Ram
Gopal
Va ma
is
etu i g
to
a
subject
he
k ows
well
with
his
ew
film
‘Police
Compa y’,
which
looks
at
the
da k
side
of
e cou te
killi gs
by
police
a d
how
da ge ous
it
becomes
whe
i stitutio s
get
the
powe
to
decide
who
lives
a d
who
dies.
I
a
ece t
i te view,
Va ma
talked
about
how
this
film
is
diffe e t
f om
ea lie
sto ies
based
o
e cou te
specialist
Daya
Nayak,
why
he
thi ks
‘Police
Compa y’
is
mo e
i te se
tha
‘D
Compa y,’
a d
why
he
chose
Ha shva dha
Ra e
fo
the
lead
ole.
He
also
spoke
about
his
lo g-time
i te est
i
the
u de wo ld
a d
police
fo ce,
sha ed
some
of
his
ow
expe ie ces
with
the
u de wo ld,
a d
gave
a
update
o
his
othe
film,
‘Police
Statio
Mei
Bhoot’.
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
o
what
sets
‘Police
Compa y’
apa t
Speaki g
to
Va iety
I dia,
Ram
add essed
how
‘Police
Compa y’
sets
itself
apa t
f om
ea lie
films
i
the
ge e.
He
said,
“Most
of
those
films
focused
o
the
actio ,
the
body
cou t
a d
the
‘e cou te
specialist’
image.
‘Police
Compa y’
is
ot
about
maki g
a y
o e
pe so
the
ce t al
figu e.
It
is
about
what
happe s
whe
the
system
c eates
a
machi e
to
kill,
a d
the
that
machi e
sta ts
developi g
its
ow
mi d,
its
ow
loyalties,
its
ow
hu ge .
The
diffe e ce
is
simple.
The
ea lie
films
showed
the
gu .
This
o e
shows
the
ha d
that
keeps
loadi g
it,
a d
what
happe s
whe
that
ha d
at
o e
poi t
sta ts
shaki g.”He
fu the
added,
“D
Compa y
was
a
o ga izatio
that
became
symbolic
of
u de wo ld
powe
i
the
way
it
killed.
‘Police
Compa y’
was
a
o ga izatio
that
was
give
the
powe
to
e ase
people
without
accou tability;
that’s
why.
Whe
a
i stitutio
is
give
the
same
f eedom
that
a
c imi al
ga g
has,
it
becomes
mo e
da ge ous
because
it
has
legitimacy.”
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
o
his
fasci atio
with
e cou te
polici g
Whe
asked
what
d aws
him
to
the
subject
of
e cou te
polici g,
he
said,
“The
mo al
a ithmetic.
A
ma
is
give
the
powe
to
decide
who
lives
a d
who
dies,
a d
the
society
p ete ds
it
still
has
clea
ha ds.
That
co t adictio
has
always
fasci ated
me.
E cou te
polici g
is
the
poi t
whe e
law
a d
lawless ess
become
the
same
thi g
a d
still
call
themselves
diffe e t.
‘Ab
Tak
Chappa ‘
just
dealt
with
the
su face.
‘Police
Compa y’
dives
deep.”
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
o
casti g
Ha shva dha
Ra e
O
his
decisio
to
cast
Ha shva dha
Ra e
i
the
ole
of
Daya
Nayak,
he
sha ed,
“The e
is
a
ce tai
a imal
still ess
i
Ha shva dha ‘s
eyes
a d
also
a
i te se
se e ity.
Eve
whe
he
does ‘t
t y
to
look
i te se,
he
just
is.
Ha shva dha
u de sta ds
sile ce
bette
tha
most
acto s
u de sta d
dialogue.”
Ram
Gopal
Va ma’s
ea lie
u de wo ld
films
Ea lie ,
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
explo ed
Mumbai’s
u de wo ld
i
films
such
as
‘Satya’
a d
‘Compa y’.
