RGV’s new initiative has taken the filmmaking world by storm.
In this new concept, the audience has complete control over the film’s outcome.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) introduced an innovative concept named ‘Your Film’ during a recent press conference held at RGV Den. In this new concept, the audience has complete control over the film’s outcome. The actors, director, cinematographer, and other technicians of the film will all be chosen by the audience itself using an interactive voting method on the RGV website (rgvden.com). As per reports, the process is elegantly simple yet profoundly transformative. Individuals can submit their movie ideas in one or two lines on the RGV website.
Then, anybody interested in these including actors, directors, cinematographers, or music directors — can submit an application. Further, the RGV team will carefully go over the applications and select applicants for interviews and auditions.
The audition process will be overseen by RGV himself. In the end, the audience will have the authority to vote for the people they want to see playing each role.
Ram Gopal Varma said in the event that he is grateful to this democratisation of the medium, and now the public will hold the real power in filmmaking. These movies will be made by the audience, for the audience, and of the audience, which is similar to the fundamental tenet of democracy: by the people, for the people, and of the people.
RGV further emphasised how this strategy has the power to trigger a profound change in the film industry and usher in a new phase of inclusive and collaborative filmmaking.
Ram Gopal Varma stated that RGV Den will develop this innovative project, which will cross linguistic boundaries to serve audiences of all languages. In addition, he made a passing reference to the possibility of crowdsourcing in the future, depending on the prevailing circumstances.
RGV has directed movies in a variety of genres, such as parallel cinema and docudrama, and is renowned for his gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. He recently directed the political drama Vyooham, centred on Andhra Pradesh politics. Directed and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, the film revolves around the unforeseen events leading to the untimely demise of former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy and the subsequent rise of the YSR Congress Party under YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s leadership.