Ram Gopal Varma-Nagarjuna together for modern Ramayana
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Bitten
by
Sri
Rama
Rajyam
bug,
maverick
filmmaker
Ram
Gopal
Varma
has
now
decided
to
make
a
film
on
the
epic
Ramayana.
The
director
has
confirmed
the
news
and
has
claimed
that
Nagarjuna
will
be
starring
in
the
role
of
Raavan
Raju
–
inspired
by
demon
king
Raavan
–
in
the
proposed
project.
Ram
Gopal
Varma
said
that
the
idea
of
making
the
film
came
to
his
mind
after
watching
Sri
Rama
Rajyam.
The
filmmaker
says
that
the
movie
will
be
made
keeping
the
new-age
sensibilities
in
mind.
The
filmmaker
further
adds
that
it
is
not
a
comedy
entertainer
rather
a
serious
film
like
his
earlier
Bollywood
flick
Sarkar.
However,
he
assures
that
the
movie
would
not
hurt
the
sentiments
of
the
Hindus.
Ram
Gopal
Varma
and
Nagarjuna
have
earlier
worked
in
superhit
films
like
Shiva
and
Antham.
However,
other
cast
and
crew
of
the
forthcoming
Telugu
movie,
which
will
also
be
remade
in
Bollywood
with
different
cast,
are
yet
to
be
finalised.
The
story
of
modern
Ramayana
(A
fight
between
two
corporate
companies)
Dasharath
Rao
is
the
head
of
Ayodhya
Group
of
Companies.
The
businessman,
who
is
married
to
Kaushalya,
falls
in
love
with
Kaikeyi
Agarwal
during
one
of
his
business
trips.
However,
his
second
wife
forces
him
to
handover
the
business
to
her
son
Bharat
Kumar
and
not
his
other
son
Ram
Shankar
from
his
first
wife.
Thus,
he
sends
Ram
Shankar
along
with
his
brother
Lakshman
Shankar
to
head
the
sick
unit,
which
is
located
very
far
from
his
place.
The
story
gets
a
new
twist
when
Lanka
Group
of
Companies
owned
by
Raavan
Raju
along
with
his
brother
Bheeshan
Raju
and
sister
Shoorapauna,
who
is
a
party
animal,
trouble
their
family.
The
rest
of
the
story
form
the
interesting
part
of
the
tale.