumar|title=Slumdog Millionaire's Bollywood Ancestors|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=23 December 2008|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors.html|access-date=4 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lisa Tsering|title='Slumdog' Director Boyle Has 'Fingers Crossed' for Oscars|publisher=IndiaWest|date=29 January 2009|url=http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5|access-date=30 January 2009|archive-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302235319/http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DGA nominees borrow from the masters: Directors cite specific influences for their films|author=Anthony Kaufman|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=29 January 2009|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=contenders&id=director&articleid=VR1117999259&cs=1|access-date=30 January 2009}}</ref>


In 2005, Varma directed the [[The Godfather|Godfatheresque]]-[[Sarkar (2005 film)|''Sarkar'']], another super-hit thriller inspired by the life of [[Bal Thackeray]] and [[North India]]n politics, which was screened to special mention at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]], along with its sequel ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'', which premiered at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] and the [[9th IIFA Awards|9th IIFA World Premiere-Bangkok]], and was archived at the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Pictures library]].<ref name="David"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-biggies-bet-big-on-cannes-1164120|title=Bollywood biggies bet big on Cannes|work=dna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2008/05/23/bollywood_news_sarkar_cannes_feature.shtml|title=BBC - Shropshire - Entertainment - Sarkar Raj unveiled at Cannes|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarkar Raj makes it to the Academy of Motion Pictures library |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/08/02/11750/index.html |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=9 August 2011 |date=2 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/bangkok-for-2008-iifa-awards|title=Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards|work=DESIblitz|date=31 May 2008 }}</ref> In 2013, he directed a [[docudrama]], ''[[The Attacks of 26/11]]'', showcased to critical acclaim at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], in the Panorama as well as the Competition section,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/the-attacks-of-2611-review/ |title=The Attacks of 26/11 Movie Review |date=March 2013 |publisher=Koimoi.com |accessdate=6 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-attacks-of-2611-ram-gopal-varmas-film-gets-selected-for-berlin-film-festival/313098-8-66.html|title='The Attacks of 26/11' selected for Berlin film fest|work=IBNLive}}</ref> and was premièred at [[Films Division of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/aug/310812-RGV-to-recreate-Taj-Hotel-for-his-26-11-film.htm |title=RGV to recreate Taj Hotel for his 26/11 film |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=31 August 2012 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Advani-praises-RGV-s-The-Attacks-of-26-11-advocates-Parliament-screening/Article1-1018841.aspx |title=Advani praises RGV's The Attacks of 26/11, advocates Parliament screening |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2013-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Critics-review-The-Attacks-of-26-11-find-it-watchable/Article1-1019373.aspx |title=Critics review The Attacks of 26/11, find it watchable |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 March 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2013}}</ref> The film received highly positive reviews, with critics praising Varma's narrative of assistant commissioner N. R. Mahale, and the discrepancies associated with Mahale's interaction with [[Ajmal Kasab]] on anti terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/brilliant-cop-who-first-quizzed-kasab-on-26-11-film/20130304.htm|title=Brilliant: Cop who first quizzed Kasab on 26/11 film|date=4 March 2013|work=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/recreating-26-11-massacre-felt-terrifying-rgv-movie-snippets-news-national-mjenkefhida.html |title=Recreating 26/11 massacre felt terrifying: RGV (Movie Snippets) |publisher=Sify.com |date=4 September 2012 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-celeb-tweets-through-the-day/20111213.htm |title=Would you watch RGV's film on 26/11? - Rediff.com Movies |work=Rediff.com |date=13 December 2011 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
In 2005, Varma directed the [[The Godfather|Godfatheresque]]-[[Sarkar (2005 film)|''Sarkar'']], another super-hit thriller inspired by the life of [[Bal Thackeray]] and [[North India]]n politics, which was screened to special mention at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]], along with its sequel ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'', which premiered at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] and the [[9th IIFA Awards|9th IIFA World Premiere-Bangkok]], and was archived at the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Pictures library]].<ref name="David"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-biggies-bet-big-on-cannes-1164120|title=Bollywood biggies bet big on Cannes|work=dna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2008/05/23/bollywood_news_sarkar_cannes_feature.shtml|title=BBC - Shropshire - Entertainment - Sarkar Raj unveiled at Cannes|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarkar Raj makes it to the Academy of Motion Pictures library |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2008/08/02/11750/index.html |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=9 August 2011 |date=2 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/bangkok-for-2008-iifa-awards|title=Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards|work=DESIblitz|date=31 May 2008 }}</ref> In 2013, he directed a [[docudrama]], ''[[The Attacks of 26/11]]'', showcased to critical acclaim at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], in the Panorama as well as the Competition section,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/the-attacks-of-2611-review/ |title=The Attacks of 26/11 Movie Review |date=March 2013 |website=Koimoi.com |access-date=6 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-attacks-of-2611-ram-gopal-varmas-film-gets-selected-for-berlin-film-festival/313098-8-66.html|title='The Attacks of 26/11' selected for Berlin film fest|work=IBNLive|access-date=1 March 2013|archive-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102010628/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-attacks-of-2611-ram-gopal-varmas-film-gets-selected-for-berlin-film-festival/313098-8-66.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was premièred at [[Films Division of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/aug/310812-RGV-to-recreate-Taj-Hotel-for-his-26-11-film.htm |title=RGV to recreate Taj Hotel for his 26/11 film |website=Mid-day.com |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Advani-praises-RGV-s-The-Attacks-of-26-11-advocates-Parliament-screening/Article1-1018841.aspx |title=Advani praises RGV's The Attacks of 26/11, advocates Parliament screening |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2013-02-28 |access-date=2013-03-06 |archive-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306133838/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/bollywood/Advani-praises-RGV-s-The-Attacks-of-26-11-advocates-Parliament-screening/Article1-1018841.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Critics-review-The-Attacks-of-26-11-find-it-watchable/Article1-1019373.aspx |title=Critics review The Attacks of 26/11, find it watchable |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305074622/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Critics-review-The-Attacks-of-26-11-find-it-watchable/Article1-1019373.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film received highly positive reviews, with critics praising Varma's narrative of assistant commissioner N. R. Mahale, and the discrepancies associated with Mahale's interaction with [[Ajmal Kasab]] on anti terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/brilliant-cop-who-first-quizzed-kasab-on-26-11-film/20130304.htm|title=Brilliant: Cop who first quizzed Kasab on 26/11 film|date=4 March 2013|website=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/recreating-26-11-massacre-felt-terrifying-rgv-movie-snippets-news-national-mjenkefhida.html |title=Recreating 26/11 massacre felt terrifying: RGV (Movie Snippets) |website=[[Sify]] |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011025548/http://www.sify.com/movies/recreating-26-11-massacre-felt-terrifying-rgv-movie-snippets-news-national-mjenkefhida.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-celeb-tweets-through-the-day/20111213.htm |title=Would you watch RGV's film on 26/11? |website=Rediff.com |date=13 December 2011 |access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref>


