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Boney Kapoor reacts to RGV’s move of naming film with sleazy posters after his wife
Boney Kapoor was unable to confront Ram Gopal Varma for going ahead and naming a film after the former’s wife Sridevi, especially since RGV’s been quite open about his crush on Sri over the years.
RGV’s film is about a teenager falling for an older woman. Says a source, “It really hurt Sri that Ramu, who has always claimed to be an ardent fan, would use her name to promote sleaze. Boney was away in Jaipur when he heard of it. By the time he rushed back on Saturday evening, the damage was done.”
Said Boney, “It came as an ugly, unpleasant shock to know that Ramu was using my wife’s name in such a way (considering we’ve had such a close association). Ramu and I have collaborated on three films as producer-director. He has also worked with Sri in a Telugu film Kshanam Kshanam.” He angrily added, “Doing something like this shows a perverse mind and an absolute bankruptcy of ideas.”
Did he call Ramu to express his ire? “I spoke to him, asking how he could do something like this, considering our long association and his repeatedly-confessed admiration for Sri. Ramu told he’d call me back the next day. When he didn’t, I rang him. But he wouldn’t take my calls. Instead, he sent me the press release announcing the film.”
So now, Boney has sent Ramu a legal notice, but he’s not stopping there. “I’ll go to any length to protect my family. There are many legal ways to stop slander,” he adds
Sridevi’s fans have also reacted strongly. “They are burning Ramu’s effigies after this announcement. Why does he need to do all this?’ asks Boney.
Even we are wondering the same.
RGV’S RESPONSE
Taken aback by the legal notice sent to him, RGV posted an open letter on Facebook. Excerpts:
There seems to be an apprehension that the film Sridevi is based on a crush I personally had for Sridevi in my college years. Many times over the last five years, I expressed this publicly and… was taken by all concerned, in a humourousm healthy spirit.
The film, Sridevi, is about a teenager’s infatuation towards a 25-year-old woman…a subject matter like this was attempted earlier. However, in my film, neither is the woman playing the title role an actress nor is the boy is a director. Also, there’s a huge age gap between the boy and woman in the film, which is not the case with me and the real Sridevi.
The title has been given to us by the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber. Moreover, films with the same title have been made and released at least three times in the last two decades.
When Mr Boney Kapoor called me, I explained to him both orally and in a message… to clear speculations over the so-called controversial content of the subject.
I am going ahead with the title Sridevi because I am well within my legal and moral rights to use it. Legal, because a name cannot be copyrighted and also, I said the film has nothing to do with the real Sridevi to the extent that the protagonist is not even an actress. Moral, because I know in my heart, that I will never do anything to degrade or demean Sridevi and the final outcome of the film will prove that.
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