Ram Gopal Varma
- Born
- April 7, 1962 (64 years old)
- Place of birth
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Biography
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Bollywood. One of the most acclaimed filmmakers in India during the 1990s and 2000s, he directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. The pioneering director of new age Indian cinema, Varma is widely known for presenting the Indian Political and the Indian Gangster film trilogies. His 1998 film Satya has often been regarded as one of the greatest films made in India, and one of Hindi cinema's most influential films, particularly within the crime genre. Satya was listed in CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
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Filmography
- —Patta PagaluFilm · Director
- —Single XFilm · Director
- —SyndicateSyndicateFilm · Director
- —Police Station Mein BhootFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- —Police CompanyPolice CompanyFilm · Director, Producer, Writer
- —Police Company 2Police Company 2Film · Director, Writer, Producer
- —Untitled Mohit Suri - RGV FilmUntitled Mohit Suri - RGV FilmFilm · Writer
- 2025SaareeFilm · Writer
- 2023VyoohamFilm · Director, Writer
- 2022Ladki: Dragon GirlFilm · Writer, Director
- 2022KondaaFilm · Writer, Director
- 2022DhahanamSeries · Creator
- 2022DangerousFilm · Director
- 2021D CompanyFilm · Writer, Director
- 2021DeyyamFilm · Director
- 202112 “o” CLOCKFilm · Director, Producer
- 2020MurderFilm · Writer
- 2020CoronavirusFilm · Director, Producer
- 2020ThrillerFilm · Director
- 2020Power StarFilm · Director
- 2020NakedFilm · Director
- 2020ClimaxFilm · Editor, Director, Writer
- 2019Amma Rajyam Lo Kadapa BiddaluFilm · Director, Writer
- 2019Lakshmi's NTRFilm · Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2018Bhairava GeethaFilm · Producer, Screenplay, Story
- 2018OfficerFilm · Director, Dialogue, Producer, Story, Screenplay
- 2018God, Sex and TruthFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer★ 5.7
- 2017Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti HaiFilm · Director
- 2017Sarkar 3Film · Director, Screenplay★ 5.2
- 2016VangaveetiFilm · Producer, Director, Writer
- 2016Killing VeerappanFilm · Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
- 2016VeerappanFilm · Screenplay, Story, Director
- 2016AttackFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2015365 DaysFilm · Story, Screenplay, Director, Dialogue★ 4.8
- 2015Ab Tak Chhappan 2Film · Producer
- 2014Ice Cream 2Film · Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2014AnukshanamFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2014Ice CreamFilm · Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogue
- 2014RowdyFilm · Director
- 2013Satya 2Film · Director
- 2013A Day in the Life of Lakshmi Manchu’s FeetFilm · Director
- 2013The Attacks Of 26/11Film · Director, Screenplay★ 7.1
- 2012Bhoot ReturnsFilm · Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2012DepartmentFilm · Director, Producer
- 2012BusinessmanFilm · Idea★ 7.1
- 2011BejawadaFilm · Story, Producer
- 2011ShabriFilm · Producer
- 2011Not a Love StoryFilm · Director
- 2011Dongala MuthaFilm · Director
- 2011Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam AppalarajuFilm · Story, Director, Screenplay
- 2010Rakht Charitra 2Film · Director, Screenplay★ 6.4
- 2010Rakht CharitraFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2010Phoonk 2Film · Executive Producer
- 2010RannFilm · Director★ 6.6
- 2009AgyaatFilm · Director, Producer
- 2009SiddhamSiddhamFilm · Writer
- 2008RakshaFilm · Producer
- 2008PhoonkFilm · Director
- 2008ContractFilm · Director
- 2008Sarkar RajFilm · Director, Producer★ 6.5
- 2007GoFilm · Producer
- 2007DarlingFilm · Director
- 2007Ram Gopal Varma Ki AagFilm · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay★ 2.3
- 2007NishabdFilm · Director, Producer
- 2006ShivaFilm · Director, Producer
- 2006Darwaaza Bandh RakhoFilm · Producer
- 2006Darna Zaroori HaiFilm · Director, Producer★ 5.3
- 2006ShockFilm · Producer
- 2005Mr Ya MissFilm · Producer
- 2005JamesFilm · Producer
- 2005My Wife's MurderFilm · Producer
- 2005SarkarFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay★ 6.9
- 2005DFilm · Producer★ 6.4
- 2005JithanFilm · Original Story
- 2004NaachFilm · Director, Producer, Story
- 2004Vaastu ShastraFilm · Producer
- 2004Madhayanam HathyaFilm · Screenplay, Producer, Director
- 2004GayabFilm · Producer
- 2004ShockFilm · Original Story
- 2004Ab Tak ChhappanFilm · Producer★ 7.5
- 2004Ek Hasina ThiFilm · Producer, Executive Producer★ 6.6
- 2003Darna Mana HaiFilm · Producer★ 6.0
- 2003BhootFilm · Director★ 6.0
- 2002RoadFilm · Executive Producer, Producer
- 2002CompanyFilm · Director, Producer★ 7.0
- 2001Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi KaregaFilm · Producer★ 5.6
- 2001Pyaar Tune Kya KiyaFilm · Producer
- 2000JungleFilm · Director, Producer
- 1999ShoolFilm · Producer, Story, Screenplay★ 7.1
- 1999MastFilm · Director, Producer
- 1999Prema KathaFilm · Director
- 1999Kaun?Film · Director★ 6.7
- 1998Dil Se..Film · Executive Producer★ 6.9
- 1998SatyaFilm · Director, Story, Producer★ 7.3
- 1998W/O V.VaraprasadFilm · Producer
- 1997DaudFilm · Director, Editor, Screenplay, Story, Producer
- 1997Anaganaga Oka RojuFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1996DeyyamFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1995GulabiFilm · Producer
- 1995RangeelaFilm · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay★ 6.9
- 1995Money MoneyFilm · Producer
- 1993Thiruda ThirudaFilm · Story
- 1993Govindha GovindhaFilm · Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1993MoneyFilm · Producer
- 1993GaayamFilm · Director, Story, Producer
- 1992AntamFilm · Producer, Story, Screenplay, Director
- 1992RaatFilm · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
- 1991Kshana KshanamFilm · Director, Screenplay, Story★ 5.9
- 1990ShivaFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1989SivaFilm · Director, Story, Screenplay★ 6.6