===Film craft and style===
===Influences===
Varma's philosophy is influenced by Russian-American Novelist [[Ayn Rand]], Philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and authors like [[James Hadley Chase]] and [[Frederick Forsyth]], as well as by ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine.<ref name="gunsandthighs.com"/> Varma's first runaway hit in Hindi cinema was ''[[Shiva (1990 film)|Shiva]]'' (1990), the remake of his 1989 film ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''.<ref name="ramu.bo">{{cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|title=All you need to know about Company|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/apr/11ramu.htm|publisher=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=12 September 2011}}</ref> Varma introduced the [[steadicam]] to Indian cinema with ''Siva''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chinnarayana|first=Pulagam|url=http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/PavanJandhyala/library/Siva?sort=3&page=1|title=శివ{{mdash}}సెల్యులాయిడ్ చరిత్రలో సహజావేశం|trans-title=Siva{{mdash}}A natural frustration in the history of celluloid|language=Telugu|date=August 2007|work=[[Telugu Naadi (magazine)|Telugu Naadi]]|location=[[United States]]|issn=1559-7008|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6gdoZ84jI?url=http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/PavanJandhyala/library/Siva?sort=3&page=1|archivedate=9 April 2016|accessdate=9 April 2016}}</ref> Later, he garnered attention in [[Bollywood]] with the [[romantic comedy]] film, ''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]'' (1995) starring [[Aamir Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Raghavan|first=Nikhil|title=A saga in the making?|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article820926.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=9 October 2010}}</ref> The film won seven [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name="ramu.bo" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Acting! Who me? Never, says Ram Gopal Varma|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/bollywood/acting-who-me-never-says-ram-gopal-varma-70611|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=12 September 2011|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|date=5 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="The Winners – 1998"/> Rangeela was later remade in [[Cinema of the United States|hollywood]] as [[Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.style.yahoo.com/pride-10-bollywood-movies-were-075429409/photo-win-a-date-with-tad-1468225657461.html|title=Take Pride in These 10 Bollywood Movies Which Were Copied By Hollywood|publisher=}}</ref>
Varma's philosophy is influenced by Russian-American Novelist [[Ayn Rand]], Philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and authors like [[James Hadley Chase]] and [[Frederick Forsyth]], as well as by ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine.<ref name="gunsandthighs.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gunsandthighs.com/#director |title=Guns and Thighs - an Original Series by RGV |access-date=28 May 2017 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526090054/http://www.gunsandthighs.com/#director |url-status=dead }}</ref> Varma's first runaway hit in Hindi cinema was ''[[Shiva (1990 film)|Shiva]]'' (1990), the remake of his 1989 film ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''.<ref name="ramu.bo">{{cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|title=All you need to know about Company|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/apr/11ramu.htm|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref> Varma introduced the [[steadicam]] to Indian cinema with ''Siva''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chinnarayana|first=Pulagam|url=http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/PavanJandhyala/library/Siva?sort=3&page=1|title=శివ{{mdash}}సెల్యులాయిడ్ చరిత్రలో సహజావేశం|trans-title=Siva{{mdash}}A natural frustration in the history of celluloid|language=Telugu|date=August 2007|work=[[Telugu Naadi (magazine)|Telugu Naadi]]|location=[[United States]]|issn=1559-7008|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6gdoZ84jI?url=http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/PavanJandhyala/library/Siva?sort=3&page=1|archive-date=9 April 2016|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> Later, he garnered attention in [[Bollywood]] with the [[romantic comedy]] film, ''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]'' (1995) starring [[Aamir Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Raghavan|first=Nikhil|title=A saga in the making?|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article820926.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=12 September 2011|date=9 October 2010}}</ref> The film won seven [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name="ramu.bo" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Acting! Who me? Never, says Ram Gopal Varma|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/bollywood/acting-who-me-never-says-ram-gopal-varma-70611|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=12 September 2011|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|date=5 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="The Winners – 1998"/> Rangeela was later remade in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] as [[Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.style.yahoo.com/pride-10-bollywood-movies-were-075429409/photo-win-a-date-with-tad-1468225657461.html|title=Take Pride in These 10 Bollywood Movies Which Were Copied By Hollywood|website=In.style.yahoo.com}}</ref>


He then directed ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998), which won six [[Filmfare Awards]], including the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie|Critics Award for Best Film]], In 2005, ''Indiatimes Movies'' included ''Satya'' in its list of ''25 Must See Bollywood Movies''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/Special_Features/25_Must_See_Bollywood_Movies/articleshow/msid-1250837,curpg-3.cms|title=Entertainment|work=indiatimes.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610052749/http://movies.indiatimes.com/Special_Features/25_Must_See_Bollywood_Movies/articleshow/msid-1250837,curpg-3.cms|archivedate=10 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Satya was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 [[International Film Festival of India]],<ref name="iffi.nic.in"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1998Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1998.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |publisher=Iffi.nic.in |accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref> Varma received the [[Bimal Roy]] memorial award for best direction for this film.<ref name="bimalroymemorial.org">{{cite web|url=http://bimalroymemorial.org/default/1999/05/1999-awards/|title=1999 Awards|work=Bimal Roy Memorial}}</ref><ref name="Reachouthyderabad.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm150.htm |title=Ram Gopal verma:Sarkar: Yet another fantastic movie from the Stylish Director |publisher=Reachouthyderabad.com |accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref> In the same year, he co-produced ''[[Dil Se..]]'', directed by [[Mani Ratnam]], screened at the 1999 [[Berlin Film Festival]], and won the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]], as well as two [[National Film Awards]] and six [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name="The Winners – 1998">{{cite web|title=The Winners – 1998 |work=The Times of India |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/368679.cms |accessdate=12 September 2011}}</ref> ''Satya'', together with his 2002 film ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (which he directed, won three [[IIFA Awards]], seven Filmfare Awards, and a [[Bollywood Movie Award]] for best direction, and was premiered at the 2004 [[Austin Film Festival]]) and the 2005 film ''[[D (film)|D]]'' (which he produced), were also featured in the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]], and the [[New York Asian Film Festival]].<ref name="India Today"/><ref name="David"/>
He then directed ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998), which won six [[Filmfare Awards]], including the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie|Critics Award for Best Film]], In 2005, ''Indiatimes Movies'' included ''Satya'' in its list of ''25 Must See Bollywood Movies''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/Special_Features/25_Must_See_Bollywood_Movies/articleshow/msid-1250837,curpg-3.cms|title=Entertainment|work=indiatimes.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610052749/http://movies.indiatimes.com/Special_Features/25_Must_See_Bollywood_Movies/articleshow/msid-1250837,curpg-3.cms|archivedate=10 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Satya was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 [[International Film Festival of India]],<ref name="iffi.nic.in"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1998Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1998.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |website=Iffi.nic.in |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> Varma received the [[Bimal Roy]] memorial award for best direction for this film.<ref name="bimalroymemorial.org">{{cite web|url=http://bimalroymemorial.org/default/1999/05/1999-awards/|title=1999 Awards|work=Bimal Roy Memorial}}</ref><ref name="Reachouthyderabad.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm150.htm |title=Ram Gopal verma:Sarkar: Yet another fantastic movie from the Stylish Director |website=Reachouthyderabad.com |access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> In the same year, he co-produced ''[[Dil Se..]]'', directed by [[Mani Ratnam]], screened at the 1999 [[Berlin Film Festival]], and won the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema|Netpac Award]], as well as two [[National Film Awards]] and six [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name="The Winners – 1998">{{cite web |title=The Winners – 1998 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/368679.cms |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20120708042017/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/368679.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Satya'', together with his 2002 film ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (which he directed, won three [[IIFA Awards]], seven Filmfare Awards, and a [[Bollywood Movie Award]] for best direction, and was premiered at the 2004 [[Austin Film Festival]]) and the 2005 film ''[[D (film)|D]]'' (which he produced), were also featured in the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]], and the [[New York Asian Film Festival]].<ref name="India Today"/><ref name="David"/>


