The foreigner 2017 ram gopal varma d Continue Ram Gopala Varmaa Gopal Varma in September 2012BornPenmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (1962-04-07) April 7, 1962 (age 58)Andhra Pradesh, IndiaNationalityIndianAlma materVelagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering CollegeOccupationDirector and producerYears active1989-presentSpouse (s)RelativesMadhu Mantena (cousin) Of Penmets Ram Gopal Varma (born April 7, 1962), often referred to his initials RGV, is an Indian director, writer and producer, known for his work in the films Telugu and Hindi along with television. Varma directed films in a variety of genres, including parallel films and docudrama, marked by his gritty realism, technical sophistication and craft. Considered one of the pioneers of the new age of Indian cinema, Varma won the National Film Award for the screenplay of the political crime drama Shul (1999). In 2004 it was featured in the BBC series World Bollywood Bosses. In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Kinoko Society of Lincoln Center, called Varma the most successful Maverick of Bombay for his work on experimental films. Varma is known for representing the Indian political trilogy and the Indian gangster trilogy; Film critic Rajiv Masand called the series one of the most influential Hindi films. The first part of the trilogy, Satya, was also included in the 100 greatest Indian films of all time by CNN-IBN. Varma's recent avant-garde works include such hits as the dramatized reconstruction of the Rayalaseema faction in Raquet Charitra (2010), Mumbai Attacks in Attack 26/11 (2013), Operation Cocoon in the murder of Viratpan (2016), Vijayawadaveta in Wangawei (2016). Starting his career as a civil engineer, he entered the Telugu cinema with a breakthrough crime thriller, Siwa (1989) was shown at the 13th International Film Festival in India, and won the Varma State Award for Best Director, Best First Film Director and Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. Subsequently, the film was included in the list of the 100 greatest Indian films of all at a time when CNN-IBN. Varma's next film, Kshan Kshanam (1991), was screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The sleeping hit won him another Nandy Award for Best Director, and a Nandy Award for Best Screenplay Writer. The 1993 political drama Gayam won six Nandi state awards. In 1999, he directed the film Prema Kata, for which he received the third Nandy award for best director. Early in his career, Varma talked about his relationship with his parents and the reasons for his decision to become a director. From my parents' point of view, I looked like a useless bum. It was true. I didn't have a goal. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to their behavior. I was very fascinated by the bullies in my class. They were like gangsters to me. They had the courage to push people, to do things I couldn't - maybe I didn't even want to do it myself. But I want such a friend (laughs). I used to cast them as heroes. It was my first touch on anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle charm for larger-than-life people. I've always been a loner - not because I was miserable, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to learn by myself - the way I go, talk, behave. My constant obsession with exploring myself and others is perhaps the main motivation for me to be a director. Varma was educated at St. Mary's High School in Sekanderabad and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from V.R. Siddhartha College of Engineering, Vijayawada. Even during this period, Varma remained a movie buff, through his uncle. Varma often skipped classes and instead watch movies. He will watch the same movie repeatedly just watch certain scenes that interested him. According to him, this is how he learned to direct the film. After a brief stint as a site engineer for the Krishna Oberoi Hotel in Hyderabad, he put his dreams on the back burner and decided to go to Nigeria to earn some money. It was at this point that he visited the video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own at Ameerpet in Hyderabad, through which he slowly developed connections with the world of cinema. Not being successful as the fourth assistant director in B. Gopal's The Collector Gary Abbay, Varma immediately ventured to direct the 1989 film Telugu and Siva. Internationally recognized Rachel Dwyer, a reader of world cinema at the University of London in South Asia, noted Varma's Satyu as an experiment with a new genre, a variation of the cinema noir, which was named Mumbai Noir, of which Varma is a recognized master. In 2010, Varma received critical acclaim at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland; A retrospective of his filmography highlighting Mumbai noir was staged by film critic Edward Waintrop, a delegate in the two weeks of directors of the Cannes Film Festival. Satya and company in particular were quoted by British director Danny Boyle as influencing his Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for their smooth, often mesmerizing depictions of the Mumbai underworld, their display of cruelty and urban violence, and their gritty realism. In 2005, Varma directed The Godfather-Sarkar, another super-hit thriller inspired by the life of Bala Thackeray and The Politics of Northern India, which was screened for special mention at the New York Asian Film Festival, along with its sequel Sarkar premiered in 2008. Year. The film festival and the 9th world premiere of IIFA-Bangkok, and was archived in the library of the Academy of Motion Pictures. In 2013, he directed the pre-drama Attacks 26/11, which featured critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival, panorama and the Competition section, and was presented at the Indian Film Festival. The film received very positive reviews, with critics praising Varma's account of Assistant Commissioner N.R. Mahal, as well as discrepancies related to Mahale's interaction with Ajmal Kasab in the fight against terrorism. The philosophy of Varma's craft and style cinema is influenced by the Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and authors such as James Hadley Chase and Frederick Forsyth, as well as Mad magazine. Varma's first runaway hit in Hindi was Shiva (1990), a remake of his 1989 film Siva. Varma presented the steadicam in Indian cinema with Siva. He later attracted attention in Bollywood with the romantic comedy film Rangela (1995) starring Amir Khan. The film won seven Filmfare Awards. Later, Rangeela was remade in Hollywood as Win a Date with Tack Hamilton!. He then directed Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics' Award for Best Picture, and in 2005 Indiatimes Movies included Satya in the 25 Must See BOllywood Movies list. Satya was shown among the Indian panoramic section, at the International Film Festival in India in 1998, Varma received the Bimal Roy Memorial Award for Best Director of this film. In the same year, he co-produced Dil Se., directed by Mani Ratnam, shown at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, and won the Netpac Award, as well as two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards. Satya, along with his 2002 film company (which he directed, won three IIFA awards, seven Filmfare Awards and the Bollywood Film Award for Best Direction, and was featured at the Austin Film Festival in 2004) and the 2005 film D (which he produced) were also shown at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the New York Asian Film Festival. Experimental films In 1991, Varma experimented with the supernatural thriller Raat and the 1992 neo-noir, the crime film Drohi, and received positive reviews from critics. In between his trilogy, from Satia in 1998 to D in 2005, Varma realized various genres of cinema in his craft. In 1999 he directed Kaun, an unknown thriller set entirely in the same house and featuring only three actors and a mast, a subversive part of the genre of masala Hindi cinema. In 2000, he directed the film The Jungle, completely located in the jungle, for which he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for best director. In 2003 he shot another supernatural thriller Bhoot on the line Raat's previous hit. Bhoot became a hit hit box office, and Varma was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Director for a film. Bhut was followed by even more horror films, including hit films such as Darna Mana Hai (2003), Darna zaroori Hai (2006) and Funk (2008), earning Varma the status of a stera of the Indian horror genre. Other experimental productions of Varma include Eka Hasina Thi (2003), a psychological thriller, and Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), a film about an inspector in Mumbai's Encounter Squad noted that killed 56 people in clashes featured at the Fantastic Festival. In 2006, he re-enroughed a new piece of Shiva, which was shown at the New York Asian Film Festival, where in retrospect featuring experimental hits by Varma such as The Company, Ek Hasina Thi, Ab Tak Chhappan, Sarkar, Contract, and Shabri was staged. Shabri was also shown at the Rome Film Festival. A 2010 film about MEDIA Media, Rann was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The two-part bilingual parallel cinema Rakta Charitra (2010), based on the life of Paritala Ravindra and Maddela Cheruvu Suri; The film received praise from critics. Varma began his career in the Telugu film industry as an assistant director on sets of films such as collector Gary Abbay and Rao Gary Illou.