Mumbai, March 26 Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has spoken about one of his many childhood dreams. On Thursday, the filmmaker posted a long note on his X, formerly Twitter.
He shared how change is the only constant he has experienced, and how his dreams constantly evolved during his formative years.
He wrote, "I wanted to be an auto rickshaw driver when I was around 10, because I was fascinated by the vrooom vroom sound when the accelerator revs up. And then around 15, I wanted to live in a forest inspired by a cousin of mine, and then a few years later, I wanted to be an engineer and then once again I changed my mind to become a director. Similarly, I was heavily influenced by Enid Blyton's books, which I abandoned when I discovered James Hadley Chase, whom I thought was the greatest writer ever. And then after a few years, I discovered Frederick Forsyth, who amazed me beyond my imagination. In effect, we all keep getting re-shaped from time to time because of newer and newer experiences, which keep elevating our standards. My benchmark films were "The Sound of Music" ('Rangeela'), "Exorcist" ('Raat', 'Bhoot'), and "Godfather" ('Satya', 'Company', 'Sarkar'). Throughout my career, I made films based on these benchmarks, primarily "Godfather".
The director praised the recently released Ranveer Singh-starrer "Dhurandhar: The Revenge", and shared that he has made a conscious decision to put the upcoming part of the "Sarkar" franchise on hold and work on "Syndicate".
He said, "WHY SYNDICATE and not SARKAR? "SYNDICATE" is based on the premise: "What if the entire law and order of INDIA collapses in just one single day?" It will be almost like a horror film, not because of any supernatural elements, but because it will expose the horrors that exist in some human minds, which they can enact terrifyingly. "SYNDICATE" is about the rise of an organization so powerful, so integrated, and so maniacally driven that it threatens the very existence of INDIA. I believe that "SYNDICATE" is something that will match up to the post-#Dhrandhar2 era, and that is the reason for my decision. Here's my take on why I want to erase my entire past and be a new born or a reborn director after watching #Dhurandhar2 (sic)".
He expressed his wish to be inspired by the new school of Aditya Dhar, as he wrote, "But now after seeing #Dhurandhar2, all my earlier films look like nothing. If "Godfather" was my earlier benchmark in this genre, then I now feel that #Dhurandhar2 is like "Godfather" in the way that it redefined and reinvented everything, whether it's the craft, storytelling style, character design, background music, emotional landscapes, artist performances, action choreography, etc. So, it's common sense that I need to abandon the lessons learnt from the old schools of Coppola and join the new school of @AdityaDharFilms, and that's the only way one can stay updated".
"It will be a suicidal blunder on the part of any filmmaker-writer-star, not to shed their egos and do an intensive academic research study of #Dhurandhar2, and then take a deep re-look and then re-work on whatever they believed so far, and drastically adapt. By not doing so, and if you all will still stick to the same old cinematic beliefs, which were brutally killed on March 19th, 2026," he added.