===Experimental films===
===Experimental films===
In 1991, Varma experimented with the [[supernatural thriller]], [[Raat (film)|Raat]], and the 1992 [[Neo-noir]], crime film [[Drohi (1992 film)|Drohi]], and gained positive reviews from critics.<ref name="Directorate of Film Festival"/><ref name="ramu.bo"/> During the years between his trilogy, from ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' in 1998 to ''[[D (film)|D]]'' in 2005,<ref name=Charlie>{{cite web|author=Charlie|title=D: Final film in Indian Gangster Trilogy a Must See|publisher=Cinema Strikes Back|date=24 August 2005|url=http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/index.php?p=562|accessdate=22 February 2009}}</ref> Varma implemented different film genres in his craft. In 1999, he directed ''[[Kaun (film)|Kaun]]'', a suspense [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] set entirely in one house and featuring only three actors, and ''[[Mast (film)|Mast]]'', a subversion of Hindi cinema's [[Masala film|masala]] genre.<ref name="Film Society of Lincoln Center"/> In 2000, he directed ''[[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]]'', set entirely in a [[jungle]], for which he was nominated for the [[Star Screen Award for Best Director]]. In 2003 he directed another supernatural thriller ''[[Bhoot (film)|Bhoot]]'' on the lines of his earlier hit [[Raat (film)|''Raat'']]. ''Bhoot'' became a major hit at the box office,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDA1630F933A05756C0A9659C8B63 | title=Movie Reviews | newspaper=The New York Times | date=24 June 2022 }}</ref> and Varma was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/26206/Trailer-Talk-RGVs-Patta-Pagalu-is-Promising|title=RGV's Patta Pagalu - Trailer Talk - Gulte.com - Rajasekhar in RGV's Patta Pagalu - Swati Dixit's Patta Pagalu|work=Gulte.com}}</ref>
In 1991, Varma experimented with the [[supernatural thriller]], [[Raat (film)|Raat]], and the 1992 [[Neo-noir]], crime film [[Drohi (1992 film)|Drohi]], and gained positive reviews from critics.<ref name="Directorate of Film Festival">{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |website=Iffi.nic.in |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225004301/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ramu.bo"/> During the years between his trilogy, from ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' in 1998 to ''[[D (film)|D]]'' in 2005,<ref name=Charlie>{{cite web|title=D: Final film in Indian Gangster Trilogy a Must See|website=Cinemastrikesback.com|date=24 August 2005|url=http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/index.php?p=562|access-date=22 February 2009}}</ref> Varma implemented different film genres in his craft. In 1999, he directed ''[[Kaun (film)|Kaun]]'', a suspense [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] set entirely in one house and featuring only three actors, and ''[[Mast (film)|Mast]]'', a subversion of Hindi cinema's [[Masala film|masala]] genre.<ref name="Film Society of Lincoln Center"/> In 2000, he directed ''[[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]]'', set entirely in a [[jungle]], for which he was nominated for the [[Star Screen Award for Best Director]]. In 2003 he directed another supernatural thriller ''[[Bhoot (film)|Bhoot]]'' on the lines of his earlier hit [[Raat (film)|''Raat'']]. ''Bhoot'' became a major hit at the box office,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDA1630F933A05756C0A9659C8B63 | title=Movie Reviews | newspaper=The New York Times | date=24 June 2022 }}</ref> and Varma was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/26206/Trailer-Talk-RGVs-Patta-Pagalu-is-Promising|title=RGV's Patta Pagalu - Trailer Talk - Gulte.com - Rajasekhar in RGV's Patta Pagalu - Swati Dixit's Patta Pagalu|website=Gulte.com}}</ref>


''Bhoot'' was followed by even more [[Horror film|horror]] movies, including hit films such as ''[[Darna Mana Hai]]'' (2003), ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai]]'' (2006), and ''[[Phoonk]]'' (2008), gaining Varma the status of ster of the Indian [[Horror film|horror]] genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/30bhoot.htm|title=The 'Bhoot' review: Numbed by fear?|work=rediff.com}}</ref> Other experimental productions of Varma include ''[[Ek Hasina Thi (film)|Ek Hasina Thi]]'' (2003), a [[psychological thriller]], and ''[[Ab Tak Chhappan]]'' (2004), a film about an inspector in the [[Mumbai Encounter Squad]] noted for having killed 56 people in encounters, featured at the [[Fantastic Fest]].<ref name=David/>  
''Bhoot'' was followed by even more [[Horror film|horror]] movies, including hit films such as ''[[Darna Mana Hai]]'' (2003), ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai]]'' (2006), and ''[[Phoonk]]'' (2008), gaining Varma the status of ster of the Indian [[Horror film|horror]] genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/30bhoot.htm|title=The 'Bhoot' review: Numbed by fear?|work=rediff.com}}</ref> Other experimental productions of Varma include ''[[Ek Hasina Thi (film)|Ek Hasina Thi]]'' (2003), a [[psychological thriller]], and ''[[Ab Tak Chhappan]]'' (2004), a film about an inspector in the [[Mumbai Encounter Squad]] noted for having killed 56 people in encounters, featured at the [[Fantastic Fest]].<ref name=David/>  
In 2006, he re-made a new installment of [[Shiva (2006 film)|''Shiva'']], which was screened at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]], where in a retrospective featuring Varma's experimental hits such as ''Company'', ''Ek Hasina Thi'', ''Ab Tak Chhappan'', ''Sarkar'', ''[[Contract (2008 film)|Contract]]'', and ''[[Shabri]]'' was staged.<ref name="David"/> ''Shabri'' was also screened at [[Rome Film Festival]].<ref name="David"/>  
In 2006, he re-made a new installment of [[Shiva (2006 film)|''Shiva'']], which was screened at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]], where in a retrospective featuring Varma's experimental hits such as ''Company'', ''Ek Hasina Thi'', ''Ab Tak Chhappan'', ''Sarkar'', ''[[Contract (2008 film)|Contract]]'', and ''[[Shabri]]'' was staged.<ref name="David"/> ''Shabri'' was also screened at [[Rome Film Festival]].<ref name="David"/>  
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/much-delayed-shabri-gets-a-sequel/|title=Much-Delayed Shabri Gets A Sequel!|work=boxofficeindia.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/11/aug/20-rgv-shabri-is-far-superior-to-satya-081104.asp|title=RGV: SHABRI is far superior to SATYA|work=glamsham.com|date=7 August 2021 }}</ref> 2010 film on media, [[Rann (film)|''Rann'']] was screened at [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14012/index.html |title= Rann |author= Taran Adarsh |date= 29 January 2010 |publisher= Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=29 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rann-film-review-29253|title=Rann -- Film Review|date=4 February 2010|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> A two-part bilingual [[Parallel cinema]] ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), on the theme of [[Politics in South India|South Indian politics]], was based on the life of [[Paritala Ravindra]], and Maddela Cheruvu Suri; the film received praise from critics.<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite web|title=Review: Rakht Charitra is replete with violence, yet blows you away! |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-rakht-charitra-is-replete-with-violence-yet-blows-you-away_1456579|publisher=DNA|accessdate=20 March 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/much-delayed-shabri-gets-a-sequel/|title=Much-Delayed Shabri Gets A Sequel!|work=boxofficeindia.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/11/aug/20-rgv-shabri-is-far-superior-to-satya-081104.asp|title=RGV: SHABRI is far superior to SATYA|work=glamsham.com|date=7 August 2021 }}</ref> 2010 film on media, [[Rann (film)|''Rann'']] was screened at [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14012/index.html |title= Rann |author= Taran Adarsh |date= 29 January 2010 |website= [[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=29 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rann-film-review-29253|title=Rann -- Film Review|date=4 February 2010|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> A two-part bilingual [[Parallel cinema]] ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), on the theme of [[Politics in South India|South Indian politics]], was based on the life of [[Paritala Ravindra]], and Maddela Cheruvu Suri; the film received praise from critics.<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite web|title=Review: Rakht Charitra is replete with violence, yet blows you away! |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-rakht-charitra-is-replete-with-violence-yet-blows-you-away_1456579|website=Dnaindia.com|access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>


