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Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma
Varma in 2012
Born
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma

(1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 62)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other namesRGV
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1989–present
WorksFilmography
SpouseRatna (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, primarily known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films.[1][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 at Lincoln Center cited Varma as "Bombay's Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.[7][8][9] He is known for introducing new talents, who eventually become successful in the Indian film industry.

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.[10][11] Subsequently, the film was included in CNN-IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[12] 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.[13] 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.[13]

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.[14][15][16] The first installment of the trilogy, Satya, was also listed in CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time, fetching Varma the "Bimal Roy Award" for Best Direction.[17] Varma fetched the National Film Award for scripting and producing the political crime drama, Shool (1999) cited by "India Today" as the "Best Cop Movie" of the 90's.[18][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]

  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. ^ *"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. ^ *"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. ^ *"Against the Grain: Grady Hendrix on Bombay's most successful maverick". Film Society of Lincoln Center. September–October 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  8. ^ "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. ^ Chinnarayana 2007, p. 54.
  11. ^ "International Film Festival of India 1990" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  12. ^ "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time-Movies News Photos-IBNLive". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  13. ^ a b Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Kshana Kshanam, Pg(503)-Professor of critical Studies-Paul Willemen-2014
  14. ^ "Masand's Verdict: Contract, mangled mess of Satya, Company". CNN-News18.
  15. ^ "Behind The Scenes – Rachel Dwyer – May 30, 2005". outlookindia.com.
  16. ^ "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum". tribuneindia.com.
  17. ^ "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  18. ^ "Film review: Shool, starring Manoj Bajpai, Raveena Tandon".
  19. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  20. ^ "Ram Gopal Verma's Veerappan creating ripples in south India". Indiatoday.intoday.in.
  21. ^ "మంచి ఐడియాతో తీస్తే... 'ఐస్‌క్రీమ్'లా ఆర్థిక లాభాలు!". Sakshi.com. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  22. ^ "Vangaveeti: Ram Gopal Varma's latest film is his most violent work". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Flow Cam technology for the first time in Asia: RGV". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.
  24. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (23 June 2022). "Ram Gopal Varma's 'Konda review – The Hindu". The Hindu.
  25. ^ "Konda Murali's close aide Prashanth Karthi to shine as Naxal leader RK in RGV's 'Konda' | Telugu Movie News". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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