Phoonk De, RGV

Ram Gopal Varma is an enigma wrapped in a riddle. For a man who has given 10 flops after his last hit Sarkar, you would expect him to be doubly careful of not repeating his mistakes. After all, if you see the trailer of Sarkar Raj and listen to industry reports, he has struck gold once again! But trust Ramu to repeat his mistakes. He is adamant on making quickies.

He has wrapped up Contract which a source tells me looks like a poor man's version of Company. He is currently shooting Phoonk at Filmcity. It's a horror film about black magic and features newcomers Amruta Subash (a Marathi stage actor), Sudeep (Kannada actor), Lilette Dubey and Zakir Hussain . For the first time RGV is working with a woman cinematographer - Savita Singh, a fresh graduate from the FTII.

Both these films are likely to erode RGV's market value. So why does the eccentric director commit harakiri? "In the morning if I get very excited by an idea, I want to finish making the film by the night. I don't want to wait for stars and their dates!" Ramu once said.

Now if only the audience were excited too.