January 4, 2018
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who has returned to Twitter after
taking a break for about seven months, says he got bored of not being on the
micro-blogging site and, so, he got back on.
"When I stopped tweeting, I
had got bored with being on Twitter and got off and now I got bored of not being
on Twitter and I got on," he said.
He is back to being provocative. Is
that again going to be his USP?
"Neither a tiger changes its stripes nor
a snake changes its fangs and whether that's my USP or not, that's me," he said.
Why is his first tweet so aggressive in challenging actor Pavan Kalyan to
get into politics?
"I was not challenging, just suggesting," said Varma.
He seems very sure that megastar Rajinikanth will make an impact in
politics. "I am not just sure but I am convinced that Rajini will sweep the
elections and no other party will get even one vote," he said.
Does he
genuinely feel that Rajinikanth has a bright future in politics and Pavan
doesn't?
"I never said PK doesn't have. All I said is he should show the
same courage and confidence like Rajini," said Varma.
Does he see an
MGR-Karunanidhi kind of clash between Rajinikanth and actor Kamal Haasan?
"They belong to two different states and so the comparison is misplaced,"
said the filmmaker.
On his NTR biopic's progress, he said: "It's timed
for release before the next election."