Trust
the
man
to
mouth
the
wittiest
of
lines
with
a
dead
pan
expression;
even
though
all
the
fun
is
at
his
expense!
While
Bollywood
insiders
and
followers
are
impatiently
looking
forward
to
the
fate
of
Sarkar
Raj,
Ramu
continues
to
be
relaxed.
"I
have
always
maintained
that
no
single
film
is
the
end
of
road
for
me.
Once
Sarkar
Raj
comes,
I
would
be
getting
started
with
the
promotion
of
Contract.
Yes,
Sarkar
Raj
is
quite
important
but
so
have
all
the
films
even
before
that
I
have
made."
How
about
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ki
Aag?
Has
he
truly
forgotten
all
the
flak?
"I
could
see
it
coming.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
I
knew
that
I
wasn't
making
Sholay
there",
says
Ramu.
Oh
really?
But
wasn't
Aag
always
supposed
to
be
the
remake
of
Sholay?
"What
remake?",
questions
Ramu
in
a
mocking
tune,
"You
can't
have
a
one
line
plot
and
claim
that
it
is
a
remake.
Yes,
we
started
off
with
quite
a
few
inputs
from
the
classic.
But
then
over
the
period
of
time,
the
setting
changed,
the
situations
changed;
heck,
the
basic
idea
changed.
The
visual
connect
too
was
completely
different
as
conveyed
through
a
different
style
of
photography."
Reflecting
on
the
time
gone
by,
Ramu
says,
"Right
from
the
time
the
film's
title
was
renamed
to
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ki
Aag,
there
were
signs
of
troubled.
I
was
ridiculed,
there
were
attempts
to
defeat
my
courage,
I
was
called
arrogant
and
what
not!"
Yes,
everyone
knows
the
kind
of
horrifying
response
that
the
film
got
on
its
release.
But
there
must
have
been
some
soul
out
there
who
would
have
liked
the
film?
Did
he
come
across
anyone
like
that?
"Out
of
100
people
I
met,
90
disliked
it.
To
be
honest,
I
truly
believe
that
those
10
people
who
liked
Aag
were
mental
patients",
Ramu
sets
the
record
straight.
Story first published: Monday, June 9, 2008, 16:37 [IST]