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urbanlegend
PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:54 am 
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At a suburban studio in Mumbai, Ram Gopal Varma is directing a music video featuring Usha Uthup.

"It is for my film Bhoot. The video supports an album that will feature music inspired by my film," he says.

"Filmmakers are falling into the trap of putting a love story in all their films to accommodate songs. That's why our films are cliched. My logic for putting out a separate album of music connected with Bhoot is simple. Why should I drag audiences to Switzerland in the middle of a tight thriller? [Earlier] I fell into the trap repeatedly due to financial greed. The audio companies offered me good money for music soundtracks. Also, I was lured into putting songs into Jungle, Company and Road because of the publicity the songs gave me on the television channels. By giving music clippings I saved a lot of money on publicity."

Apparently, there will be no more songs for Varma. "They don't help get my films an opening. Company and Road got an opening because of the action and dialogue trailers, not the songs. Audiences might have enjoyed the songs, and seen them hundreds of times at home. Why should they go to theatres? What is the point of spending Rs 20 million on a song picturisation, then condensing it into a two-minute clip for television? In Bhoot, my intention is to scare audiences, not divert their attention with songs."

He plans to market the soundtrack "as is the norm in Hollywood. My brief to my three composers, Salim-Suleiman, Anand Raaj Anand and Amar Mohile was to compose what Bhoot means to them. Each along with three lyricists gave me a song. Two of these are now being made into music videos for television with Usha Uthup and Sunidhi Chauhan. When viewers see the pop artiste they will know these songs are not in the film. By shooting with actors from Bhoot I did not want audiences to get the wrong idea. Along with these songs the music company will use the background music and instrumental pieces from Bhoot. This will mutually benefit me and the music company."

According to Varma, Road faltered at the box-office because of the songs. "The intention of the thriller was diluted because we were thinking about how to put in the songs. Instead of songs working for the film, we ended up making the film for the songs. Now that the audio market has crashed, why should I waste money shooting song sequences in my film and end up crying when the music does not sell?"

He hopes his experiment will start a new trend in Hindi films. "Look at Madonna's video for Die Another Day. Audiences knew it wasn't part of the film. Yet they were lured into seeing the film. I will follow this procedure for all my films including Ek and Ek Haseena Thi. Unless it is a music-oriented film like Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon, I will not opt for a film score. These film-inspired albums are beneficial not only to me but also music companies."

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Finally its about time, he movies will be much better and similar to Hollywood style. I wish more bollywood directors would follow him but every director is hell bent on forcing in the romantic love triangle some way or another and screwing up a good movie.



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Khiladi
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he is the only sensible director in bollywood. i just hope he sets a example & gets the others to follow the same.
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Finally RGV, only I hope you don't put in songs at the last minute like you did in Road and like Sanjay Gupta did in Kaante! But what will happen to the masala fed audience? I think they probably complain..
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I totally agree with him about Road's songs. I think they were a downfall to the film! They helped Vivek Oberoi to a certain extent though cuz it could show he coudl dance, but really the film did not need them at all.

Lets hope he does continue with this, this is one way to make more powerful filmmaking. He definetely is one guy who knows his audiences very well.
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what baquaas....RGV habitually says something like that every few years or so, and then never actually does it!

we'll see when bhoot releases, if he holds true!

btw, h'es forgetting company got a biggie opening because of KHALLAS!
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It's true many people went to go see Company because of Khallas, but it was one of the few films last year that struck a chord with the Indian audience, who are hard to please because of the trash they have to watch.

This is why Ram Gopal Varma is my favourite director. He can't be touched. He's made many mistakes, but you simply see past them, and look at some of the movies he's made, and the ones that are coming up. He's smart, genius, and intelligent. He's going to start a new wave of original and pathbreaking films in Bollywood, and even if its him and Rajat Mukherjee alone, the other directors will learn.

I can't wait for my least favourite director David Dhawan to learn his lesson about film making! :laugh:
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didnt kaun flop because it didnt have any songs and i think he will keep songs in ek hassena thi it sounds like a normal hindi movie
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urbanlegend wrote:
My brief to my three composers, Salim-Suleiman, Anand Raaj Anand and Amar Mohile was to compose what Bhoot means to them.

does this mean he's not workin with Sandeep Chowta anymore???? i strongly urge RGV to get back together w/ Vishal and Gulzar, w/ Sandeep Chowta doing the background score, some damn good music came out of that awesome team...they're like peanut butter and jelly....
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When Ram Gopal Varma planned BHOOT, he'd decided against incorporating a song in the horror flick. But Ramu has altered his plans the film-maker has decided to incorporate songs now. But there's a difference these songs will be used in the background, unlike the practice of the lead cast rendering it.

As for the promos, the maker has decided to shoot special music videos, to publicise the songs. Surprisingly, these songs will not feature the principal cast of the film, but well-known singers. He has already shot the first video with singer Usha Uthup, while the second video will feature Sunidhi Chauhan. Trust Ramu to come up with the most innovative stuff.



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does this mean he's not workin with Sandeep Chowta anymore? i strongly urge RGV to get back together w/ Vishal and Gulzar, w/ Sandeep Chowta doing the background score, some damn good music came out of that awesome team...they're like peanut butter and jelly....

Yeah...I loved that team too. Vishal Bharadwaj is one under-rated composer.
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