Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Harshvardhan Rane Calls Ram Gopal Varma a Genius
Harshvardhan Rane is acting in a new film called Police Company.
The film is directed by Ram Gopal Varma.
Rane plays Daya Nayak, a character inspired by a real Mumbai police officer.
He says the film looks at Varma’s own idea of Daya Nayak’s mind and actions.
Rane has wanted to work with Varma since he first came to Mumbai.
He also remembers being extremely frightened by Varma’s horror film Bhoot.
Because of that movie, Rane says he stopped watching horror films.
Rane especially admires how Varma uses sounds to create fear.
Harshvardhan Rane plays encounter specialist Daya Nayak in Ram Gopal Varma’s Police Company.
Rane says working with Varma fulfills a dream he has had since arriving in Mumbai.
Police Company explores Varma’s interpretation of Daya Nayak’s psychology rather than simply retelling known events.
Rane says Varma’s 2003 horror film Bhoot frightened him so much that he stopped watching horror movies.
Rane praised Varma’s use of sound and atmosphere, calling him a genius.
- Who
- Actor Harshvardhan Rane, director Ram Gopal Varma, and the cast of Police Company, including Fardeen Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Paresh Rawal and Makarand Deshpande.
- What
- Rane is starring as encounter specialist Daya Nayak in Varma’s Police Company and has praised the director’s filmmaking.
- Where
- The story concerns Mumbai and the film’s setting around a character inspired by a Mumbai encounter specialist.
- Why
- Rane considers working with Varma a long-held dream and admires the director’s interpretation of Daya Nayak and his use of sound.
- Film
- Police Company
- Director
- Ram Gopal Varma
- Lead role
- Harshvardhan Rane as encounter specialist Daya Nayak
- Character basis
- Daya Nayak, a real-life Mumbai encounter specialist
- Earlier film discussed
- Bhoot
- Rane’s view of Varma
- He called the director a genius.
- Other key cast
- Fardeen Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Paresh Rawal and Makarand Deshpande