Movie making is a fickle field. There is no guarantee of success in a field as interpretative as this. Yet, the biggest actors and directors somehow find the audience’s pulse and deliver hit after hit.
On the other end of the spectrum are those who fail to find that pulse and fade away. But somewhere in the middle of this spectrum is an Indian filmmaker who kept giving flop after flop and still was called a legend. India’s most unsuccessful director is.
.. The man with the most flops in the history of Bollywood is Ram Gopal Varma.
The director has made a total of 31 films in a career that began in the late-80s. However, surprisingly, of these 31, 26 films have flopped at the box office. In fact, he has managed to deliver only one blockbuster in his 30-year-long career in films.
His last clean hit (not above average or semi hit) was 25 years ago – the 1998 release Satya. Why is Ram Gopal Varma still called great? Despite this dismal record at the box office, Varma (or RGV , as he is fondly called), is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of his generation. That is largely due to several cult classics he has made, including Shool, Satya, Company, Kaun, Rakta Charithra and Sarkar.
Most of these films bombed at the box office or were average grossers. But they are regarded as milestone films in the history of Indian cinema. Varma’s successes include the blockbuster Rangeela, the sleeper hit Satya, the semi-hits Bhoot, Company, and Sarkar.
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