Our elders say that friendship with a person for six months will result in either of the two persons imbibing the qualities of the other, for the better or for worse.
Puri Jagan’s relationship with Ram Gopal Varma goes well beyond six months and the influence of the latter on Jagan is undeniable, either in film making or shaping his perspective on life.
Ram Gopal Varma for many years now has been making movies, a dime a dozen. Without any hype, he has been winding up ‘half- a-penny’ projects much like a Chinese assembly line and irrespective of their commercial fate, moving on to the next one.
So if Ramu does that, will Jagan be far behind? Thanks to the advent of social media, these directors have taken to ‘Facebook’ as their mouthpiece to announce projects to the world.
Even before the release of ‘Jyothi Lakshmi’, Puri has said that he will make a sequel to the movie. Earlier, he said that he would make ‘Idiot 2’ and ‘Pokiri 2’, as well. But nothing came of those announcements probably because they are high profile films.
Announcing a sequel to ‘Jyothi Lakshmi’ reminds one of Ramu and his ‘Ice Cream’ series. But it is doubtful if Ramu will really start ‘Ice Cream 3’ because if he does so, then someone might file a public nuisance case against him.