At
Hansal
Mehta's
birthday
bash
last
week,
many
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
associates
met
and
discussed
that
RGV
as
he
is
popularly
called
is
the
"fountainhead
for
all
his
new-age
filmmakers" and
that
he
needs
to
get
back
in
form.
Mehta
is
himself
a
diehard
RGV
fan.
"He's
just
being
stubborn.
All
he
needs
to
do
is
listen
to
people
who
care
for
his
cinema,
correct
his
mistakes
and
he'll
be
back
in
form," said
Mehta,
at
whose
46th
birthday
bash,
many
of
Varma's
old
associates
met.
It
was
a
no-media
bash
at
a
restaurant
where
Mehta
invited
all
his
technicians,
writers
and
actors.
Talking
about
it,
Mehta
said:
"I
felt
a
bit
like
Guru
Dutt.
Except
that
I
didn't
have
to
sing
'Bichhde
sabhi
baari-baari'.
They
were
all
there,
all
my
colleagues
and
associates
from
my
first
two
directorial
ventures
'Jayate'
and
'Dil
Pe
Mat
Le
Yaar'
to
the
latest
'Shahid'
and
now
'Citylights'."
Among
the
crowd
that
gathered
to
raise
a
toast
to
Mehta
were
many
technicians
whom
Varma
had
introduced.
Mehta
said:
"My
editor
Apoorva
Asrani,
for
example,
started
his
career
with
Ramu's
'Satya'.
He
has
edited
many
of
my
films,
including
'Citylights'.
We
all
got
down
to
talking
about
Ramu.
He
is
the
fountainhead
for
all
his
new-age
filmmakers.
The
new
face
of
Hindi
cinema
happened
because
of
Ramu,
and
we're
all
his
disciples."
Now
they
have
all
vowed
to
bring
Varma
back
to
Mumbai
from
Hyderabad.
"It's
time
for
Ramu
to
re-invent
himself.
All
of
us
who
believe
in
his
talent
will
stand
by
him.
He
has
to
be
get
back
into
form," he
said.