Ram Gopal Varma also known as RGV is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres — psychological thrillers, underworld gang warfare, Road movies, politician-criminal nexus, and musicals in multiple languages.
He gained recognition in Bollywood with the Hindi film, Shiva (1990 film) premiered at International Film Festival of India in kolkata[1] and Rangeela (1995).
The next film he directed was Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, and was show cased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India.
Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed and which won seven Filmfare Awards) and the 2005 film D (which he produced), form an "Indian gangster trilogy".
Other acclaimed films that Varma directed include Kshana Kshanam (1991), Gaayam (1993), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Kaun (1999), Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005), Sarkar Raj (2008), Rakta Charitra (2010) Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju (2011) and Dongala Mutta (2011).
His upcoming directorial work includes Department starring Amitabh Bachhan and Rana Daggubati.Ram Gopal Varma’s family is originally from Andhra Pradesh.
His father’s name is Krishnam Raju and his mother is called Suryamma.
Ram Gopal Varma dropped out of the V. R. Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada from the civil engineering branch.
Varma was keen on filmmaking from the early days and he regularly watched films both Indian and Hollywood cinema. Initially he earned his living as the owner of a video cassette library.
Varma's father was a sound recordist at Annapurna studios a company, which was owned by Nagarjuna's father. And Varma and Nagarjuna were childhood friends.
So RGV’s first film Shiva was financed by Nagarjuna’s father.RGV made his mark in the Telugu industry with his debut film Shiva, a violent stylized crime drama set against a college backdrop.
His next film Kshana Kshanam (starring Venkatesh and Sridevi), an adventure drama, was another blockbusterVarma started his own production banner Varma Corporation Limited, and produced successful Telugu films such as Money, Money Money, Gulabi and Anaganaga Oka Roju.In Bollywood he became a household name with Rangeela.
Some of his hit films after Rangeela are Sarkar, Satya, Company and Shool. But he has also had many flops such as Nishabd, Darna Zaroori Hai and Nach. His most disastrous venture to date is Ram Gopal Varma Kii Aag.
