It
is
a
natural
gift
of
the
human
psyche
to
be
able
to
terrify
itself
and
by
qualification
learn
how
to
terrify
others
in
order
to
control
them
through
manipulation
by
fear.
The
new
barons
are
those
from
the
Press
and
the
Media....and
of
course,
director
Ram
Gopal
Varma.
Read
on.
Their
control
over
the
minds
of
the
populace
is
greater
now
than
at
any
other
time
in
the
earth's
history.
Media
communication
is
the
latest
power
in
the
history
of
suppression
and
like
all
suppressive
devices
it
appears
to
offer
that
which
it
deprives
you
of;
freedom
of
speech
and
interchange
of
information.
Today,
the
power
of
the
media
moguls
has
grown
in
tandem
with
the
increasing
innovation
and
effect
of
communication
technologies.
Today,
the
Media
barons
built
an
industry
of
immense
wealth
and
power
and
refined
their
persuasive
methods
to
a
fine
technological
pitch.
Today
a
well-oiled
intelligence
gathering
machine
of
global
proportions
is
run
by
a
'new
aristocracy'
which
has
established
the
industry
as
a
multi-national
controller
of
the
minds
of
ordinary
people.
To
make
matters
more
interesting
and
intriguing,
Ramu's
Rann
is
all
set
to
enhance
the
media's
position
and
produce
an
unseen
oligarchy
of
immense
power.
The
film,
which
deals
with
the
media,
politics
and
industrialist
nexus
is
all
set
to
release
on
January
29
with
a
battle-cry
of
one-upmanship.
For
starters,
Gul
Panag,
who
will
be
seen
in
Rann
opposite
Riteish
Deshmukh,
voices
her
opinion
on
the
film,
the
political
nexus,
journalism
and
the
question
to
which
we
all
are
looking
an
answer
to:
Will
we
ever
know
the
truth?
Has
journalism
gone
to
its
zilch
now?
Not
just
journalists,
but
most
of
us
have
preconceived
notions.
They
are
fine,
as
long
as
you're
in
the
business
of
reporting
facts
and
making
opinions.
When
your
job
is
to
report
facts
and
only
facts,
and
leave
the
people
to
form
their
own
opinions,
if
you
come
from
a
point
of
view
where
you
already
have
a
preconceived
notion,
then
you
can
imagine
how
much
objectivity
there's
going
to
be
in
that
kind
of
reporting.
As
a
nation,
we
are
a
very
prejudice
lot,
judgemental;
we
live
in
a
society
which
believes
in
poking
their
nose
in
other
peoples
business.
But
the
question
is:
Where
do
our
reporters
come
from?
The
answer
is:
From
the
same
society.
So
yes,
you
will
find
variations
in
journalism
and
some
of
it
has
gone
to
its
zilch.
But
our
readers
are
to
be
blamed
too.
Right?
They
prefer
Page
3
girls
over
credible
columnists
That's
how
it
is.
That's
how
the
people
are
formed
and
are
evolved.
But
the
same
people
do
read
Vir
Sanhvi
and
Shekar
Gupta
columns,
the
two
most
credible
writers
we
have.
But
the
fact
is,
whether
you
like
it
or
not,
we
do
flip
the
entertainment
pages
first.
They
are
more
interesting.
Which
is
why,
if
there
was
an
amalgamation
of
entertainment
that
actually
tries
to
make
a
difference,
we'd
have
achieved
our
objective.
But
we
don't
let
that
happen.
People
come
with
a
preconceived
notion
that
just
because
we
come
from
the
entertainment
world,
we
have
no
interest
in
anything
else.
As
an
eye
grabbing
section
of
the
society,
from
the
CEO's
to
the
doctors
and
lawyers,
everybody
opens
the
entertainment
pages.
If
only
there
was
a
little
bit
of
effort
put
in
by
the
fourth
estate,
in
trying
to
see
what
these
people
really
want
to
do
and
stop
painting
them
with
the
same
brush
of
disdain
and
condescending
thoughts
that
they
look
at
them
with,
there
might
be
some
good
that
comes
out
of
it.
Coming
back
to
the
film,
how
convincing
does
Rann
look?
I
don't
know.
The
beauty
of
all
Ram
Gopal
Varma
films
is
that
the
action
is
always
happening
outside
the
film.
That's
his
style
of
cinema.
He
talks
about
something
and
then
something
happens
outside.
In
the
film,
you'll
just
see
the
before
and
the
after.
That
is
indeed
for
an
extremely
evolved
audience.
You're
not
spoon
feeding
the
audience
with
what's
going
on,
which
is
great.
Rann
is
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
attempt
to
highlight
the
nexus
that
does
exist
between
the
politicians,
media
house
and
the
industrialists.
Top
political
parties
have
interests
in
the
media
houses,
allegedly,
which
is
quite
visible
by
the
fact
that
they
don't
really
cross
a
particular
barrier
when
it
comes
to
reporting
about
the
politicians.
In
reference
to
industrialists,
so
many
of
them
own
a
large
stake
in
publishing
houses,
electronic
channels.
Thus
biased
news
looks
convincing
to
all
of
us.
