Ramgopal Varma reveals the truth behind his success

Reading RGV’s writings is much like reading a karmic discourse of some spiritual guru. And yet as everyone knows, RGV can rarely be equated to people who possess a spiritual bent of mind. The straight-speaking director – inside a recent column – revealed that two of his best commercial successes “Rangeela” and “Satya” emerged in one of his worst ever commercial failure – the Nagarjuna – Urmila starrer “Drohi. ” He continues to add that he signed Urmila only because Madhuri’s dates weren't available.

However in Drohi he was mesmerized by a particular dance move that Urmila performed and on seeing which energy he sketched the core theme of Rangeela. Similarly from the core story of Drohi of a gangster falling deeply in love with an ordinary woman, he sketched the story of Satya, which he highlights has a similar storyline.

The ace director went onto explain that whenever he expected nothing, he has already been showered with everything. He took a dig at directors and heroes who tend to avoid taking decisive action. And said that decisions should be taken irrespective of outcomes, as they seldom are within our hand.