Ram
Gopal
Varma,
who
is
busy
with
his
movies
like
Phoonk
2
and
Raktha
Charitra,
has
said
that
his
next
film
God
and
Sex
is
not
be
a
biopic
on
the
sex
life
of
Swami
Nithyananda.
RGV
tells
Jyothi
Venkatesh
that
he
does
not
believe
in
shifting
genres
as
a
filmmaker.
Here
are
the
excerpts
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma
interview
Is
the
sequel
Phoonk
2
scarier
than
Phoonk?
I
would
not
say
that
my
sequel
to
my
earlier
film
Phoonk
is
scarier
than
the
original
version,
because
both
Phoonk
as
well
as
Phoonk
2
deal
with
different
type
of
fears.
I"d
say
that
scare
can
be
of
two
kinds
where
one
is
of
a
kind
which
scares
you
due
to
a
completely
helpless
situation
you
catch
yourself
in,
and
the
other
which
scares
your
senses.
Bhoot
falls
in
the
second
category
whereas
Phoonk
falls
in
the
first
category.
If
you
are
caught
in
a
situation
in
the
second
category,
you
are
in
obvious
fear,
not
just
helpless.
I"d
say
that
Phoonk
2,
which
will
be
called
Bommai
in
Tamil
and
Aavaham
in
Telugu,
falls
in
the
second
category
too.
Where
does
the
sequel
take
off?
If
the
entire
Phoonk
story
was
about
how
the
evil
woman
Madhu
who
practices
black
magic
was
bent
upon
torturing
and
killing
a
little
girl
in
order
to
make
her
father
suffer
and
how
the
father
in
desperation
gets
a
tantric
who
in
turn
kills
the
evil
woman,
Phoonk
2
starts
off
with
the
spirit
of
Madhu
coming
back
from
the
dead
and
brutally
murdering
the
tantric.
Where
does
the
element
of
scare
in
Phoonk
2
come
from?
The
scare
in
Phoonk
is
meant
to
create
an
internal
fear
in
the
so
called
non
believers
and
atheists
and
to
make
them
question
themselves
on
what
they
would
do
if
they
are
caught
in
such
a
situation.
To
that
extent
it
serves
its
purpose
and
is
not
an
obvious
and
straight
in
the
face
scary
film
like
Bhoot
and
that"s
where
the
tag
line
of
'Phoonk-
Its
superstition
till
it
happens
to
you" came
from.
Though
you
had
directed
Phoonk,
why
did
you
ask
Milind
Gadagkar
to
direct
the
sequel?
If
I
asked
Milind
Gadagkar
to
direct
Phoonk
2
though
I
had
myself
directed
Phoonk,
the
reason
is
simple.
When
Milind
came
up
with
the
idea
of
Phoonk
2,
the
opening
sequence
itself
made
me
jump
up
in
my
seat.
The
moment
I
read
the
entire
script,
I
was
convinced
that
he
should
direct
it
as
I
was
amazed
at
the
clarity
he
had
in
detailing
of
the
story.
Besides
the
fact
that
Milind
had
come
up
with
the
concept
for
the
sequel,
where
the
evil
woman
who
is
killed
in
the
first
part
comes
back
as
a
ghost
to
wreak
revenge
on
the
tantric,
I
was
busy
with
the
making
of
my
film
Raktha
Charitra
in
three
different
languages-
Hindi,
Tamil
and
Telugu
with
actors
like
Vivek
Oberoi
and
Surya.
I
do
not
believe
in
directing
more
than
a
film
at
any
time
because
I
feel
that
in
that
case
the
quality
of
your
film
is
bound
to
suffer.
In
what
way
has
your
approach
as
a
filmmaker
changed
from
Satya
to
Rakta
Charitra?
I
should
confess
that
over
the
years
ever
since
I
had
made
my
debut
with
Shiva,
my
approach
has
changed
radically.
I"d
say
that
your
expressions
and
exposure
will
have
a
certain
effect
on
what
you
set
out
to
make
as
a
filmmaker.
The
way
you
watch
people
and
understand
the
characters
and
their
relationship,
when
you
set
out
to
write
your
script
does
change
over
the
years
and
it
reflects
in
the
films
that
you
set
out
to
make.
