RAM GOPAL VARMA KI AAG

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (Ram Gopal Varma is the name of the director of the movie, Aag = Fire)

Ram Gopal Varma had planned to call the movie Ram Gopal Varma ke Sholay but had to face a lot of legal trouble and hence he changed the name to Ram Gopal Varmaki Aag

“The only thing good about this wretched retread of ‘Sholay’ is that it makes you remember the glorious original all over again.” (http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2007/09/02/review-ram-gopal-varma-ki-aag/)

Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag is a remake of the classic movie Sholay. It has been directed by one of the best directors in the Indian film industry Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV. The movie is the same story as Sholay but as it would be in the 21^st century.

Two best friends who are criminals Heero (Ajay Devgan) and Raj (Prashant Raj Sachdev) and are hired by an ex police officer Narasimha (Mohanlal) to capture Babban (Amitabh Bachchan) an evil villain (the officer’s fingers are cut off by the dacoit instead of the hands). The roles are updated and the horse cart rider is the rickshaw (three wheel open taxi) driver instead. The love stories remain the same and so does the end; Raj (Jai in Sholay) is killed by Babban. RGV used the original ending of Sholay which is Thakur kills Gabbar and hence RGV ki Aag ended with Narasimha killing Babban.

I have later described what went wrong in RGV ki Aag from the eyes of a viewer. The movie is considered to be the biggest flop in the history of Bollywood and has been listed at the 15^th position on imdb.com in the category of the Bottom 100 movies as voted by users. http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom?tt0473310

Outlook, one of India’stop magazine carried out a poll and Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag bagged two awards; Worst film of the year 2007 and Worst actress.