‘I went straight to a nearby slum, lived there for three weeks’: Vivek Oberoi recalls transforming himself into Chandu Nagre for ‘Company’ after Ram Gopal Varma expressed doubt about his polished image

Before he became ‘Chandu Nagre’ in ‘Company’ (2002), Vivek Oberoi had to fight for the part. Ram Gopal Varma initially passed on him, feeling he lacked the rough, street-hardened edge the character needed. Determined to change that, Oberoi moved into a small rented room in a Mumbai chawl for three weeks, using the experience to…

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Ram Gopal Varma says Bollywood became disciplined and adopted a corporate culture only after COVID, compares it to Telugu cinema: ‘Accountability is 100 percent stronger now’ | Hindi Movie News

Ram Gopal Varma says Bollywood embraced accountability and discipline only after COVID, adopting a corporate structure with fixed budgets. He contrasted this with Telugu cinema, where producers alone bear losses without control over spending. Varma called this imbalance the core reason Telugu cinema faces recurring financial crises, unlike stabilised Bollywood. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has…

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