You
had
pioneered
the
genre
of
horror
films
after
Ramsays
had
given
them
up.
What
is
the
reason
that
you
are
yet
to
make
a
horror
film
in
3D?
I
am
just
now
working
on
the
script
of
a
film
which
I
intend
making
in
the
3D
format.
I
am
not
the
kind
of
film
maker
who
just
sets
out
to
make
a
film
to
prove
a
point
just
because
the
others
are
also
making
it.
If
a
particular
subject
matter
interests
me
greatly,
I
decide
to
make
a
film
on
that
subject.
If
you
ask
me
whether
I
like
shifting
genres
as
a
filmmaker,
all
that
I
can
say
is
that
I
do
not
think
at
all
in
terms
of
genres.
As
a
filmmaker,
to
what
extent
to
you
believe
in
driving
home
any
message
to
the
audiences?
I
do
not
believe
in
driving
home
any
particular
message
down
the
throats
of
my
audiences.
I
think
that
it
I
s
a
question
of
the
intention
of
the
director,
whether
to
let
the
viewers
have
fun
when
they
set
out
to
watch
his
film
or
drive
home
a
message.
All
said
and
done,
I
also
believe
that
the
audience
today
comes
to
watch
a
horror
film
to
have
fun
What
is
filmmaking
for
you?
For
me
making
films
is
a
compulsion.
My
way
of
definition
of
filmmaking
is
my
means
to
tell
a
story
to
create
an
emotion.
It
is
only
after
the
film
is
completed
that
you
tend
to
get
into
the
business
aspects
of
the
film
when
you
set
out
to
market
it
and
release
it.
It
is
not
the
primary
intention
of
any
film
maker.
What
next
after
Phoonk
2
is
released?
After
Phoonk
2
is
released,
I
have
plans
to
release
my
Rakta
Charitra.
Just
watch
out
for
Surya
in
Rakta
Charitra.
To
put
in
one
word
succinctly,
Surya
is
just
brilliant
as
an
actor
and
what"s
more,
he
also
knows
Hindi.
Is
it
true
that
you
are
planning
to
make
God
and
Sex
based
on
Swami
Nithyananda"s
sex
life?
Yes.
I
am
toying
with
the
idea
of
launching
God
and
Sex.
Let
me
reiterate
that
God
and
Sex
is
not
a
biopic
on
Swami
Nithyananda
who
was
caught
with
an
actress
on
bed
recently.
My
film
has
only
been
inspired
by
recent
sex
scandal
involving
him.
God
and
Sex
will
once
and
for
all
explore,
examine
and
expose
everything
that
goes
on
behind
the
closed
ashrams
of
both
the
'God-men"
and
their
followers.
I
am
making
the
film
not
just
to
titillate
the
audiences
but
because
I
am
intrigued
to
know
what
exactly
lead
a
lot
of
gullible
devotees,
especially
women
to
go
to
Swamijis,
in
spite
of
several
exposes
which
have
been
done
in
recent
times.
Do
you
tread
cautiously
when
you
make
a
film
like
God
and
Sex,
which
could
stir
a
hornet"s
nest
in
society?
As
a
filmmaker,
you
can
say
that
I
am
as
bold
and
brave
as
a
journalist
is,
when
it
comes
to
exposing
the
state
of
affairs
in
the
country
through
his
newspaper
or
electronic
medium.
Like
a
journalist
does
not
have
any
fear,
I
do
not
have
fear
when
I
set
out
to
make
a
film
which
is
issue
based.
It
is
a
question
of
how
and
whether
I
make
a
decision
in
a
free
country
like
that
of
ours.
You
have
dabbled
in
all
-
writing,
direction
and
production.
What
gives
you
maximum
satisfaction?
All
the
three
-
writing,
directing
or
producing
a
film
give
me
satisfaction
immensely.
It
just
depends
on
the
subject
matter.
However,
if
you
ask
me
to
name
my
best
film,
I"d
just
say
that
none
of
the
films
that
I
have
made
till
date
is
my
best,
for
the
simple
reason
that
I
do
not
look
at
my
films
as
an
outsider
does.
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