So
in
an
all
male
dominated
section
of
films,
media,
politics
and
industrialists,
how
significant
is
Rann
for
you?
Not
so
significant.
I
mean,
you
cannot
super-impose
a
woman
in
a
film
like
Rann,
except
for
the
fact
that
Suchitra
Krishnamurthy
who
works
in
a
news
channel
in
the
film.
But
it's
not
about
significance.
It's
about
my
gut
instinct
and
when
I
heard
the
story,
this
was
the
film
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of.
I've
always
admired
Ram
Gopal
Varma.
The
more
time
I
spend
with
a
director
like
him,
the
more
I
understand
how
intelligent
he
is.
Rann
is
not
a
story
of
domestic
lives.
It's
a
story
about
people's
work
place.
Do
you
think
politics
inspires
the
media?
Yes.
80%
are
our
news
stories
are
linked
to
what's
happening
in
Delhi,
after
all,
that
is
the
power
centre
of
this
country.
And
that
is
something
that
each
one
of
us
is
involved
in.
That's
a
single
time
thread
that
involves
every
single
Indian
because
we
elect
these
people,
we
put
them
in
power
and
they
are
our
servants.
So
yes,
politicians
are
public
servants
and
we
need
to
keep
track
of
what
they're
doing.
If
we
don't
know
what's
happening
in
our
country,
we
are
failing
as
a
democracy.
And
how
safe
is
our
India
now?
As
safe
or
as
unsafe
as
it
was
before.
It
is
not
possible
to
protect
against
terrorism
when
the
perpetrators
of
terror
are
ready
to
kill
themselves.
It's
just
not
possible.
We
can
only
contain
the
damage
that
they
inflict.
You
spend
a
fortune,
buy
a
page
and
the
news
is
yours.
All
we
need
is
more
customers,
right?
Well,
that's
pretty
much
what
it
is.
A
lot
of
leading
newspapers
sell
their
space.
But
that's
business.
Music
takes
a
front
seat
in
any
of
RGV's
films
Yes,
he
does
have
a
very
good
ear
for
music.
I
think
music
in
a
film
like
Rann
brings
out
the
feeling
of
nationalism
and
patriotism.
It
does
evoke
a
very
strong
emotion,
which
is
why
I
really
liked
the
banned
song:
'Jana
Gana
Rann'.
What's
interesting
is
the
fact
that
we
all
relate
to
what's
going
on.
You're
a
writer
yourself.
Why
don't
you
voice
your
opinion
through
your
writing?
For
me,
it's
really
when
I
feel
like
writing,
I
write.
Not
otherwise.
Honestly,
I
don't
enjoy
the
pressure
of
deadlines.
That's
why
my
blog
comes
to
rescue.
I
wrote
600
words
on
my
blog
from
the
airport
just
because
I
felt
strongly
about
something.
You've
got
such
a
gorgeous
smile
and
look
beautiful
that
you
can
surely
anchor
any
news
channel.
Thank
you.
But
I
think
there
is
always
room
to
be
heard
if
you're
lucid
in
your
own
thoughts.
Most
people
don't
know
what
they're
talking
about
which
is
why
they
don't
make
sense.
It's
also
the
way
you
speak
that's
critical.
I've
been
to
places
where
extremely
eloquent
people
have
spoken
but
they
are
just
so
boring
to
listen
to
but
what
they
are
saying
is
so
interesting
but
not
how
they're
saying
it.
Will
we
ever
know
the
truth?
I'm
reading
a
very
interesting
book
at
the
moment
called
1984
by
George
Orwell.
It's
about
a
system
where
truth
is
obliterated.
Even
the
past
has
been
altered
to
suit
the
present.
There
was
this
move
to
alter
history
text
books
to
favour
Hinduism.
So
there
has
always
been
an
attempt
to
super-impose
what
you
think
is
favourable
to
you.
Not
from
Gul
Panag's
point
of
view,
will
Rann
work
for
a
citizen
of
India?
Today,
films
are
actually
a
function
of
economics.
You
make
a
film
at
a
certain
budget.
No
matter
what
people
said
about
Agyaat,
it
worked
because
of
the
shoe
string
budget
it
was
made
on.
Technically,
the
film
worked.
You
make
a
Blue
and
it
doesn't
work.
Rann
is
not
made
on
a
tight
budget,
it's
not
an
extravagant
film,
it's
not
gone
over
its
allotted
days
of
shoot
and
it
got
packed
up
before
the
actual
time
of
pack
up.
Eventually,
there
is
a
market
for
a
film
like
Rann
but
it
may
not
be
the
entire
country.
As
long
as
the
budget
is
tight
and
the
right
people
watch
the
film,
the
film
will
work.
As
long
as
Ram
Gopal
Varma
is
there,
controversy
is
bound
to
happen
Controversy
is
as
much
media
created
as
supported
by
the
person
in
the
centre
of
a
controversy.
If
you
refuse
to
comment
on
a
situation
and
are
not
easing
it
out,
you're
increasing
the
controversy.
Define
Ram
Gopal
Varma
in
one
word
I
can
say
intelligent
but
that'll
be
too
simple.
I'd
say,
very
discerning.
He
is
not
a
guy
you
can
make
small
talk
with.