===Mainstream films===
===Mainstream films===
Varma started his career in the [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu film industry]] as an assistant director on the sets of films such as ''[[Collector Gari Abbai]]'' and ''[[Rao Gari Illu]]''. His father Krishnam Raju Varma, was a sound recordist at the [[Annapurna Studios]]. Varma met [[Nagarjuna Akkineni]] at the studios with the help of his friend nomula rohith yogi, and narrated a scene to the actor which impressed him.<ref>{{cite web|title=My best film is Bhoot: Ram Gopal Varma|url=http://www.bollywoodsargam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9208|publisher=Bollywoodsargam|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=31 July 2004}}</ref> The result of their collaboration was a film on the criminalisation of student politics – ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''. It was a commercially successful film that gave Varma an opportunity to demonstrate his technical expertise and story telling skills.<ref name="ramu.bo"/>
Varma started his career in the [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu film industry]] as an assistant director on the sets of films such as ''[[Collector Gari Abbai]]'' and ''[[Rao Gari Illu]]''. His father Krishnam Raju Varma, was a sound recordist at the [[Annapurna Studios]]. Varma met [[Nagarjuna Akkineni]] at the studio and narrated a scene to the actor which impressed him.<ref>{{cite web|title=My best film is Bhoot: Ram Gopal Varma|url=http://www.bollywoodsargam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9208|website=Bollywoodsargam.com|access-date=12 September 2011|date=31 July 2004}}</ref> The result of their collaboration was a film on the criminalisation of student politics – ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]''. It was a commercially successful film that gave Varma an opportunity to demonstrate his technical expertise and story telling skills.<ref name="ramu.bo"/>


''[[Kshana Kshanam]]'' with [[Daggubati Venkatesh|Venkatesh]], ''[[Gaayam]]'' with [[Jagapathi Babu]] and ''[[Anaganaga Oka Roju]]'' with [[J.D. Chakravarthy]] were successful, ''[[Govinda Govinda]]'' with [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] proved to be a moderate success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Different Strokes|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=4023&secnam=films|publisher=[[Screen India]]|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=30 May 2003}}</ref> During this period, Varma produced films such as ''[[Money (1993 film)|Money]]'' and ''[[Money Money (1995 film)|Money Money]]''. Other films by Varma in [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] include ''[[Gulabi (film)|Gulabi]]'' (1995); ''[[Madhyanam Hathya]]'' (2004); ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), ''[[Dongala Mutha]] ''(2011), ''[[Rowdy (2014 film)|Rowdy]]''(2014), ''[[Ice Cream (2014 film)|Ice Cream]]''(2014).<ref name="Sakshi" /><ref name="ibtimes.co.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/546687/20140404/rowdy-review-mohan-babu-vishnu-manchu-rgv.htm|title='Rowdy' Review Roundup: Watch it for Mohan Babu|date=4 April 2014|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref> Varma introduced online auction based film distribution model for this venture, and tasted success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/rgv-disrupts-film-distribution-model-introduces-online-auction/article6398083.ece|title=RGV disrupts film distribution model; introduces online auction|work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>
''[[Kshana Kshanam]]'' with [[Daggubati Venkatesh|Venkatesh]], ''[[Gaayam]]'' with [[Jagapathi Babu]] and ''[[Anaganaga Oka Roju]]'' with [[J.D. Chakravarthy]] were successful, ''[[Govinda Govinda (1994 film)|Govinda Govinda]]'' with [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] proved to be a moderate success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Different Strokes|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=4023&secnam=films|publisher=[[Screen India]]|access-date=12 September 2011|date=30 May 2003}}</ref> During this period, Varma produced films such as ''[[Money (1993 film)|Money]]'' and ''[[Money Money (1995 film)|Money Money]]''. Other films by Varma in [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] include ''[[Gulabi (1995 film)|Gulabi]]'' (1995); ''[[Madhyanam Hathya]]'' (2004); ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010), ''[[Dongala Mutha]] ''(2011), ''[[Rowdy (2014 film)|Rowdy]]''(2014), ''[[Ice Cream (2014 film)|Ice Cream]]''(2014).<ref name="Sakshi" /><ref name="ibtimes.co.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/546687/20140404/rowdy-review-mohan-babu-vishnu-manchu-rgv.htm|title='Rowdy' Review Roundup: Watch it for Mohan Babu|date=4 April 2014|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref> Varma introduced online auction based film distribution model for this venture, and tasted success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/rgv-disrupts-film-distribution-model-introduces-online-auction/article6398083.ece|title=RGV disrupts film distribution model; introduces online auction|work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>


Varma's notable mainstream works in Hindi cinema include ''[[Daud (film)|Daud]]'' (1997), ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai]]'' (2006), ''[[Nishabd]]'' (2007), ''[[Darling (2007 Indian film)|Darling]]'' (2007), and ''[[Phoonk]]'' (2008). Bollywood film makers such as [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Madhur Bhandarkar]], [[Puri Jagannadh]], [[E. Nivas]], [[Prawaal Raman]], [[Krishna Vamsi]], [[Vishram Sawant]], and [[Hansal Mehta]] assisted Varma, before venturing into direction.<ref name="indiatvnews.com"/> In 1993, he scripted the [[Tamil film|Tamil]] thriller ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]'', screened at [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/18/raja-sen-reviews-raavan.htm|title=Raavan is unforgivably boring|work=Rediff|date=18 June 2010|accessdate=29 May 2012|author=Sen, Raja}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108329/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers Thiruda Thiruda (1994) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="asiaone">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20100625-223964.html|title=Jewel of Indian cinema|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|work=[[AsiaOne]]|date=25 June 2010|accessdate=19 May 2012|author=Nayar, Parvathi}}</ref> In 2015, Varma was fined for Rs 10 Lakhs, for an alleged copyright violation with the film [[Aag (2007 film)|''Aag'']] (2007).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hc-imposes-rs-10-lakh-fine-on-ram-gopal-varma-for-remaking-sholay/|title=HC imposes Rs 10 lakh fine on Ram Gopal Varma for remaking 'Sholay'|date=1 September 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in [[Kannada cinema]] with the thriller ''[[Killing Veerappan]]''.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/killing-veerappan-to-be-launched-on-rajkumars-birthday/article7133733.ece|title='Killing Veerappan' to be launched on Rajkumar's birthday - The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 April 2015 |publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2015-06-24|last1=Khajane |first1=Muralidhara }}</ref>
Varma's notable mainstream works in Hindi cinema include ''[[Daud (film)|Daud]]'' (1997), ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai]]'' (2006), ''[[Nishabd]]'' (2007), ''[[Darling (2007 Indian film)|Darling]]'' (2007), and ''[[Phoonk]]'' (2008). Bollywood film makers such as [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Madhur Bhandarkar]], [[Puri Jagannadh]], [[E. Nivas]], [[Prawaal Raman]], [[Krishna Vamsi]], [[Vishram Sawant]], and [[Hansal Mehta]] assisted Varma, before venturing into direction.<ref name="indiatvnews.com"/> In 1993, he scripted the [[Tamil film|Tamil]] thriller ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]'', screened at [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/18/raja-sen-reviews-raavan.htm|title=Raavan is unforgivably boring|work=Rediff|date=18 June 2010|access-date=29 May 2012|author=Sen, Raja}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108329/fullcredits|title=Thiruda Thiruda (1993)|access-date=21 July 2022|website=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="asiaone">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20100625-223964.html|title=Jewel of Indian cinema|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|work=[[AsiaOne]]|date=25 June 2010|access-date=19 May 2012|author=Nayar, Parvathi}}</ref> In 2015, Varma was fined for Rs 10 Lakhs, for an alleged copyright violation with the film [[Aag (2007 film)|''Aag'']] (2007).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hc-imposes-rs-10-lakh-fine-on-ram-gopal-varma-for-remaking-sholay/|title=HC imposes Rs 10 lakh fine on Ram Gopal Varma for remaking 'Sholay'|date=1 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in [[Kannada cinema]] with the thriller ''[[Killing Veerappan]]''.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/killing-veerappan-to-be-launched-on-rajkumars-birthday/article7133733.ece|title='Killing Veerappan' to be launched on Rajkumar's birthday |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 April 2015|access-date=2015-06-24|last1=Khajane |first1=Muralidhara }}</ref>


==Non-film work==
==Other work==
[[File:Surya with RGV in Rakht Charitra shoot.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Ram Gopal Varma with [[Suriya]] on the sets of ''[[Rakta Charitra 2]]'']]
[[File:Surya with RGV in Rakht Charitra shoot.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Ram Gopal Varma with [[Suriya]] on the sets of ''[[Rakta Charitra 2]]'']]


