Ram
Gopal
Va ma
sha es
his
u filte ed
opi io
o
the
dow fall
of
Telugu
ci ema(Image
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Di ecto
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
has
blamed
the
lack
of
accou tability
amo g
di ecto s
as
the
easo
Telugu
ci ema
is
st uggli g.
He
blames
the
Telugu
film
i dust y’s
ecu i g
fi a cial
c ises
o
a
seve e
lack
of
di ecto ial
accou tability
a d
poo
cost
co t ol
by
p oduce s.
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
says
the
i dust y
u s
o
u successful
films
While
speaki g
to
us,
RGV
explai ed
that
the
co e
issue
plagui g
Tollywood
is
ot
u de pe fo mi g
films,
but
st uctu al
misma ageme t
du i g
p oductio .
The
‘Satya’
filmmake
stated
that
ma y
Telugu
ci ema
fi a cie s
a e
me ely
“i vesto s”
a d
ot
actual
p oduce s.Whe
i itial
p oductio
schedules
fail,
budgets
balloo
u co t ollably.
Because
shooti g
has
al eady
sta ted,
p oduce s
feel
t apped
a d
do
ot
k ow
whe e
to
stop
spe di g.
Va ma
oted
that
the
i dust y
actually
” u s
o
flop
movies,
ot
the
hit
o es.”
Whe
a
movie
is
a
massive
hit,
the
p ofits
a e
hoa ded
by
the
lead
sta s
a d
the
p oduce .
O
the
othe
ha d,
whe
a
movie
fails
o
u s
ove
budget,
that
capital
is
actively
ci culati g
to
daily-wage
tech icia s,
c ew
membe s,
a d
supplie s.
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
o
Tollywood
vs
Bollywood
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
compa ed
Tollywood’s
p oduce -d ive
isk
model
to
the
mode
st uctu e
of
Bollywood.
He
sha ed
that
the
Hi di
film
i dust y
adopted
st ict
co po ate
discipli e
a d
fixed
budgets
followi g
its
post-pa demic
box
office
st uggles.
“Why
a e
we
eve
calli g
them
p oduce s
he e?
Basically,
they
a e ’t
p oduce s;
they’ e
just
i vesto s.
Real
p oduce s
should
be
actively
i volved
i
eve y
stage
of
filmmaki g
i stead
of
simply
fu di g
p ojects.
Budgets
ofte
i c ease
because
films
a ely
go
exactly
as
pla ed,”
comme ted
RGV.He
said
p oduce s
usually
ag ee
to
a
estimated
budget
i
the
begi i g,
but
o ce
shooti g
sta ts,
it
becomes
difficult
to
stop
eve
if
expe ses
co ti ue
to
ise.
“I dust y
eeds
st o ge
fi a cial
discipli e
a d
g eate
accou tability
f om
di ecto s
if
it
wa ts
to
avoid
ecu i g
budget
p oblems,”
co ti ued
the
di ecto .
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
believes
fi a cial
wastage
ca
be
co t olled
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
feels
a
mo e
discipli ed
a d
dedicated
p oduce -di ecto
elatio ship
is
the
key
to
a
fi a cially
feasible
film
i dust y.
“Telugu
o
Hi di,
budgets
must
be
co t olled.
I
k ow
of
so
ma y
p ojects
whe e
acto s
a e
paid
a
packet
eve
though
they
have ’t
shot,
just
because
they
we e
sig ed
fo
a
p oject.
Fi a cial
wastage
must,
a d
ca ,
be
co t olled.
A d
the
o ly
way
to
do
so
is
to
have
a
p oduce
who
k ows
his
job
beyo d
his
job,”
he
co cluded.