Osama was addicted to Sunny Leone videos: Ram Gopal Varma

Media reports leaked by the Americans have clearly mentioned that world's most wanted terrorist - Osama Bin Laden - was actually addicted to porn. Reports have also mentioned that a lot of porn VCDs were found at Osama's secret home in Abbottabad, where he was killed by the US troops.

But now, our very own Ram Gopal Varma has given a new dimension to Osama's porn fetish. RGV took everyone by surprise when he tweeted: "Osama had a stack of Sunny Leone videos in his Abbotabad compound. My source tells that he was watching her video when he was shot dead!"

It's really intriguing as to who is this 'source' who's giving Ramu such 'classified' information. But, one thing is for sure, this tweet of Ramu would do wonders for Sunny Leone's popularity! After all, the lady is adored by classes as well as the masses, world's biggest terrorist included!

Vinita Chaturvedi, TNN | Jul 8, 2012, 12.00AM IST

Ram Gopal Varma's Shabri to be Released on 26 August

Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Finally Ram Gopal Varma is confident to share the story of a female as told in "Shabri". The film, which was completed about five years ago, will hit the theatres Aug 26.

The Isha Koppikar, Raj Arjun and Pradip Rawat starrer is about how a simple woman from a Mumbai slum ends up as a matka (gambling) kingpin and threatens the corridors of power. 

Co-produced by Reliance Entertainment, the film has been written and directed by Lalit Marathe.

"I feel like a dog, who will have his Friday!" said Marathe in a statement.

It was reported that Varma was apprehensive in releasing the film earlier because of the subject and that's why the film did not release for so many years. 

However, now the producer feels more confident about releasing it.

Ram Gopal Varma's Shabri will release soon

Nearly five years ago, Ram Gopal Varma produced Shabri, a story about the first female crime lord in Mumbai, but his apprehensions about the subject prevented him from releasing the film.

However, now that director Vishal Bhardwaj has announced his upcoming project Daayan, which is also based on a female gangster, RGV has decided that it's the right time to release Shabri.

When contacted, director Lalit Marathe confirmed, "The film will be releasing on August 26. I am elated. It has been a long wait. I was never given any reason as to why the film was held back. I tried really hard to get it released. Ramu will also be involved in the promotions of the film."

Considering that RGV did not think the film was suitable for release five years ago, the industry is abuzz with speculations about the influences on the script.

However, the director dismisses all the speculations and said, "The film is a fictional account of a female gangster. It will not be similar to the one Vishal Bhardwaj is going to make, which I believe is based on a story from Hussain Zaidi's book. I hope the delay works in favour of the film rather than against it."

The film starring Eesha Koppikhar and newcomer Raj Arjun will be released by co-producers Reliance Pictures, formerly known as Adlabs.

Sorry Mahie for the torrid erotic scenes!

While shooting for Ram gopal varma's Not a Love Story based on Neeraj Grover's murder, RGV sends an sms to his lead actress apologising, for making her enact intense love scenes in the film What on earth could've prompted a brazen unabashedly abrasive man like, Ram Gopal Varma to send an apology via SMS to his Not A Love Story leading lady Mahie Gill? Acting uncharacteristically, Ramu sent the actress a text message saying sorry after she had to perform intense love-making sequences with Deepak Dobriyal. Apparently the love scenes between the two were so intense and torrid that Ramu left the sets and allowed an assistant to be present until the two actors finished their libidinous business. Recalling the incident, Mahie (who seems to have a very different opinion of Ramu from what he projects) laughed, "Ramuji was very apologetic about the love making sequences. I had to reassure him it was fine. Deepak and I were just doing our job. But Ramuji was really disturbed, almost as if he was subjecting a close relative a daughter or a sister to an uncomfortable situation. After Deepak and I finished the love scene, he sent me a message saying sorry." For a filmmaker who likes to be known as a ladies' man and has apparently had a string of romantic involvements, it comes as a surprise to know how shy he is of love-making sequences. Mahie maintained, "I did enquire about the torrid scenes. He explained to me that the nature of the relationship between the girl and the guy who together kill her former lover was so desperate and passionate that the impact couldn't be achieved without the acute intensity onscreen." She asserted that she had never done skin show before. But came to terms with Ramu's requirement. "I think this was the first time he was directing love-making scenes. I was really surprised at how shy he was. Contrary to his image he is quiet, withdrawn and a shy person. Certainly no ladies' man," she said. We asked Ramu about the kissing scenes in his movie, he chuckled. "Maybe I've just grown up. Jokes apart, the intensity of the emotions between the couple is very high in the movie. There are three long kissing scenes between Deepak Dobriyal and Mahie Gill. I have to confess I've never had couples kissing in my films before except a fleeting kiss between Abhishek Bachchan and Antara Mali in Naach. Taking about this film, he mentioned, "It was necessary for me to show that such a thing happened (the murder) in Not Love Story because of uncontrollable emotions. I firmly believe no one is intrinsically bad. It's just circumstances that make them do some irrational things and then they get deeper and deeper into the mess." Mahie Gill doesn't deny that she is playing the character of Maria Susairaj. "But we've changed the character quite a bit. Maria was from Bangalore. But my character is a Punjabi girl. We have shown how one moment of weakness and untruth actually destroyed her life and made her commit that murder," added the director.

Ram Gopal Verma wants to cast Maria Susairaj in a film

Ram Gopal Varma wants to cast Maria Susairaj in his next film now that the Kannada actress has been absolved of murder charges in the killing of TV executive Neeraj Grover.

Varma has already made a film 'Not A Love Story', which is inspired by the events that led to the gruesome murder.

"Maria Susairaj wanted to become famous as an actress and she became famous as a murderess. If things went well it could have been a Rangeela for her," Verma wrote on Twitter.

"Now that she has been released I want to sign Maria Susairaj for a film," the filmmaker, who has a penchant for controversy, said.

Maria's boyfriend and former navy officer Emile Jerome had gone to her residence in suburban Malad on May 7, 2008 where he got into a fight with Grover (26) during which Jerome stabbed the TV executive to death.

Maria and Jerome later cut Grover's body into pieces and disposed it in Manor forest in Thane.

The actress, who has already been in jail for three years, is expected to walk free after she was found guilty of destroying the evidence and not committing the murder.