I guess everyone eventually gets rated as what they deserve atleast among the audiences. Reading this forum I have to say he is indeed underrated. And sometimes the same people praise the idiotic commercial films to the sky . While I enjoy these commercial films including many YRF movies I wouldn't confuse them with great movies

And I havent seen any answer to which tamil films he copies. I wouldnt think he did unless they had the same hollywood source. And yeah I would have higher regard if the stories were original. Shiva still remains my favorite RGV movie

, Rohit walk out on Ram Gopal Varma!

By Our Correspondent ©2005 Bollyvista.com






RGV
Ram Gopal Varma is in dire straits and not surprisingly. His films are bombing left, right and centre - a career of ten years and just three hits - 'Rangeela', 'Satya', 'Sarkar' ('Company' broke even.) His funding company K Sera Sera is not willing to back him any more, which is why he is upbeat about his 3-film deal with Adlabs.

Recently, his 'D' hero, Randeep Hooda walked out of his camp on account of disagreements and now it's the turn of first time director, Rohit Jugraj, director of 'James' to part ways with Ramu. The reason? Ramu went on record to say that 'James' was a flop and he would remake it as 'Shiv' with Mohit again. Rohit believes that he was a mere puppet in Ramu's hands and his film was a mere embodiment of Ramu's vision. He sprung a shocker by saying that 'Shiv' was not a remake of 'James' (as Ramu has been claiming) but a remake of Ramu's old film 'Shiva' with Nagarjuna!

ungrateful

shiva itself is rehased version of Satya (kamal-sureshkrishna)

Movies of RGV that I like is are Company and Shiva.

What about Bhoot?

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hind ... 17403.html

RGV splits with his protegee
IndiaGlitz [Friday, October 14, 2005]

Talking about RGV and his protegees, while Mohit Ahlawat is fast turning out to be his preferred blue eyed boy, things aren't as bright with another discovery of his for which he had only good things to say till recently.

We are talking about Mr. D - Randeep Hooda - who is no more a part of the RGV camp. Officially confirmed by both the director and the actor, the two of them have split due to professional differences.

The two weren't having a great time for the last few months and the tension mounted to an all time high during the shooting of Darnaa Zaroori Hai.

Result is that while DZH would be Randeep's last assignment with RGV, he would no longer be a part of 'Shock'. In an industry that is known to be famous for no permanent friends or enemies, it has to be seen how long does it take for the two to be together again.

Sathya (Kamal-Suresh Krishna) is a remake of Sunny's Arjun and is not set in a college. If you take such resemblances, every movie will be a remake of some tamil movie

What about Bhoot?

Bhoot was a hit commercially and so is Shiva and Raat wasnt a flop. However, many of the films from 'The Factory' have failed in recent times. It will be good if that serves as a wakeup call.

K Sera Sera is not of importance since he has new investement from Anil Ambani

he has much more than 3 hits

shiva, kshanakshanam, gayam, rangeela, satya, bhoot, ab tak 56, sarkar were all hits…

and not to mention plenty of average earners

and it is obvious that he does remake/remix/update his own films and at times is inspired by bollywood and hollywood films

but he definitely has not been inspired by tamil films

I thought Ramu's Satya and Company were great.

Bhoot was ok.

Not really interested in any of the other films.

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'Ramu can't remake Shiva, and call it a James remake'

Patcy N in Mumbai | October 21, 2005 15:40 IST


Ram Gopal Varma's recent announcement of remaking the big flop, James, has irked its director Rohit Jugraj (left in image).

Ramu (right in image) claimed that the film, starring his favourite actor Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari, would go on the floors next month, and would be a winner, and unlike what it turned out to be.

While Ramu and Rohit have parted ways after the controversy started, Rohit tries to offer an explanation. "Let me start from the beginning. RGV wanted me to do a remake of his film, Shiva -- to be called Shiv -- after I finished with James. I was initially excited. But when James flopped, I wanted to take a break, sit back and analyse what went wrong. RGV and I had a talk and agreed that we would put Shiv on hold. And I did not want to do a film on the same action genre again. I refuse to work like a clone like everybody else at the Factory! Now I hear that he wants to remake James."

Rohit claims that Ramu's film will, in fact, be a remake of Shiva that they had planned to do, and not James.

"After James released, I had to go to my hometown, Dehradun. I told RGV that I would be back with a new story idea. But when I came back, I heard of this announcement," he adds.

Rohit feels cheated because RGV did not talk to him before making the announcement.

Then he bursts out, "How can he say James was not made properly after raving about it before it released? How can his convictions about the film change once the verdict is against it?"

"Once a film is released, it can either be a hit or a flop. If it flops, that doesn't mean our convictions were wrong. We can't go about saying that the film was a mistake. How can one's convictions change overnight? If, after every film he says I made a mistake, it means that if Factory makes 10 films, five are fine and five are mistakes," he says.

"Apparently, Ram Gopal Varma told a Mumbai newspaper that I did a bad job of James. It was supposed to be Shiva, but I made something else out of it. So I asked him: Is it possible that James was under production for two years and he never knew what was happening? He approves of each and every single line in the script. What he doesn't like, he cuts. But the way he talks it sounds as though he did not see anything of the film, and suddenly just saw the final product!" exclaims Rohit.

The young director claims that RGV 'interferes' in a film from the scripting stage to the editing table, though he never comes to the sets of his films.

"I don't know his reasons of remaking the film. I don't think he is doing it for Mohit's sake. Yes, Mohit is a nice human being, and has a very good screen presence. RGV has kept him in his next ventures because he sees potential in Mohit," he says.

Rohit is candid when it comes to analysing what actually went wrong with James. "It's no secret that the second half never had a story. We had open discussions about it. Everything was made the way he wanted it -- he inserted the song sequences, the dog chase scene… all his orders have been followed."

Before signing off, Rohit added, "I have the guts to say Ram Gopal Varma and Rohit Jugraj did a bad job of James. That's it. Why should you come back and say I am going to remake James? But if he wants to, he should make a remake of James, with the same story and cast. He can't remake Shiva, and call it a James remake."



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