Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is the kind of provocateur cinema needs. Out of Hyderabad, he tore through both Hindi and Telugu film with a taste for gritty realism, crime sagas and docudramas that refuse easy comfort. His Filmfare Best Story award and Nandi Best Director nod prove the craft is real, not just noise. Online he is just as unfiltered, treating both his films and himself as instruments of provocation. I respect filmmakers who would rather sharpen their own edge than chase universal approval. Love him or hate him, RGV makes the medium more interesting, and that counts for a lot.

Name (English)

Ram Gopal Varma

Name (Japanese)

ラム・ゴパール・ヴァルマ

Reading

らむ・ごぱーる・ゔぁるま

Born

April 7, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

Origin

Hyderabad, Hyderabad district, India

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter / casting director

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Filmfare Award for Best Story
• 1990 Nandi Award for Best Director

• Official sitehttps://rgvzoomin.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rgvzoomin/
• Xhttps://x.com/RGVzoomin
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%20Gopal%20Varma
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391329

Tags

• Hyderabad district
• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.