Varma-Suri gangster drama: RGV details Mumbai underworld story

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has announced an intriguing new collaboration with director Mohit Suri. The yet-untitled project will see RGV write the screenplay and co-produce the film, while Mohit Suri will direct it.Following his initial announcement on social media, Ram Gopal Varma shared further details about the project on Monday. He revealed that the story is set against the backdrop of the split between underworld figures Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, and will also explore the involvement of Indian intelligence agencies in the events that followed.RGV further made a bold comparison, claiming that the upcoming film will be “much larger in scale than Dhurandhar” while describing it as a project that will be “much more rooted than Satya” at its heart.

Ram Gopal Varma reveals the plot of his film with Mohit Suri

Sharing details about the story on X, Ram Gopal Varma revealed that the film will be set during the period when Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan parted ways, with the conflict linked to a man named Sautya.“The story is set in the times of the Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Rajan split, due to a man called Sautya and how the Indian intelligence agencies were involved in the later proceedings which further led to some key events of the aftermath of the 93 serial blasts,” RGV wrote.

The film will therefore combine the world of organised crime with intelligence operations and events surrounding one of the most consequential periods in Mumbai’s underworld history.

RGV praises Mohit Suri’s approach to the story

Ram Gopal Varma also explained why he believes Mohit Suri is particularly suited to bring the story to the screen. According to RGV, the director has brought his own distinctive sensibility to the backdrop, combining emotional characterisation with music and realistic action.“For a story with this kind of a backdrop Mohit brought in a tremendous flair of his own brand of ‘from the heart characters, superlative emotional music and never before thought of ultra realistic action’,” he wrote.The collaboration brings together RGV’s long-standing association with crime dramas and Mohit Suri’s experience with emotionally driven storytelling.

Ram Gopal Varma makes a ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Satya’ comparison

RGV also made an unusual Hollywood comparison while describing the creative possibilities of the collaboration.

Without directly comparing himself and Mohit Suri with Hollywood filmmakers, he said he had often wondered what it might have looked like if Francis Ford Coppola had directed Jaws or Steven Spielberg had directed The Godfather.He then offered his assessment of what audiences could expect from the new project.“I believe that Mohit’s film will be much larger in scale than DHURANDHAR, and much more rooted than SATYA in its heart,” Ram Gopal Varma wrote.The statement sets an ambitious scale for the upcoming project, particularly given the commercial and cultural conversation surrounding Dhurandhar.

Ram Gopal Varma’s film with Mohit Suri awaits casting

The story of RGV and Mohit Suri’s upcoming film has already generated curiosity because of its gangster backdrop and the involvement of Indian intelligence agencies. However, the makers have yet to announce the cast.