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Ram Gopal Varma is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor Indian born on 7 april 1962 at Hyderabad (Inde)

Ram Gopal Varma

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Birth name Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma
Nationality Inde
Birth 7 april 1962 (61 years) at Hyderabad (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards, Nandi Awards

Ram Gopal Varma also known as RGV or Ramu is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. His work is predominantly in Bollywood and Telugu cinema. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres — psychological thrillers, underworld gang warfare, road movies, horrors, fictional films, politician-criminal nexus, experimental films, musicals, parallel cinema, and docudrama. Two of his films Siva (1989), and Satya (1998) were show cased among CNN-IBN's list of hundred best Indian films of all time. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies included Satya in its list of 25 Must See Bollywood Movies. The film marked the introduction of a new genre of film making, a variation of film noir that has been called Mumbai noir, of which Varma is the acknowledged master.

He directed path breaking film's like Siva (1989) and Kshana Kshanam (1991) for which he has garnered Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for Best Direction. In 1999, He has garnered the National Film Award for scripting and producing Shool. In the same year He directed Prema Katha for which he received his third Nandi Award for Best Director. He garnered three Filmfare Awards and five Bollywood Movie Awards. In 2010, He received critical acclaim at the International film festival of Fribourg, Switzerland, where in, a retrospective of Mumbai noir, was staged by film critic, Edward Waintrop.

He gained recognition in Bollywood with the 1990 Hindi film, Shiva premiered at International Film Festival of India, and the 1991 supernatural thriller, Raat. In 1995 he directed another blockbuster Rangeela. He then directed Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, and was show cased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India. Varma received the Bimal Roy memorial award for best direction for this film.

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), form an "Indian gangster trilogy". In 2006, he re-made a new version of Shiva, which was screened at the New York Asian Film Festival, where a retrospective featuring several of his previous movies was staged. Alongside Shiva, the festival screened his earlier successful films Company, Ek Hasina Thi, Ab Tak Chhappan and Sarkar. In 2008, he directed another blockbuster, Sarkar Raj, which was archived at the Academy of Motion Pictures library. 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.

Other acclaimed films at the box office, that Varma directed include Gaayam (1993), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Kaun (1999), Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005), Phoonk (2008), Rakta Charitra (2010), and Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju (2011).

Biography

Sirasri – poet, lyricist and writer wrote a book in biographical tone on the interactions he had with Ram Gopal Varma with the title Vodka With Varma. Director Puri Jagannath launched the book in December 2012 at Aros Pub in Hyderabad.

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Filmography of Ram Gopal Varma (82 films)

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Ice Cream 2
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors J. D. Chakravarthy, Naveena, Tanikella Bharani, Dhanraj, Ram Gopal Varma
Roles Producer
Rating39% 1.9518451.9518451.9518451.9518451.951845
A crew of eight amateur film makers approach a noted film producer (Ram Gopal Varma) to finance their film. However, the producer rejects their directorial ability due to lack of experience, and offers to buy their script.
Darwaaza Bandh Rakho
Directed by J. D. Chakravarthy
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Divya Dutta, Gulshan Grover, Chunky Pandey, Aftab Shivdasani, Ram Gopal Varma, Goga Kapoor
Rating54% 2.709682.709682.709682.709682.70968
Four small time crooks, played by Aftab Shivdasani, Chunky Pandey, Zakir Hussain and Snehal Dabi, turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, played by Isha Shrawani, and they demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian Gujarati family of 35. The head of the household is played by Ishrat Ali.

