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As a filmmaker, 2007 was a disastrous year for Ram Gopal Varma but now he's struck back with vengeance! His latest, Phoonk has had a thunderous opening nationwide and marks the director's return to the paranormal. An encounter with Ram Gopal on what he believes, is the 'industry shocker'.

Did you do som black magic in theaters which helped fetch audience for Phoonk?
Well, let that be a mystery. What I can see though is that industry seems to be in a state of shock with the success of the film. They were not really hoping that a film like Phoonk would actually fetch a 100 per cent opening across the country.

What do you feel is so shocking about the way Phoonk has performed at the box office?
First and foremost, it has broken the fallacy that films with no stars and songs can't work at the box office. So many in the industry are shocked because we have constantly lived under this impression that a film can be a success only if there are big stars, item songs and comedy ingredients. Now tomorrow if someone says this, Phoonk can be clearly looked as an exhibit.

But stars can't be discounted, isn't it?
No way can they be discounted. But then how many saleable stars do we have? 10-12 maybe! In how many films can they act in a year? Perhaps 20 or 25! Now, Bollywood needs at least 120 movies to be churned out every year to keep the distributors and exhibitors running. So who acts in these remaining 100 odd movies? You need to have an alternate mechanism in place. This is where the subject matter comes in. You may not have stars but then you should have a subject which is good enough for an audience to be enticed enough to walk into theaters, just like Phoonk did.

You would still continue to make films with stars as well as newcomers, isn't it?
That's exactly the point. It is the subject which warrants whether you need stars for them or not. I would have films with star power and also actors like Sudeep (lead actor in Phoonk) who fit into the character definition. See, if you go to a DVD library, so many times you pick a DVD if the three line synopsis on the cover excites you enough. The film may not boast of known names but the subject could be interesting enough. Hollywood has realised that and is quickly moving in that direction where it is not being dependent on stars any more. Bollywood too can be seen going in the same direction.

Talking about Sudeep, he seems to be having a terrific screen presence.
He is a superb actor and that's exactly the reason he is seen in Phoonk. He is quite a name down South in Kannada movies.

Coming back to the success of Phoonk, your favorite critics still seem to be continuing their hate-affair with your films.
They seem to be in love with thrashing my films. In fact, at so many places, the reviews for Phoonk have been worse than even Contract. They certainly seem to be oblivious about the audience reception for Phoonk. On one hand our film had posters that only screamed of crew members since there were no stars in it while on the other hand there were posters of this other film which boasted of the likes of a Mallika Sherawat. Now it is hardly a secret that which film eventually managed to bring in the audience!

You really seem to have surprised quite a lot of people here?
While the all-India success of Phoonk is indeed heartening, what takes the cake is to see it turning out to be the biggest success of my career in a place like UP. I guess more than me, it is the audience which has managed to surprise many out here in the industry!

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Actor Aamir Khan seems to be on an endorsement spree. After being declared the brand ambassador for Incredible India's 'Atithi Devo Bhava' campaign, the actor will feature in an advertisement for a DTH (Direct To Home) service provider.

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What's common to Shaheen, Jiah, Sapna, Alisha, Rani, Simmi, Kajal, Anu, Priya and Roma? Well, we all know that they sound to be the names of some of the most beautiful girls. But the shocking-but-true fact is that all these names have just one face: 'Priyanka Chopra'. These are the names that this pretty chic has portrayed in her illustriously illustrious Bollywood career.

And it is this illustrious girl who has illuminated the latest edition of the fashion bible, 'Vogue'. A lot of unspoken facts about this lass have been revealed in this issue. We bet that you just did not know the 'mouth-watering' fact that Priyanka has a thing for sweet and sour treats like jeera goli! Not just that, this super actress' career plans never included modelling and that she takes to the pen the way a fish takes to water!

You will be on the floors for sure when you get to know that her aunt used to call her 'Kaali' and it was actually her Mom who should be attributed to giving Bollywood its Gen-Next Superstar! The reason being that Priyanka's mother sent 'passport sized snaps' of Priyanka wearing a suit as an entry for the Miss India competition, something that was meant to be sent to Australia for a scholarship exam in an engineering college!

Lastly, Priyanka does give some real gyaan to one and all (and we salute this dame for this). She, very honestly confesses that 'People will reject 90 days of work in two hours. But it's changed me for the better. I'll never again walk out of a film I am watching. No matter how bad it is!"

These words have left us speechless. All that we can say is Touché Priyanka! God bless you!

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With six releases lined up this year, actor Eesha Koppikar is excited about her look in her forthcoming film Shabri with Ram Gopal Varma. At the launch of a new store, Studio 7, in Mumbai on Thursday, Eesha spoke about her latest de-glam look.

“It’s a completely de-glam look. She's a girl from the rural basti-jhoparpatti. It’s actually more than de-glam, it’s yuck and ugly. People didn't recognise me and said 'How can you look ugly' and I take that as a compliment. It’s very difficult to make me look ugly. But still there was a special pan stick that my make-up man created by mixing two three colours, and it looked like chocolate mousse,” she said.

Shabri directed by Lalit Marathe portrays Eesha as the first woman gangster.

"We don't really like looking dirty, ugly and non-presentable. I remember my van said Shabri, it didn't say Eesha Koppikar. A lot of people there within the vicinity saw me getting out of the make up van getting onto the sets and getting back to the van said, ‘who's this ugly jharoovali, who’s the heroine of the film?’ But that's half the battle won because you are in the character when you get into the skin of the character, half the battle is won.”

After donning gray shades in Don, Eesha hopes the essence of her negative role is received well in Shabri too.

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