===Television===
===Television===
Ram Gopal Varma made his début in Television through a Talk Show titled Ramuism. The show is being aired on a Telugu channel since September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/30201/RGVs-Big-Bomb-Blast|title=RGV's Big Bomb Blast|work=Gulte.com|date=3 September 2014 }}</ref> The show is noted for its fresh and witty appeal. The show focuses on Varma's [[Perspective (cognitive)|Point of View]] on social issues such as Education, Religion, Mythology, Children, Crime, Death, Anger, Godmen, Woman, Philosophy, Cinema etc. The show is hosted by [[Swapna (journalist)|Swapna]], the managing editor of [[Sakshi TV]].
Ram Gopal Varma made his début in Television through a Talk Show titled Ramuism. The show is being aired on a Telugu channel since September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/30201/RGVs-Big-Bomb-Blast|title=RGV's Big Bomb Blast|website=Gulte.com|date=3 September 2014 }}</ref> The show is noted for its fresh and witty appeal. The show focuses on Varma's [[Perspective (cognitive)|Point of View]] on social issues such as Education, Religion, Mythology, Children, Crime, Death, Anger, Godmen, Woman, Philosophy, Cinema etc. The show is hosted by [[Swapna (journalist)|Swapna]], the managing editor of [[Sakshi TV]].


===Online media===
===Online media===
He has also made a documentary called ''[[God, Sex and Truth]]'' with adult actress [[Mia Malkova]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RGV appears before Hyderabad police in obscenity case over his film 'GST'|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rgv-appears-hyderabad-police-obscenity-case-over-his-film-gst-76626|publisher=Bollywoodsargam|accessdate=12 September 2011|date=31 July 2004}}</ref>
He has also made a documentary called ''[[God, Sex and Truth]]'' with adult actress [[Mia Malkova]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RGV appears before Hyderabad police in obscenity case over his film 'GST'|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rgv-appears-hyderabad-police-obscenity-case-over-his-film-gst-76626|website=Thenewsminute.com|access-date=12 September 2011|date=31 July 2004}}</ref>


===Biographies===
===Biographies===
 
Varma wrote an autobiography titled ''Na Ishtam'', which discusses his life experiences and philosophy. 'Naa Ishtam' was released in December 2010 at Taj Banjara, Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/news/2010/ram-gopal-varma-naa-ishtam-031210.html|title=Ram Gopal Varma's autobiography Naa Ishtam released|website=Filmibeat.com|date=3 December 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Sirasri]]'', poet, lyricist and writer wrote a biographical book on the interactions he had with Ram Gopal Varma with the title ''Vodka With Varma''. Director [[Puri Jagannadh]] launched the book in December 2012.<ref>[http://norter.ru/pd/rgv-book-naa-istam.pdf] {{dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
Varma wrote an autobiography titled ''Na Ishtam'', which discusses his life experiences and philosophy. 'Naa Ishtam' was released in December 2010 at Taj Banjara, Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/news/2010/ram-gopal-varma-naa-ishtam-031210.html|title=Ram Gopal Varma's autobiography Naa Ishtam released|work=www.filmibeat.com|date=3 December 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Sirasri]]'', poet, lyricist and writer wrote a biographical book on the interactions he had with Ram Gopal Varma with the title ''Vodka With Varma''. Director [[Puri Jagannadh]] launched the book in December 2012.<ref>norter.ru/pd/rgv-book-naa-istam.pdf</ref>


In November 2015, Varma published his book ''Guns and Thighs: The Story of My Life'', which discusses a wide range of subjects, from the influences and circumstances that drew him to cinematic techniques, his successful and unsuccessful films, his Bollywood idols, his live in  relationship with Suchitra Krishnamoorthy his relationship with the media and the controversies dogging him, his philosophy of life, and [[Indian cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/guns-and-thighs-rgv-s-autobiography-about-pornstar-gangsters/story-pZhoYRwlnL9Zo1OETmHvqK.html|title=Guns And Thighs: RGV's autobiography about pornstar, gangsters|website=hindustantimes.com|date=25 November 2015 }}</ref> On this occasion, Varma said "I dedicated my book to [[Ayn Rand]], [[Bruce Lee]], [[Urmila Matondkar]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]],  and a few gangsters."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/RGVs-autobiography-on-Guns-Thighs/articleshow/49920288.cms|title=RGV's autobiography on 'Guns & Thighs'|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmymonkey.com/bollywood/2015/11/30/i-was-inspired-by-amitabhs-gun-and-sridevis-thighs-ram-gopal-varma/|title=I was inspired by Amitabh's gun and Sridevi's thighs- Ram Gopal Varma - Filmymonkey|work=Filmymonkey}}</ref>
In November 2015, Varma published his book ''Guns and Thighs: The Story of My Life'', which discusses a wide range of subjects, from the influences and circumstances that drew him to cinematic techniques, his successful and unsuccessful films, his Bollywood idols, his live in  relationship with Suchitra Krishnamoorthy his relationship with the media and the controversies dogging him, his philosophy of life, and [[Indian cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/guns-and-thighs-rgv-s-autobiography-about-pornstar-gangsters/story-pZhoYRwlnL9Zo1OETmHvqK.html|title=Guns And Thighs: RGV's autobiography about pornstar, gangsters|website=hindustantimes.com|date=25 November 2015 }}</ref> On this occasion, Varma said "I dedicated my book to [[Ayn Rand]], [[Bruce Lee]], [[Urmila Matondkar]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]],  and a few gangsters."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/RGVs-autobiography-on-Guns-Thighs/articleshow/49920288.cms|title=RGV's autobiography on 'Guns & Thighs'|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmymonkey.com/bollywood/2015/11/30/i-was-inspired-by-amitabhs-gun-and-sridevis-thighs-ram-gopal-varma/|title=I was inspired by Amitabh's gun and Sridevi's thighs- Ram Gopal Varma - Filmymonkey|work=Filmymonkey}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Varma was married to Ratna, who are later divorced.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 January 2017|title=Ram Gopal Varma's ex-wife to tell all|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/ram-gopal-varmas-ex-wife-to-tell-all/articleshow/16724321.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kavirayani|first=Suresh|date=2015-05-07|title=Daughter's married life is boring: Ram Gopal Varma|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150507/entertainment-tollywood/article/daughter%E2%80%99s-married-life-boring-ram-gopal-varma|url-status=live|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
Varma was married to Ratna, who are later divorced.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 January 2017|title=Ram Gopal Varma's ex-wife to tell all|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/ram-gopal-varmas-ex-wife-to-tell-all/articleshow/16724321.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kavirayani|first=Suresh|date=2015-05-07|title=Daughter's married life is boring: Ram Gopal Varma|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150507/entertainment-tollywood/article/daughter%E2%80%99s-married-life-boring-ram-gopal-varma|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
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| 1993 || ''[[Money (1993 film)|Money]]'' || Telugu || || {{Yes}} || ||Remade as ''[[Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega]]''<br />comedy film
| 1993 || ''[[Money (1993 film)|Money]]'' || Telugu || || {{Yes}} || ||Remade as ''[[Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega]]''<br />comedy film
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| 1993 || ''[[Govinda Govinda]]'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} ||thriller film
| 1993 || ''[[Govinda Govinda (1994 film)|Govinda Govinda]]'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} ||thriller film
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| 1993 || ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]'' || Tamil || || || {{Yes}} ||road movie
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| 1996 || ''[[Deyyam]]'' ||Telugu || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} ||horror film
| 1996 || ''[[Deyyam (1996 film)|Deyyam]]'' ||Telugu || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} ||horror film
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| 1996 || ''[[Gulabi (film)|Gulabi]]'' || Telugu || || {{Yes}} || ||thriller film
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| 1997 || ''[[Anaganaga Oka Roju]]'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||road movie
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| 2002 || ''[[Road (film)|Road]]'' || Hindi || || {{Yes}} || ||road movie
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| 2003 || ''[[Bhoot (film)|Bhoot]]'' || Hindi || {{Yes}} || || {{yes}} ||horror film
| 2003 || ''[[Bhoot (film)|Bhoot]]'' || Hindi || {{Yes}} || || {{yes}} ||horror film
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| 2003 || ''[[Ek Hasina Thi (film)|Ek Hasina Thi]]'' || Hindi || || {{Yes}} || ||
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| 2010 || ''[[Phoonk 2]]'' || Hindi || || {{Yes}} || ||Executive Producer<br />horror film
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| 2011 || ''[[Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju]]'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} ||comedy film
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| 2019 || ''[[Lakshmi's NTR]]'' || Telugu|| {{yes}}  ||  ||  {{yes}}  || Biographical drama
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| 2021 || ''[[D Company (2021 film)|D Company]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} ||  || {{yes}} ||Docudrama
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| 2021 ||''[[12 'O' Clock (film)|12 'O' Clock]]''|| Hindi || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||Horror film
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|2020||''Beautiful'' || Telugu / Hindi || || {{Yes}} ||  || <ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-19|title=RGV's Beautiful release date is finally here|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/rgvs-beautiful-release-date-is-finally-here/articleshow/72885707.cms|website=Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|2020||''Beautiful'' || Telugu / Hindi || || {{Yes}} ||  || <ref>{{cite web|date=2019-12-19|title=RGV's Beautiful release date is finally here|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/rgvs-beautiful-release-date-is-finally-here/articleshow/72885707.cms|website=Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
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| 2020 || ''Climax'' ||Telugu ||{{yes}} ||  ||  || Released on RGV World / ShreyasET<ref>{{Cite web|title=Climax (2020) {{!}} Climax Movie {{!}} Climax Telugu Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/rgv-climax.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=FilmiBeat|language=en}}</ref>
| 2020 || ''Climax'' ||Telugu ||{{yes}} ||  ||  || Released on RGV World / ShreyasET<ref>{{cite web|title=Climax (2020) {{!}} Climax Movie {{!}} Climax Telugu Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/rgv-climax.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=FilmiBeat|language=en}}</ref>
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| 2020 || ''Naked'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} ||  ||  || Released on RGV World / ShreyasET<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manjula|date=2020-06-27|title=RGV's Naked Movie Box Office: Nagnam Breaks Digital Release Record|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/rgvs-naked-movie-box-office-nagnam-breaks-digital-release-record-630484|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
| 2020 || ''Naked'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} ||  ||  || Released on RGV World / ShreyasET<ref>{{cite web|last=Manjula|date=2020-06-27|title=RGV's Naked Movie Box Office: Nagnam Breaks Digital Release Record|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/rgvs-naked-movie-box-office-nagnam-breaks-digital-release-record-630484|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
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| 2020 || ''Power Star'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || || || Released on RGV World<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 July 2020|title=Ram Gopal Varma releases 'Power Star' amid controversy|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ram-gopal-varma-releases-power-star-amid-controversy-129394|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The News Minute}}</ref>
| 2020 || ''Power Star'' || Telugu || {{Yes}} || || || Released on RGV World<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=25 July 2020|title=Ram Gopal Varma releases 'Power Star' amid controversy|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ram-gopal-varma-releases-power-star-amid-controversy-129394|access-date=|website=The News Minute}}</ref>
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| 2020 || ''Thriller'' || Telugu  || {{Yes}} || || || Released on RGV World<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=2 Odisha actors in lead roles in Bollywood movie|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/2-odisha-actors-in-lead-roles-in-bollywood-movie.html|access-date=2020-08-08|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>
| 2020 || ''Thriller'' || Telugu  || {{Yes}} || || || Released on RGV World<ref>{{cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=2 Odisha actors in lead roles in Bollywood movie|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/2-odisha-actors-in-lead-roles-in-bollywood-movie.html|access-date=2020-08-08|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>
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Ram Gopal Varma
Varma in September 2012
Born
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma[1]

