Ram
Gopal
Varma
may
well
be
one
of
the
few
filmmakers
who
know
how
to
laugh
at
themselves.
When
Yash
Raj
Films'
Tashan
released
on
Friday,
RGV
was
shocked
on
being
flooded
with
a
barrage
of
responses
from
the
industry
saying
Tashan
was
worse
than/as
bad
as
his
Sholay
remake
—
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ki
Aag!
An
amused
Ramu
texted
Amitabh
Bachchan
about
it
who
was
even
more
amused
by
Ramu"s
casual
manner
and
reproduced
his
SMS
on
his
blog.
Bachchan
posted
this
on
his
blog
yesterday,
“Ram
Gopal
Varma
amuses
me
with
his
self-deprecatory
remark
on
the
SMS.
This
morning
his
text
reads:
'Sarkar
(we
address
each
other
thus),
people
are
saying
Tashan
is
as
bad
as
Aag!
If
Sholay
has
set
the
benchmark
for
the
ultimate
hit
then
the
least
I
achieved
with
Aag,
is
that
I
made
it
a
benchmark
for
the
ultimate
flop.
Ha...ha." Says
Ramu,
"You
mean
he
has
put
it
on
his
blog?
Yes,
I
have
heard
people
are
comparing
Aag
to
Tashan.
On
Saturday,
I
got
a
lot
of
calls
from
people
saying
Tashan
should
be
called
Aditya
Chopra
Ki
Aag.
They
thought
it
was
as
bad
as
Aag." Was
Anurag
Kashyap
one
of
those
who
messaged
him?
"Anurag
hasn't
messaged
me
for
a
year
now."
Does
the
comparision
make
him
feel
bad?
"All
these
criticisms
don"t
make
me
feel
bad
but
yes
it
keeps
me
motivated
enough
to
make
Sholay
again,"
says.
Story first published: Monday, April 28, 2008, 12:50 [IST]