‘North will puke on Pushpa guy’s face’: Ram Gopal Varma reveals what a big producer said, jokes, ‘He must be having nightmares now’

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RGV said that nobody can make a movie like Pushpa 2 in Bollywood, not because they aren’t capable, but because ‘they don’t think like that’. Narrating a story about what a prominent film producer said, RGV continued, “When he saw Pushpa 1, he told someone I know, ‘North audience will puke on this guy’s face’. I don’t think it has anything to do with money, it has to do with the character. (The producer) likes a guy with a six-pack, super good-looking… He must be having nightmares now, after Pushpa 1 and 2.”

RGV said that there is a ‘sensibility difference’ in Bollywood, and it has nothing to do with the audience, because people will watch films from any corner of the country if they’re well-made. RGV continued, “Stars should always play stars; they shouldn’t play characters. If they change, you will disconnect. Even if you change, you should cater to the same emotion… In Bollywood, there is too much emphasis on the story. South directors only look at scenes, they don’t care about story. A big actor once told me, ‘I never listen to the story, my only question is, ‘Mera entry kya hai?'”

The two Pushpa movies have emerged as major box office successes. They’ve made a combined total of over Rs 2000 crore worldwide, with Pushpa 2 recently overtaking Baahubali 2: The Conclusion to become the second-biggest Indian film of all time.