In this deep-dive interview, Ram Gopal Varma looks back at his filmography, its iconic moments and overlooked mistakes as he describes the nitty gritty of filmmaking and what he aspires to achieve with his new initiative, ‘Your Film’. Link to YOUR FILM: https://rgvden.com/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - Democratising filmmaking 04:22 - 90% failure rate in cinema 14:00 - RGV on nepotism 17:00 - What works and what doesn’t? 19:14 - Self-expression vs audience’s acceptance 20:33 - Demystifying the myth of cinema 27:43 - Resources, VFX, Adipurush and HanuMan 33:44 - AR Rahman and Subhash Ghai anecdote 38:28 - Why film schools are bad? 43:43 - Interpreting characters 46:19 - Sarkar and Satya character examples 50:48 - Relationship between acting and editing 52:17 - Mistakes by Mani Ratnam and RGV - Raavan and AAG examples 56:43 - Cinematic liberty - Satya example 59:35 - Cinematic liberty - Godfather example 1:02:01 - Enjoying films without subtext 1:05:56 - Making films “carelessly” 1:07:47 - Story is overrated 1:10:12 - What is good cinematography? 1:18:46 - AI’s impact on filmmaking 1:24:29 - Language question Visit us at http://filmcompanion.in/ Do Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe to our channel. Subscribe: null Follow Us On: https://www.facebook.com/FCompanionSouth https://twitter.com/fcompanionsouth https://instagram.com/filmcompanionsouth Follow Us On: https://www.facebook.com/filmcompanion https://www.twitter.com/filmcompanion http://instagram.com/filmcompanion About Film Companion South: Film Companion South is a division of Film Companion, founded by film critic and author Anupama Chopra. Apart from film reviews and articles, Film Companion South, with programs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada, specializes in conducting in-depth interviews with film personalities which include the likes of Kamal Hassan, Mani Ratnam, Academy Award-winner AR Rahman, Vetrimaaran, Dhanush, Yash, Sruthi Hariharan, Mahesh Babu, NTR Jr, Samantha, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ramya Krishnan, Prithviraj, Anjali Menon, Mysskin, Gautam Vasudev Menon, Rajamouli, Ram Charan, Yash, Prashanth Neel, Venkat Prabhu, Nelson, Sivakarthikeyan, Rakshit Shetty and many more. The channel has also hosted shows which open up the lesser-known facets of filmmaking with conversations with PC Sreeram, Ravi Varman, Rajiv Menon, Thota Tharani, and Academy Award-winner Resul Pookutty. In other words, Film Companion South is for those who love their cinema and are unapologetic about it.