Director

365 Days
365 Days (2015)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Romance
Actors Anaika Soti, Krishnudu, Posani Krishna Murali
Rating26% 1.307321.307321.307321.307321.30732
The plot deals with newly wed couple and the problems faced by them.
Patta Pagalu
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Rajasekhar, Tanikella Bharani, Ahuti Prasad, Rajasekhar
Rating75% 3.790943.790943.790943.790943.79094
The story revolves around Rajasekhar and his happy family. Their lives are disturbed when his teenage daughter is possessed by an evil spirit. The story explores whether or not the doting father is able to save his daughter`s life.
Rowdy
Rowdy (2014)
, 1h49
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Mohan Babu, Manchu Vishnu, Jayasudha Kapoor, Ravi Babu Tammareddy, Shanvi Srivastava, Tanikella Bharani
Rating56% 2.8020652.8020652.8020652.8020652.802065
The film opens in a street in Hyderabad in a night with Krishna (Vishnu Manchu) saving Sirisha (Shanvi Srivastava) from some eve teasers and accompanying her to the hostel she stays. In the journey, they both come to know that they hail from Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. When Sirisha asks Krishna about the details of his father, the scene shifts to the native place of Krishna where his father, a don fondly called as Anna (Mohan Babu) and as Annagaru with respect punishing a teacher named Sankar Rao for harassing his pregnant wife for dowry on the complaint of the woman's father Rama Rao. Anna is a sexagenarian man who always thinks about the welfare of the people of Rayalaseema and they too revere him equal to god. Anna is a very powerful and influential don who also controls the political affairs of that region. His friend Ananda Rao (Paruchuri Gopala Krishna), a ruling party politician, is his close friend and he and the party extends their full support to Anna to stop the Nandavaram project whose happening would destroy 34 villages completely. On the other hand, a group of influential people working under a mysterious man try to make the project to earn crores. The group consists of KR, Vedantham Murthy aka Vedam (Tanikella Bharani), Chandi (Jeeva) and Seshagiri who is fond of cakes.
Ice Cream
Ice Cream (2014)
, 1h44
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Horror, Romance
Actors Navdeep, Tejaswi Madivada, Naveena
Rating37% 1.8608551.8608551.8608551.8608551.860855
Anukshanam
Anukshanam (2014)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Revathi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Manchu Vishnu, Brahmanandam, Navdeep, Tejaswi Madivada
Rating57% 2.852262.852262.852262.852262.85226
Inspired by a real life incident, the film is based on a serial killer who sends a wave of panic across Hyderabad.
Ice Cream 2
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors J. D. Chakravarthy, Naveena, Tanikella Bharani, Dhanraj, Ram Gopal Varma
Rating39% 1.9518451.9518451.9518451.9518451.951845
A crew of eight amateur film makers approach a noted film producer (Ram Gopal Varma) to finance their film. However, the producer rejects their directorial ability due to lack of experience, and offers to buy their script.
Dalam
Dalam (2013)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Actors Piaa Bajpai, Nassar, Naveen Chandra, Nathalia Kaur, Kishore, Ajay

The Scene begins in a Naxal infested area, where gun battle is ensuing between State policeman and Naxals. In the battle, the Naxals lose many men and they decide to forgo their pursuit of war and they decide to hand themselves to government. During their time in jail, they undergo many tortures but then one the Jail Seniors offers them to switch sides to the police and do hit jobs.
Satya 2
Satya 2 (2013)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sharwanand Myneni, Puneet Singh Ratn, Anaika Soti, Mahesh Thakur, Mrunal Jain, Anjalie Gupta
Rating58% 2.901912.901912.901912.901912.90191
The plot Satya is narrated by a voice (Makrand Deshpande) about the underworld that has been slowed down from the last decade in Mumbai. It narrates all about the discrimination in the society,in the system and all above.The narrator says that "Underworld anywhere in the cannot be totally finished till then when there would be no discrimination between the rich and poor. Story revolves back to 2013 when the train stops and a young man Satya (Puneet Singh Ratn) arrives on platform. He slowly begins to study the condition of the City.Soon he got the job in a construction company. One day his boss asks him to meet a old gangster RK to resolve a small dispute between him and his rival construction company.Soon this meeting takes a new turn in his life and he becomes a new gangster in the City.his new tagline is "The real power lies in hiding it.
Bhoot Returns, 2h
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Manisha Koirala, J. D. Chakravarthy, Madhu Shalini
Rating26% 1.3419051.3419051.3419051.3419051.341905
Tarun, an architect, moves into a luxurious bungalow with his wife, Namrata, and their children, 10-year-old Taman and 6-year-old Nimmi. During an exploration of the house, Nimmi finds a doll, and includes someone named 'Shabbu' in all her activities. The family mistakes Nimmi's new doll to be Shabbu but are surprised when Nimmi points to an empty space and introduces her invisible friend as Shabbu. Her parents suspect her wild imagination as the reason for her new 'friend'.
Department
Department (2012)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Rana Daggubati, Nathalia Kaur, Vijay Raaz, Abhishek Bachchan
Rating31% 1.575181.575181.575181.575181.57518
When Inspector Mahadev Bhosale (Sanjay Dutt) is asked by his seniors to form a hit squad to take on the Mumbai underworld, he recruits Shiv Narayan (Rana Daggubati), an honest and brave police officer who had been suspended for an encounter killing. Together, Mahadev and Shiv along with others in the "Department" take on underworld don Sawatya (Vijay Raaz) and his gang. Sawatya, in spite of many exhortations by his number two, D.K. (Abhimanyu Singh), and D.K.’s feisty girlfriend, Naseer (Madhu Shalini), does not hit back at the police.