Ram Gopal Varma, Who Has Immense Respect For Jayalalithaa, To Make Film ‘Shashikala’

Dec 16, 2016, 13:03 IST

Count on Ram Gopal Varma to do the unthinkable. After ruffling the feathers of Vijayawada biggies, he has now announced his next movie titled Shashikala. The film, by his own admission, is the sory of a "dearest closest friend of a politician".

The title and plot suggests the film has a lot to do with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala but the filmmaker says the project is "fictional".

Just registered my new film title "Shashikala" it's the story of a very dearest closest friend of a politician and completely fictional

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 15, 2016

"Shashikala" is going to be a very very sincere from the heart Tamilan love story and absolutely nothing to with fictional non politics

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 15, 2016

Fictional non politics of Shashikala have a fundamental contradiction with highly truthful but assumed non truths of Jayalalitha

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 15, 2016

I immensely respect Jayalalitha but I honestly respect Shasikalaji a little bit much much much more

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 15, 2016

Jayalalitha ji respected Shasikala ji much more than she respected anybody else proves why I should call my film "Shasikala"

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 15, 2016

Varma, known for making films on real life personalities, on Thursday night announced the title of the film. The 54-year-old filmmaker said he has immense respect for Jayalalithaa, who died in Chennai on December 5. Now members of AIADMK are requesting Sasikala, her close aide, to become the political party's General Secretary, but she is yet to give her consent.

Currently he is busy filming the third instalment of the popular crime thriller franchise "Sarkar". The film features megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Yami Gautam and Manoj Bajpayee in pivotal roles.