(1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 64)
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma materVelagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College
Occupation
Years active1989–present
Spouse(s)Ratna (divorced)
Children1
RelativesMadhu Mantena (cousin)

Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Kannada language films, and television.[2] Varma has directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft.[3] Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema,[4] he was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses in 2004.[5][6] In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as "Bombay's Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.[7][8][9][10]

Starting his career as a civil engineer, he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path-breaking crime thriller, Siva (1989) featured at the 13th IFFI' 90 Indian Panorama mainstream section, and has won Varma, the state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best first film of a director, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu.[11][12] Subsequently, the film was included in CNN-IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[13] Varma's next directorial was Kshana Kshanam (1991), the neo-noir heist film being featured at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, won him another Nandi Award for Best Direction, and the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer.[14] The 1993 political drama, Gaayam received six state Nandi Awards. In 1999, he directed Prema Katha for which he received his third Nandi Award for Best Director.[14]

Varma is known for directing and presenting pan-Indian works casting actors across the country, such as the Indian Political Trilogy, and the Indian Gangster Trilogy; film critic Rajeev Masand had labelled the latter series as one of the "most influential movies of Indian cinema.[15][16][17] The first installment of the trilogy, Satya, was also listed in CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[18] Varma also received the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama, Shool (1999).[19] His recent avant-garde works include hits such as the dramatised re-enactment of "Rayalaseema factionism" in Rakta Charitra (2010), the "2008 Mumbai attacks" in The Attacks of 26/11 (2013), the "Operation Cocoon" in Killing Veerappan (2016),[20][21] the "Vijayawada riots" in Vangaveeti (2016),[22][23] N. T. R. in Lakshmi's NTR (2019), and Konda politics in Konda (2022).[24][25]

Early life and background

Varma was born into a Telugu speaking family, and did his schooling at St. Mary's High School, Secunderabad[26] and completed his BE degree in Civil engineering from V.R. Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada. Even during this period, Varma remained a film buff, through his uncle. Varma would skip classes often and watch films instead. He would watch the same film repeatedly "just to watch certain scenes which interested him."[27] According to him, that is how he learned film direction.

In an interview to Tehelka, Varma talked about his relationship with his parents and the reasons behind his decision to become a filmmaker.

From my parents' perspective, I looked like a useless bum. It was the truth. I had no objective. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to study their behaviour. I was most fascinated by the bullies in my classroom. They were like gangsters for me. They had the guts to push around people, do things I couldn't— perhaps did not even want to do myself. But I'd want a friend like that (laughs). I used to adulate them like heroes. That was my first touch with anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle fascination for larger than life people. I was always a loner – not because I was unhappy, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to study myself – the way I am walking, talking, behaving. My constant obsession with studying myself and other people is perhaps the primary motivation for me to be a filmmaker.[28]

Film career, craft and style

After a brief stint as a site engineer for Krishna Oberoi hotel in Hyderabad, he put his dreams on the back burner and decided to go to Nigeria to make some money. It was at this moment that he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own at Ameerpet in Hyderabad, through which he slowly developed connections with the film world.[5] Without being successful as a fourth assistant director in B. Gopal's film Collector Gari Abbai, Varma directly ventured into film direction, with the 1989 Telugu film, Siva.[29]

International acclaim

Rachel Dwyer, a reader in world cinema at the University of London-Department of South Asia, marked Varma's Satya as an experiment with a new genre, a variation of film noir that has been called Mumbai Noir, of which Varma is the acknowledged master.[17][30] In 2010, Varma received critical acclaim at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland; a retrospective of his filmography, highlighting Mumbai Noir was staged by film critic Edouard Waintrop, a delegate in the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival.[31][32] Satya and Company, in particular, were cited by British director Danny Boyle as influences on his Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the Mumbai underworld", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.[33][34][35]

