By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
September
06,
2007
Ram
Gopal
Varma
has
received
innumerable
text
messages,
all
ridiculing
and
berating
him
for
attempting
to
re-visit
Sholay.
"The
messages
have
been
pretty
vocal
and
direct
about
their
dislike
for
what
I've
done.
I've
been
called
names
and
treated
to
the
nastiest
comments.
But
I've
enjoyed
the
backlash,
far
more
than
people
enjoyed
Aag" laughs
Ramu.
Here's
the
text
that
Ramu
says
changed
his
opinion
on
his
right
to
remake
his
favourite
film.
(Parts
of
the
message
have
been
revised
for
coherence)
"Hi
Sir.
To
call
Aag
a
piece
of
junk
would
be
demeaning
junk.
What
happened
to
the
colours
of
Rangeela
and
the
grit
of
Satya?
No
clear
story,
meaningless
script,
obsession
with
dark
lighting,
weak
screenplay,
and
songs
that
are
too
high-pitched
and
outdated.
You
were
in
a
hurry
while
shooting.
Fast
editing,
nonsensical
expressions,
no
romance,
horrifying
background
music
and
choreography,
cinematography
is
horrid,
bad
clothes,
bad
hoardings,
bad
amateurish
dialogues,
bad
characterizations
with
no
emotional
graph
for
the
characters…leaving
the
actors
free
to
ham…outdated
action,
emotionless
scenes,
no
comedy,
no
colour.
You
should
sit
and
watch
your
film
alone.
No
freshness,
carelessness
in
creativity...You've
become
over-confident
and
losing
touch
with
reality.
You're
handing
over
creative
work
to
the
wrong
people.
You're
impulsively
doing
ten
films
at
a
time
and
not
focusing
on
one
project.
You've
enjoyed
the
shooting
without
caring
about
what
the
outcome
would
be.
You're
busy
giving
stupid
interviews.
What
have
you
done
in
the
past
seven
years
except
a
couple
of
notable
films?"
Says
Ramu,
"The
above
message
shook
me
completely.
It
made
me
realize
it's
time
for
me
to
do
some
serious
re-thinking
about
my
career."