Ram Gopal Varma Question And Answers #30
291. In Phoonk why did Madhu
perform black magic in a cave instead of her house?
Ans: Er… I wanted to ask Madhu. But she died.
292. What drives you?
Ans: Most times my Land cruiser and sometime my Honda.
293. What can people do when
it’s too late?
Ans: There’s no such thing as too late if you truly decide what you really
want to do. Right from our birth we are taken forward to get into a trap of
expectations and commitments towards our family or society or God or country
etc. Fair enough. Many of us have no choice but to heed them because of our
physical or emotional obligations. The only alternative we have is to make the
choice and psyche ourselves to make the best of it but one thing you should not
ever do is to crib or complain or feel frustrated as then the whole point of
living itself is lost.
294. Overlooking heart and
feelings is a disease Ayn Rand and many of her followers suffer from.
Ans: I don’t know about her followers but through her writings I believe
that Ayn Rand has more heart and feelings than anyone else I have know, heard
or have read of.
295. Kids speak the truth
because of lack of understanding the consequences and very old people speak the
truth because it no longer matters.
Ans: Beautifully said. But then there is also a cracked guy like me who
speaks the truth because of an obsessive desire to project myself plain pure
and dirty.
296. Why was Tom Hagen
kicked out in Godfather? I didn’t buy the logic of him not being a war-time
consigliore.
Ans: Corporates (of which underworld companies are one) by nature operate
on result. If an employee is given authority, funds etc towards a project and
if he fails in delivering the expected result he will be kicked out. If Hagen
couldn’t see the attack of Solozzo coming or couldn’t prevent the death of
Sonny, he had to go. He was given a position to deliver results and not
explanations. You and me as readers might feel it’s too harsh a thing for what
we feel is not Hagen’s fault, but being in the shoes of the Don and Mike I
think it’s highly understandable.
297. How do I break my
monotonous boring job and be you?
Ans: By taking a decision.
298. Featuring a character
derived from the various nuances of your personality might make a compelling
film.
Ans: I don’t know about compelling but it will surely make a madcap film
full of contradictions.
299. I could not go past Ayn
Rand.
Ans: Reading a book is like visiting another person’s world. The more
worlds you visit the more richer you become in your insights. By sticking only
to Ayn Rand you are just carrying forward what you learnt only from her,
thereby defeating the very purpose of knowledge. The knowledge you get from a
book or any other source should be just a stepping stone for the next level.
You should not ever carry what should carry you.
300. How did you react when
Aag was a flop and Phoonk was a hit?
Ans: I Aagghed and I phoonked!