Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Varma Says Mohit Suri’s Gangster Film Will Surpass Dhurandhar
Ram Gopal Varma discussed a gangster film involving filmmaker Mohit Suri.
Varma believes the film will be bigger than Dhurandhar in scale.
He also thinks it will have a deeper emotional foundation than Satya.
Varma said he was not trying to make a direct comparison between the films.
Instead, he used the comparison to explain why contrasting creative styles can be interesting.
He mentioned Francis Ford Coppola directing Jaws and Steven Spielberg directing The Godfather as examples.
Varma said Mohit Suri understood the characters well.
He reached this conclusion after seeing Suri’s vision for the material Varma had written.
Ram Gopal Varma said Mohit Suri’s gangster film will be larger in scale than Dhurandhar.
Varma said the film would be more emotionally rooted than Satya.
He clarified that he was not directly comparing his project with those films.
Varma compared the collaboration’s contrast to Francis Ford Coppola directing Jaws or Steven Spielberg directing The Godfather.
Varma said he was persuaded by Suri’s vision after seeing how he interpreted the material he wrote.
- Who
- Filmmakers Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri.
- What
- Varma said Suri’s gangster film will be larger in scale than Dhurandhar and more rooted than Satya.
- When
- Not specified in the provided article excerpt.
- Where
- Not specified in the provided article excerpt.
- Why
- Varma said he formed this view after seeing Suri’s vision for the material he had written.
- Speaker
- Ram Gopal Varma
- Director discussed
- Mohit Suri
- Film genre
- Gangster film
- Scale comparison
- Varma said the film will be larger than Dhurandhar.
- Emotional comparison
- Varma said the film will be more rooted than Satya.
- Creative reference
- Varma cited Francis Ford Coppola directing Jaws and Steven Spielberg directing The Godfather as examples of contrasting creative styles.