Ram Gopal Varma — Director (15)
Sarkar 3 (2017) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
सर्कार ३
other title: Sarkar 3 - Tödliche Geschäfte / 印度教父 3
Subhash Nagre or Sarkar, the patriarch of the most powerful family of Maharashtra, continues to hold centre-stage because of his immense clout with the masses. In this outing, the Godfather is joined by his grandson Shivaji Nagre who loves and hates his grandfather with equal intensity. Will Shivaji betray Subhash? Or will he become a prey to his grandfather’s machinations?
Kshana Kshanam (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
క్షణ క్షణం
other title: 细节 / క్షణ క్షణం
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.
phoonk (2008) [Movie] Douban IMDb
phoonk
director: Ram Gopal Varma actor: Lillete Dubey / Ahsaas Channa
other title: 来自恶魔的威胁 / 死咒
A realtor fires one of his co-workers and out of spite, the co-worker and his wife does black magic on his daughter. Being an atheist, he shuns his mother and wife's theories on the supernatural and relies on a doctor for his daughter's treatment.
Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
डरना ज़रूरी है
director: Manish Gupta / Jijy Philip actor: 马诺吉·帕瓦 / 萨丽塔·乔希
other title: डरना ज़रूरी है
Five children enter a haunted house and find an old woman. She promises to tell them six scary stories that they won't be able to handle.
Company (2002) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Company
director: Ram Gopal Varma actor: Ajay Devgan
other title: 印度黑帮 / Company - Das Gesetz der Macht
Author: Abhishek (moviebuff81) from Sydney Australia
Ram Gopal Varma's latest offering 'Company' is probably one of the best Indian gangster films ever made (after Nayakan and Satya). This film is so well done that the viewers feel like they are watching real-life events. And people living in India will know that some of the events are actually inspired by real-life incidents, although the film does not admit it.
Company is the story of two friends - Malik (Ajay Devgan) and Chandu (Vivek Oberoi) - how they build up the 'Company' - Bombay underworld on a global scale and thus establish their supremacy. A small misunderstanding between them turns into a large scale mafia war. The cast in this film is great, a special mention must be made of Vivek Oberoi. The son of Suresh Oberoi (former Bollywood star) is talented and seems to have put in a lot of effort for his first film. I only hope he doesn't get type-casted in the future after such a hard-hitting role on debut. Ajay Devgan fits very well into the role of Malik, a cold blooded don who always means business. Manisha Koirala enacts the role of Malik's girlfriend pretty well and is refreshing. However, the biggest surprise of this film was Antara Mali. She has done a great job as Chandu's wife, and it only goes to show that there is no dearth of talent in the country.
The narrative is well paced, and the viewer never gets bored. Some people might find the absence of songs in the film annoying, but their presence would only hamper the pace of the film. The script is well written, and some of the dialogues are really memorable - for example, when Malik says "To forgive a friend's mistake is an even bigger mistake in the 'Company'". The background music by Sandeep Chowta really complements the plot and he certainly deserves some credit. But more than anything, it is Ram Gopal Varma's direction that needs to be appreciated. He has proved once again that with a good story, an excellent cast and a lot of determination, one can make a memorable film and defy some of Bollywood's age old norms. A special mention must also be made of Mohanlal. He is certainly one of the best Indian actors of all time and although his Hindi dialogue-delivery in Company is quite sloppy, he deserves a lot of praise for making a good effort. His portrayal of an honest, determined cop trying to eradicate crime in Bombay (loosely based on Sivanandan, Joint Commissioner of Police, Mumbai) is very well executed.
The film gives us an in-depth view into the dark world of Bombay Mafia, where only the fittest survive, and how their operations have spread on a global scale. One thing I found intriguing about this film was the role that mobile phones play, how everything can be controlled efficiently by just making one phone call, and how business deals and murders can be executed with, quite literally, just one push of a button.
Bottomline: This film is a must-watch. A landmark in Indian film-making, all thanks to Ram Gopal Varma. An easy 9 out of 10.