Ram
Gopal
Varma
is
akin
to
a
playboy
when
it
comes
to
cinema.
He
moves
from
one
movie
to
another
without
any
hang
ups,
left
over
emotions,
ill
feelings
or
sentiments
to
deal
with.
Hit
or
flop,
he
rather
refuses
to
carry
any
baggage
of
even
his
most
recent
work
and
goes
on
to
pick
his
next
'subject'.
His
past
work
like
'Company',
'Bhoot',
'Sarkar',
'Rangeela'
or
'Shiva'
may
have
continued
to
act
as
benchmarks
for
each
of
his
newer
release,
even
his
latest
'Rann'
has
managed
to
stay
in
news.
Whether
it
is
the
mammoth
cast
led
by
Amitabh
Bachchan,
the
topicality
of
it's
theme,
the
entire
National
Anthem
tweaking
incident,
Raima
Sen
replaced
by
Neetu
Chandra-
just
about
everything
has
managed
to
create
headlines.
Considering
the
fact
that
the
film
is
about
media,
one
wonders
if
Ramu
has
actually
played
the
media
game
well
and
used
it
for
his
own
advantage
by
keeping
'Rann'
in
news.
The
entire
National
Anthem
controversy
with
the
theme
song
'Jana
Gana
Mann
Rann'
made
quite
a
few
heads
turn.
So
much
so
that
he
was
forced
to
chop
it
off
eventually.
"It's
not
'chopped
off'
per
se
because
it
was
not
a
standalone
song
which
was
being
played
on
screen.
It
was
a
part
of
the
background
score
and
has
now
been
replaced
by
the
'Vande
Mataram'",
defends
Ramu,
"However,
instead
of
entire
National
Song
being
played,
it
would
be
just
the
two
words-
'Vande
Mataram'
-that
would
be
heard
now.
See,
there
was
no
point
defending
the
song
on
and
on.
Enough
noise
was
being
made
and
it
was
best
to
replace
it
with
something
else
and
move
on."
Moving
on
to
the
issue
of
replacing
his
lead
actress
at
the
last
moment,
Ramu
says,
"The
entire
Raima
Sen
episode
was
blown
out
of
proportion",
he
shrugs
away,
"She
was
never
even
signed
for
the
film
so
where
does
the
matter
of
replacement
come
up?
See,
during
the
making
of
any
film
when
you
work
on
a
script,
there
is
a
state
where
an
actor
suits
a
certain
character.
Later
on
when
you
again
look
at
the
same
character
though
in
a
different
way,
you
suddenly
feel
that
the
actor
originally
thought
of
didn't
quite
suit
the
bill.
This
is
why
we
had
to
look
at
a
different
actor
and
Neetu
was
roped
in.
It
was
as
plain
and
simple
as
that."