Company, Bhoot And Sarkar | Pinnacle Of RGV | Under Lens

Satya and couple of movies that followed it were impressive enough to mark Ram Gopal Varma as a promising director. It was Company which actually established him as a king maker. Between Satya and Company, he made movie which were good, received favorable comments from critics and established his name but they were just a notch less than Satya and he needed something at par. Company was that movie.

Loosely based on lives of Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan, this Ajay Devgan - Vivek Oberoi starrer gave goose bumps to people associated with Mumbai underworld. This was commercialised realistic cinema - realism and gloss of glamour in true colors. Company showed how the underworld works. It was an extension of Satya in a sense that Satya talked about the grass root level underworld and Company showed the organized face of underworld at a higher level in hierarchy. The narrative style of company still remains a benchmark for cinebuffs. The way Jaideep Sahni blended narration into the story to give it a gripping docudrama feel was impressive. Company was a box office success as well.

Bollywood has always been short of good quality horror movies. Bhoot filled that void. Ajay Devgan-Urmila starrer Bhoot was a huge commercial success. Instead of relying on makeup and prosthetics, RGV focusses on his script and cinematography. It worked. Influences of world cinema was pretty evident. Use of background score was path breaking. Bhoot gave RGV everything- acclaim, money and awards.

Sarkar was an adaptation of The Godfather. RGV spiced it up by adding politics and while doing so, story seemed to have inspirations drawn from life of Balasaheb. It was controversial enough to give an initial mileage to the movie. The story of Sarkar was parallel to fading line of difference between politics and crime. Sarkar Subhash Nagre is a political Godfather who doesn't hesitate taking law in hand to ensure justice for people. Though Sarkar lacked the depth of The Godfather, it was a very decent effort. Like company, Sarkar got appreciation from both audience and critics.

Company, Bhoot and Sarkar were three movies which made RGV a big brand. Almost an outsider, he was perhaps the first person to create a camp for himself in last 15 years. He broke into monopoly of already established big names and made Factory as new nursery for talent. Shimit Amin and Sriram Raghavan were brought into limelight by RGV in this period. As they say, everything at a height is bound to fall... these three movies were that height.

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh