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WEEKLY POLL (results »)

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BOX OFFICE (more »)

Week Of May 01, 2008
1	Tashan	36%
2	UMAH	55%
3	Krazzy 4	43%
4	Race	55%
5	Sirf	38%

RECENT (more »)

Bhoothnath	60%
Jimmy	20%
Mr White Mr Black	25%
Anamika	25%
Pranali	20%
Tashan	36%
Sirf	38%
HAALS	50%

MUSIC (more »)

Bhoothnath	51%
Tashan	63%
Krazzy 4	50%
UMAH	58%
Race	59%
Jodha Akbar	70%

UPCOMING (more »)

Sarkar Raaj	6/6
God Tussi Great	7/11
Singh Is King	8/8
Struggler	12/31
Jannat	5/16

CRITIC'S VERDICT: VERY BAD GRADE: 29%

(VERY BAD = 20 - 34% . See how verdicts are calculated.)

Average Rating: 1.43/5.0
Reviews counted: 47
Good: 1 Average: 1 Bad: 45

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag

Starring
Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari and Gaurav Kapoor

Director
Ram Gopal Varma

Music Rating: 38 %
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Release Date
August 31, 2007

Box Office Status
To Be Determined

Synopsis
A film by Ram Gopal Varma starring Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari and Gaurav Kapoor.

Now DVDs of RGV KI AAG under fire
From: glamsham.com
Posted October 23, 2007

Ram Gopal Varma feels the heat
From: bollyvista.com
Posted October 03, 2007

Yes I copy: Ram Gopal Varma...
From: mahiram.com
Posted September 23, 2007

Yes! I copy, says Ram Gopal Varma
From: allbollywood.com
Posted September 21, 2007

I wasn't trying to outdo 'Sholay': Ram Gopal Varma
From: allbollywood.com
Posted September 11, 2007

Ram Gopal Varma to make a film on terrorism
From: bollyvista.com
Posted September 11, 2007

'RGV Ki Aag' - Why Ram Gopal Varma'sGamble Failed
From: apunkachoice.com
Posted September 11, 2007

Ram Gopal Varma to make a film on terrorism
From: apunkachoice.com
Posted September 10, 2007

'RGV Ki Aag' - Why Ram Gopal Varma'sGamble Failed
From: planetbollywood.com
Posted September 09, 2007

'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag' gets some good news, critics update
From: allbollywood.com
Posted September 06, 2007

