Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma recently shared his thoughts on the 2010 film ‘Raavan’, directed by the acclaimed Mani Ratnam and starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film marked the on-screen reunion of Abhishek and Aishwarya after ‘Guru’ and presented a modern retelling of the Ramayana from Ravana’s perspective.
In a conversation with Film Companion, RGV expressed his confusion about Abhishek Bachchan’s character in the film, noting a peculiar habit. He said, “When I was seeing it in the theatre, whenever he does that, everyone is looking at each other because they didn’t understand that… like did that really happen or…”
Curious about this behavior, RGV reached out to Abhishek for clarification. Abhishek explained, “Mani and I discussed this. Raavan has ten heads but obviously in a contemporary thing, he can’t be having ten heads, so he had ten thoughts running in his head and he just shakes them off and sticks on one thought.”
Ram Gopal Varma emphasized that such instances highlight the gap between actor-director discussions and their portrayal on screen. He remarked, “This is something they have discussed separately. Now, I, as an audience, don’t know that. So, even a great director like Mani also… I made those mistakes also. What we think inside in the discussion room what comes outside (is different),” concluded RGV.
The film ‘Raavan’ was released in both Hindi and Tamil languages.
