DOB: 7 April 1962 AGE 55
Nationality: INDIAN
From: Hyderabad
Living: Mumbai , Hyderabad
Films: 47
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Bollywood.
👉He directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft.
👉In 1999, he has garnered the National Film Award for scripting, political drama, Shool - "For unveiling the complete collapse of the socio-political system. A very effective portrayal of the determined fight of a single citizen in the centre of a facade of democracy", as cited by the Jury.
👉In 2004, He was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses.
👉In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York City cited Varma as "Bombay’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.
👉Varma is regarded as the fountain head of new age Indian cinema.Widely known for presenting the
Indian Political Trilogy, and the
Indian Gangster Trilogy.
👉Film critic Rajeev Masand has labeled the series as one of the "most influential movies of Hindi cinema.
👉The first installment of the trilogy,Satya, was also listed in CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
👉Varma's recent avant-garde works include hits such as the
👉Alternate history Rakta Charitra (2010)
👉The dramatized re-enactment of 2008 Mumbai attacks in The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
👉A horror fiction, Ice Cream shot with Flowcam Technology (2014)
👉A slasher film, Anukshanam (2014)
👉 Killing Veerappan (2016), a documentary drama, and Veerappan (2016) a biographical "based on true events".