Reviews
	Good
South Africa Daily News 3.0	"...If you enjoyed � Sholay and Don � you should enjoy this"
	Average
Times Of India 2.5	"...here's only one improvement on the original: Abhishek Bachchan stepping into Jalal Agha's shoes and doing the Mehbooba jig with Urmila"
MTV India 2.0	"...a half-baked attempt at recreating the magic of Bollywood's most popular film"
Screen India 2.0	"...One star for supernova Mohanlal and another for Amar Mohile�s pulsating background score"
Bollyvista 2.0	"...When old classic songs are remixed, more often than not, the new version lacks the essence of the original. Much in a similar fashion, this remix version of 'Sholay' misses that mark"
Subhash Jha 2.0	"...Varma has steered the original material through murky waters to give "Sholay" a new-age look, albeit a look that's more bleak than bright"
Filmfare 2.0	"...is brilliantly shot but in the process of adapting and adjusting the original, the sequences turn out to be very bland and the modifications fall on your face"
IndiaFM 2.0	"...has a strong first half, but a lengthy and violent second half plays a spoilsport"
NDTV 2.0	"...might work for teenagers who haven't seen Sholay but for those of us who've savored the original film not once but ten, twenty, thirty times, RGV Ki Aag is an exercise in futility"
RadioSargam 2.0	"...Varma�s tribute succumbs to disastrous screenplay and editing"
BBC Shropshire 2.0	"...does not strike the same flames as the original"
South Africa Sunday Times 2.0	"...At best, it is tedious; at worst, it is infuriating to sit through, as it left me squirming that an all-time masterpiece should receive such shoddy treatment"
Deccan Herald 2.0	"...a pointless remake that serves up camp in an unapologetic binge"
IndiaGlitz 2.0	"...comes as a half baked product which does have it's moments but sadly they are far and few"
Movie Talkies 2.0	"...the original elements of Aag are what work the most, and everything that has been aped from Sholay is what falls flat, making the flaws glaring"
AllBollywood.com 2.0	"...a colossal disappointment, one of the biggest letdowns I have seen in my entire lifetime"
BBC 2.0	"...more of a damp squib"
Stardust 2.0	"...The direction of Ram Gopal Varma is showing a downward trend after giving such memorable films as Satya and Sarkar"
	Poor
BollySpice 1.5	"...one of the biggest disappointments of the year, if not the biggest"
Without Giving The Movie Away 1.5	"...None of the characters are fleshed out. All come across as superficial and their motivations unclear"
Indya.com 1.5	"...There is basically no original script as the whole plot has been directly lifted from the 1975 Ramesh Sippy classic with the only changes being the places and the names. And sadly that is just not good enough"
Bollywood Mantra 1.5	"...is total letdown even as a film by itself and is below average"
Music 'N Movies 1.0	"...RGV falters big time and as usual its us who lose of time and money"
Now Running 2 1.0	"...There's no smoke, no fire in this Aag. Only ashes- from under which I really hope Ram Gopal Varma rises again, like the proverbial phoenix"
Andhra Cafe 1.0	"...The best tribute the audience can pay is to stay away from this fire that simply has no spark"
Business Of Cinema 1.0	"...A yawny first half and an OK-in-parts second half is what this film offers"
IndiCine 1.0	"...a below average product that desevers to be rejected by the audience"
Movie Walah 1.0	"...kudos to RGV for trying to do something that others could not even dream of but a big kick on his butt for making such a hoax"
Times Now 1.0	"...a silly joke. The only problem is that you don't feel too much like laughing. Because you are too busy fighting off extreme boredom"
Mag 4 You 1.0	"...has nothing to carry back home"
Mumbai Mirror 1.0	"...this card-boarded mawkishness appears at best closer to Varma's Shiva than Sippy's Sholay"
Rediff 2 1.0	"...A boring homage to Sholay"
Jam 1.0	"...This Aag is sure to leave Ramu�s Factory incinerated"
Rediff 1.0	"...It's the director's most depressingly disappointing work"
ApunKaChoice 1.0	"...a letdown. The movie only reminds you how great and matchless the real �Sholay� was and is"
MeriNews 1.0	"...The movie of the millennium is reduced to a mockery"
Now Running 1.0	"...disappoints in every department. Entertainment-wise too it has nothing much to offer"
Mid-Day 1.0	"...Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag se bhaag"
Full Hyderabad 1.0	"...Speaking objectively without thinking of Sholay, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag is a terrible film"
Glamsham 1.0	"...Don�t get caught in this fire"
Outlook India 1.0	"...Sholay set new benchmarks in entertainment; Aag is content at remaining just another bad film"
DNA India 1.0	"...undoubtedly one of the worst gangster movies made in the country including those that figure in the B-grade and C-grade classification"
Cybernoon 1.0	"...unmitigated disaster. Divorce it for a while, for the sake of fairness, from the perfection of Sholay, and it still fails to engage"
Baradwaj Rangan 1.0	"...isn�t masala; it�s a mess"
The Indian Express 1.0	"...Varma rejigs Ramesh Sippy�s Sholay for 2007, and comes up with a clunker"
	Bomb
Hindustan Times 0.5	"...this Lifetime�s Worst Ever Movie Award goes to Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag"
IBN Live 0.0	"...Not only does Ramgopal Varma Ki Aag fail as a remake of Sholay, it's a pretty bad effort even as a stand-alone film"