In 2005, Varma directed the Godfatheresque-Sarkar, another super-hit thriller inspired by the life of Bal Thackeray and North Indian politics, which was screened to special mention at the New York Asian Film Festival, along with its sequel Sarkar Raj, which premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and the 9th IIFA World Premiere-Bangkok, and was archived at the Academy of Motion Pictures library.[32][36][37][38][39] In 2013, he directed a docudrama, The Attacks of 26/11, showcased to critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama as well as the Competition section,[40][41] and was premièred at Films Division of India.[42][43][44] The film received highly positive reviews, with critics praising Varma's narrative of assistant commissioner N. R. Mahale, and the discrepancies associated with Mahale's interaction with Ajmal Kasab on anti terrorism.[45][46][47]

Influences

Varma's philosophy is influenced by Russian-American Novelist Ayn Rand, Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and authors like James Hadley Chase and Frederick Forsyth, as well as by Mad magazine.[48] Varma's first runaway hit in Hindi cinema was Shiva (1990), the remake of his 1989 film Siva.[49] Varma introduced the steadicam to Indian cinema with Siva.[50] Later, he garnered attention in Bollywood with the romantic comedy film, Rangeela (1995) starring Aamir Khan.[51] The film won seven Filmfare Awards.[49][52][53] Rangeela was later remade in Hollywood as Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!.[54]

He then directed Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, In 2005, Indiatimes Movies included Satya in its list of 25 Must See Bollywood Movies.[55] Satya was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India,[2][56] Varma received the Bimal Roy memorial award for best direction for this film.[57][58] In the same year, he co-produced Dil Se.., directed by Mani Ratnam, screened at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, and won the Netpac Award, as well as two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards.[53] Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed, won three IIFA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, and a Bollywood Movie Award for best direction, and was premiered at the 2004 Austin Film Festival) and the 2005 film D (which he produced), were also featured in the Fribourg International Film Festival, and the New York Asian Film Festival.[31][32]

Experimental films

In 1991, Varma experimented with the supernatural thriller, Raat, and the 1992 Neo-noir, crime film Drohi, and gained positive reviews from critics.[59][49] During the years between his trilogy, from Satya in 1998 to D in 2005,[60] Varma implemented different film genres in his craft. In 1999, he directed Kaun, a suspense thriller set entirely in one house and featuring only three actors, and Mast, a subversion of Hindi cinema's masala genre.[7] In 2000, he directed Jungle, set entirely in a jungle, for which he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Director. In 2003 he directed another supernatural thriller Bhoot on the lines of his earlier hit Raat. Bhoot became a major hit at the box office,[61] and Varma was nominated for the Filmfare Best Director Award for the film.[62]

Bhoot was followed by even more horror movies, including hit films such as Darna Mana Hai (2003), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), and Phoonk (2008), gaining Varma the status of ster of the Indian horror genre.[63] Other experimental productions of Varma include Ek Hasina Thi (2003), a psychological thriller, and Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), a film about an inspector in the Mumbai Encounter Squad noted for having killed 56 people in encounters, featured at the Fantastic Fest.[32] In 2006, he re-made a new installment of Shiva, which was screened at the New York Asian Film Festival, where in a retrospective featuring Varma's experimental hits such as Company, Ek Hasina Thi, Ab Tak Chhappan, Sarkar, Contract, and Shabri was staged.[32] Shabri was also screened at Rome Film Festival.[32] [64][65] 2010 film on media, Rann was screened at Toronto International Film Festival.[66][67] A two-part bilingual Parallel cinema Rakta Charitra (2010), on the theme of South Indian politics, was based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, and Maddela Cheruvu Suri; the film received praise from critics.[68]

Mainstream films

Varma started his career in the Telugu film industry as an assistant director on the sets of films such as Collector Gari Abbai and Rao Gari Illu. His father Krishnam Raju Varma, was a sound recordist at the Annapurna Studios. Varma met Nagarjuna Akkineni at the studio and narrated a scene to the actor which impressed him.[69] The result of their collaboration was a film on the criminalisation of student politics – Siva. It was a commercially successful film that gave Varma an opportunity to demonstrate his technical expertise and story telling skills.[49]

Kshana Kshanam with Venkatesh, Gaayam with Jagapathi Babu and Anaganaga Oka Roju with J.D. Chakravarthy were successful, Govinda Govinda with Nagarjuna proved to be a moderate success at the box office.[70] During this period, Varma produced films such as Money and Money Money. Other films by Varma in Telugu include Gulabi (1995); Madhyanam Hathya (2004); Rakta Charitra (2010), Dongala Mutha (2011), Rowdy(2014), Ice Cream(2014).[21][71] Varma introduced online auction based film distribution model for this venture, and tasted success.[72]

Varma's notable mainstream works in Hindi cinema include Daud (1997), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), Nishabd (2007), Darling (2007), and Phoonk (2008). Bollywood film makers such as Anurag Kashyap, Madhur Bhandarkar, Puri Jagannadh, E. Nivas, Prawaal Raman, Krishna Vamsi, Vishram Sawant, and Hansal Mehta assisted Varma, before venturing into direction.[8] In 1993, he scripted the Tamil thriller Thiruda Thiruda, screened at Toronto International Film Festival.[73][74][75] In 2015, Varma was fined for Rs 10 Lakhs, for an alleged copyright violation with the film Aag (2007).[76] He made his directorial debut in Kannada cinema with the thriller Killing Veerappan.[77]

Other work

Ram Gopal Varma with Suriya on the sets of Rakta Charitra 2

Television

Ram Gopal Varma made his début in Television through a Talk Show titled Ramuism. The show is being aired on a Telugu channel since September 2014.[78] The show is noted for its fresh and witty appeal. The show focuses on Varma's Point of View on social issues such as Education, Religion, Mythology, Children, Crime, Death, Anger, Godmen, Woman, Philosophy, Cinema etc. The show is hosted by Swapna, the managing editor of Sakshi TV.

Online media

He has also made a documentary called God, Sex and Truth with adult actress Mia Malkova.[79]

Biographies

Varma wrote an autobiography titled Na Ishtam, which discusses his life experiences and philosophy. 'Naa Ishtam' was released in December 2010 at Taj Banjara, Hyderabad.[80] Sirasri, poet, lyricist and writer wrote a biographical book on the interactions he had with Ram Gopal Varma with the title Vodka With Varma. Director Puri Jagannadh launched the book in December 2012.[81]

In November 2015, Varma published his book Guns and Thighs: The Story of My Life, which discusses a wide range of subjects, from the influences and circumstances that drew him to cinematic techniques, his successful and unsuccessful films, his Bollywood idols, his live in relationship with Suchitra Krishnamoorthy his relationship with the media and the controversies dogging him, his philosophy of life, and Indian cinema.[82] On this occasion, Varma said "I dedicated my book to Ayn Rand, Bruce Lee, Urmila Matondkar, Amitabh Bachchan, and a few gangsters."[83][84]

Personal life

Varma was married to Ratna, who are later divorced.[85] They have a daughter.[86]

Awards and nominations

Varma has garnered the National Film Award, the Bimal Roy Memorial National Award, seven state Nandi Awards, two Bollywood Filmfare Awards, and five Bollywood Movie Awards.

