RGV says hanging dummy dead bodies was to get noticed

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Perhaps Ram Gopal Varma doesn't need to get noticed any more after he created panic by getting dummy dead bodies hung at 15 locations in Mumbai. And the unapologetic filmmaker says it was merely for more publicity for his supernatural thriller 'Agyaat'.

'The whole thing was to create publicity. And this sort of an idea came up to garner publicity which represents the concept and context of the film. Now since 'Agyaat' is a scary film - and has people dying - this was a good way to create that sort of an atmosphere,' Varma told IANS.


Varma and the creative team of UTV, which has co-produced the movie, planted the hoardings with the dummy Sunday night.

Censor Board objects to a song from RGV's 'Agyaat'

Controversy's favorite child, Ram Gopal Varma, is at in again. This time with the Censor Board asking him to re-edit the track 'Jai Shri Shambhu' from his forthcoming film 'Agyaat'.

The Censor Board has asked RGV to re-edit a portion of the film, which shows the film's lead heroine Priyanka Kothari puffing a chillum while she croons 'Dum Maaro, Yeh Hai Sahara'. The reason given by the Board was that it depicts substance abuse.

Ramu, who is aghast with the turn of events, opined, ''People can take drugs and show in film, that's ok. There is so much discretion on part of censor board. However, as a law abiding citizen of the country, I'll go with whatever the law says.''