"Industry is shocked by the success of Phoonk" - RGV
Ramu,
did
you
do
black
magic
in
theaters
which
helped
fetch
audience
for
Phoonk?
[Laughs]
Well,
let
that
be
a
mystery!
What
I
can
see
though
is
that
industry
seems
to
be
in
a
state
of
shock
with
the
success
of
the
film.
They
were
not
really
hoping
that
a
film
like
Phoonk
would
actually
fetch
a
100%
opening
across
the
country.
What
do
you
feel
is
so
shocking
about
the
way
Phoonk
has
performed
at
the
box
office?
First
and
foremost
it
has
broken
the
fallacy
that
films
with
no
stars
and
songs
can't
work
at
the
box
office.
So
many
in
the
industry
are
shocked
because
we
have
constantly
lived
under
this
impression
that
a
film
can
be
a
success
only
if
there
are
big
stars,
item
songs
and
comedy
ingredients.
Now
tomorrow
if
someone
says
this,
Phoonk
can
be
clearly
looked
as
an
exhibit
because
isme
naa
comedy
thi,
naa
gaane,
naa
hi
stars!
But
stars
can't
be
discounted,
isn't
it?
No
way
can
they
be
discounted.
But
then
how
many
saleable
stars
do
we
have?
10-12
maybe!
In
how
many
films
can
they
act
in
a
year?
Perhaps
20
or
25!
Now
Bollywood
needs
at
least
120
movies
to
be
churned
out
every
year
to
keep
the
distributors
and
exhibitors
running.
So
who
acts
in
these
remaining
100
odd
movies?
You
need
to
have
an
alternate
mechanism
in
place.
This
is
where
the
subject
matter
comes
in.
You
may
not
have
stars
but
then
you
should
have
a
subject
which
is
good
enough
for
an
audience
to
be
enticed
enough
to
walk
into
theaters,
just
like
Phoonk
did.
You
would
still
continue
to
make
films
with
stars
as
well
as
newcomers,
isn't
it?
That's
exactly
the
point.
It
is
the
subject
which
warrants
whether
you
need
stars
for
them
or
not.
I
would
have
films
with
star
power
and
also
actors
like
Sudeep
(lead
actor
in
Phoonk)
who
fit
into
the
character
definition.
See,
if
you
go
to
a
DVD
library,
so
many
times
you
pick
a
DVD
if
the
three
line
synopsis
on
the
cover
excites
you
enough.
The
film
may
not
boast
of
known
names
but
the
subject
could
be
interesting
enough.
Hollywood
has
realized
that
and
is
quickly
moving
in
that
direction
where
it
is
not
being
dependent
on
stars
any
more.
Bollywood
too
can
be
seen
going
in
the
same
direction.
Talking
about
Sudeep,
he
seems
to
be
having
a
terrific
screen
presence.
Oh,
he
is
a
superb
actor
and
that's
exactly
the
reason
he
is
seen
in
Phoonk.
He
is
quite
a
name
down
South
in
Kannada
movies.
Coming
back
to
the
success
of
Phoonk,
your
favorite
critics
still
seem
to
be
continuing
their
hate-affair
with
your
films.
[Laughs]
They
seem
to
be
in
love
with
thrashing
my
films.
In
fact
at
so
many
places,
the
reviews
for
Phoonk
have
been
worse
than
even
Contract.
They
certainly
seem
to
be
oblivious
about
the
audience
reception
for
Phoonk.
On
one
hand
our
film
had
posters
that
only
screamed
of
crew
members
since
there
were
no
stars
in
it
while
on
the
other
hand
there
were
posters
of
this
other
film
which
boasted
of
the
likes
of
a
Mallika
Sherawat.
Now
it
is
hardly
a
secret
that
which
film
eventually
managed
to
bring
in
the
audience!
You
really
seem
to
have
surprised
quite
a
lot
of
people
here?
While
the
all-India
success
of
Phoonk
is
indeed
heartening,
what
takes
the
cake
is
to
see
it
turning
out
to
be
the
biggest
success
of
my
career
in
a
place
like
UP.
I
guess
more
than
me,
it
is
the
audience
which
has
managed
to
surprise
many
out
here
in
the
industry!