National Film Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1999 Shool National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Won [19]

Nandi Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1989 Siva Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director Won
1991 Kshana Kshanam Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1991 Kshana Kshanam Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer Won
1993 Money Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver Won
1999 Prema Katha Nandi Award for Best Director Won
1999 Prema Katha Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Bronze Won

Filmfare Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Best Story Award Won [87]
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated [88]
1995 Rangeela Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated [88]
1998 Satya Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Won [89]
1998 Satya Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated [88]
2003 Company Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated [88]
2003 Company Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated [88]
2004 Bhoot Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated [88]
2006 Sarkar Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated [88]

Filmfare Awards South

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1991 Kshana Kshanam Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1993 Gaayam Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Nominated
1999 Prema Katha Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Nominated

Bimal Roy Memorial National Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1999 Satya Bimal Roy Memorial Award for Best Direction Won [57][58][90]

IIFA Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2002 Company IIFA Award for Best Movie Nominated [88]
2002 Company IIFA Award for Best Director Nominated [88]

Bollywood Movie Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1998 Satya Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won [91]
2000 Jungle Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won [91]
2002 Company Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won [91]
2003 Bhoot Bollywood Movie Award – Best Director Won [91]

Zee Cine Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2004 Bhoot Best Director of The Year Nominated [91][92]
2005 Ab Tak Chhappan Best Producer of The Year Nominated [91][92]

Screen Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2000 Jungle Screen Award for Best Director Nominated [91]
2002 Company Screen Award for Best Film Nominated [91][93]
2009 Sarkar Raj Screen Award for Best Director Nominated [91]

Stardust Awards

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
2009 Sarkar Raj Stardust Award for Best Director Nominated [91]
2010 Rakta Charitra Readers Choice Award for Best Director - Action/Thriller Nominated [91]

Other awards

Year Film Awards Category Outcome Ref
1989 Siva Vamsee Berkley Awards Best Director Won [91]
1993 Gaayam Akruthi Film Award Best Director Won [91]

Filmography

Year Film Language Director Producer Writer Notes
1989 Siva Telugu Yes No Yes
1990 Shiva Hindi Yes No Remake of Siva
crime film
1991 Kshana Kshanam Telugu Yes Yes Dubbed into Hindi as Hairaan
1992 Antham / Drohi Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes Bilingual film
crime film
1992 Raat / Raatri Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes Yes Bilingual film
horror film
1993 Gaayam Telugu Yes Yes Political drama
1993 Money Telugu Yes Remade as Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
comedy film
1993 Govinda Govinda Telugu Yes Yes thriller film
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Tamil Yes road movie
1995 Rangeela Hindi Yes Yes Yes romantic comedy
1995 Money Money Telugu Yes comedy film
1996 Deyyam Telugu Yes Yes horror film
1996 Gulabi Telugu Yes thriller film
1997 Anaganaga Oka Roju Telugu Yes Yes Yes road movie
1997 Daud Hindi Yes Yes road movie
1998 Satya Hindi Yes Yes Dubbed into Telugu as Satya
crime film
1998 Dil Se.. Hindi Yes Co-Produced with Mani Ratnam and Shekhar Kapur
romantic thriller
1998 Wife of V. Varaprasad Telugu Yes comedy film
1999 Prema Katha Telugu Yes Yes romance film
1999 Kaun Hindi Yes psychological thriller
1999 Mast Hindi Yes romantic comedy
1999 Shool Hindi Yes Yes political drama
2000 Jungle Hindi Yes thriller film
2001 Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega Hindi Yes Remake of Money
comedy film
2001 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Hindi Yes romance film
2002 Company Hindi Yes crime film
2002 Road Hindi Yes road movie
2003 Bhoot Hindi Yes Yes horror film
2004 Ek Hasina Thi Hindi Yes thriller film
2003 Darna Mana Hai Hindi Yes horror film
2004 Ab Tak Chhappan Hindi Yes crime film
2004 Vaastu Shastra Hindi Yes Dubbed into Telugu as Marri Chettu
horror film
2004 Gayab Hindi Yes drama film
2004 Naach Hindi Yes Yes drama film
2004 Madhyanam Hathya Telugu Yes thriller film
2005 My Wife's Murder Hindi Yes Remake of Madhyanam Hathya
thriller film
2005 Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon Hindi Yes drama film
2005 D Hindi Yes crime film
2005 James Hindi Yes action film
2005 Sarkar Hindi Yes Yes Yes political drama
2005 Mr Ya Miss Hindi Yes comedy film
2006 Darwaza Bandh Rakho Hindi Yes comedy film
2006 Shock Telugu Yes Yes thriller film
2006 Shiva Hindi Yes Yes crime film
2006 Darna Zaroori Hai Hindi Yes Yes Directed only Story 1
horror film
anthology film
2007 Nishabd Hindi Yes Yes Yes erotic film
2007 Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Hindi Yes Yes Yes crime film
2007 Darling Hindi Yes horror film
2007 Go Hindi Yes comedy film
2008 Sarkar Raj Hindi Yes Yes Yes political drama
Cannes film festival
2008 Contract Hindi Yes parallel cinema
2008 Phoonk Hindi Yes Yes horror film
2008 Raksha Telugu Yes Yes Remake of Phoonk
2009 Agyaat Hindi Yes Yes Yes horror film
2010 Rann Hindi Yes Yes political drama
2010 Rakta Charitra Telugu, Hindi Yes Yes Biographical film
2010 Rakta Charitra 2 Telugu, Hindi Yes Yes Biographical film
2010 Phoonk 2 Hindi Yes Executive Producer
horror film
2011 Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju Telugu Yes Yes comedy film
2011 Shabri Hindi Yes crime film
2011 Dongala Mutha Telugu Yes Yes thriller film
2011 Bejawada Telugu Yes Yes political drama
2011 Not a Love Story Hindi Yes Yes thriller film
2012 Department Hindi Yes Yes crime film
2012 Bhoot Returns Hindi Yes Yes horror film
2013 The Attacks of 26/11 Hindi Yes Yes Docudrama
2013 Psycho Telugu Yes Yes thriller film
2013 Satya 2 Telugu/Hindi Yes Yes crime film
2014 Rowdy Telugu Yes Yes
2014 Ice Cream Telugu Yes Yes horror film
2014 Anukshanam Telugu Yes Yes Slasher film
2014 Ice Cream 2 Telugu Yes Yes Slasher film
2015 365 Days Telugu Yes Yes romance film
2016 Killing Veerappan Kannada Yes Yes Docudrama film
2016 Attack Telugu Yes Political drama
2016 Veerappan Hindi Yes Yes Biographical film
2016 Vangaveeti Telugu Yes Yes Biographical film
2017 Sarkar 3 Hindi Yes Political thriller
2018 Officer Telugu Yes Yes
2018 Bhairava Geetha Kannada/Telugu Yes Yes
2019 Lakshmi's NTR Telugu Yes Yes Biographical drama
2019 Amma Rajyam Lo Kadapa Biddalu Telugu Yes Yes Political thriller
2020 Murder Telugu Yes Mystery film
2021 D Company Hindi Yes Yes Docudrama
2021 12 'O' Clock Hindi Yes Yes Yes Horror film
2022 Konda Telugu Yes Yes Biographical film

Short Films

Year Film Language Director Producer Writer Notes
2014 A day in the life of Lakshmi Manchu's feet Silent Yes Short film
2017 Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai Hindi Yes Yes Short film
2018 God, Sex and Truth English Yes Short film

RGV World Filmography

Year Film Language Director Producer Writer Notes
2020 Beautiful Telugu / Hindi Yes [94]
2020 Climax Telugu Yes Released on RGV World / ShreyasET[95]
2020 Naked Telugu Yes Released on RGV World / ShreyasET[96]
2020 Power Star Telugu Yes Released on RGV World[97]
2020 Thriller Telugu Yes Released on RGV World[98]
2020 Dangerous Yes

References

  1. ↑ "My Wife's Murder: This RGV film failed to excite his fans in 2005". Thehansindia.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *"Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in.*"IndianGoodfellas". americancinematheque.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Veerappan Going to Hollywood". The New Indian Express.
  4. ↑ * "Bollywood's new badshah". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *"A filmmaker is like a journalist". BBC. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *"Against the Grain: Grady Hendrix on Bombay's most successful maverick". Film Society of Lincoln Center. September–October 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "RGV's associates want him back in action". India TV News. 5 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "How Ram Gopal Varma gave Bollywood its best gangsters". dailyo.in.
  10. ↑ "Ram Gopal Varma revolutionizing Indian film industry: flow-cam technology, now auctioning distribution rights". The American Bazaar. 30 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Chinnarayana 2007, p. 54.
  12. ↑ "International Film Festival of India 1990" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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