Well, we all know that Ram Gopal Verma is willing to go to great lengths for publicity. The filmmaker just loves to court controversy and is generally happy when he has managed to stir a hornet’s nest. In recent times, one saw how the use of the national anthem in his forthcoming film ‘Rann’ got the censors and the courts in a tizzy. But his latest gimmick seems to have gone too far or has it?
It was a normal morning for most residents and passersby till they spotted the posters of ‘Agyaat’, the adventure thriller which was passed by the censors with a U/A certificate and some minor cuts recently. It was what they saw on the poster which left people shocked and repulsed. In their bid to be innovative, Ramu and the distributors, UTV Motion Pictures decided to give people a taste of what lies in store for them when they watch the movie. A dummy corpse was suspended from the hoardings of ‘Agyaat’, a sight which definitely attracted a lot of attention. Since the intention was to attract eyeballs, Ramu seems to have succeeded in doing that for his film. Very predictably, the filmmaker cannot understand why the posters should be deemed as offensive. After all, he is trying to promote a film, where one by one, each of the members of the cast are bumped off by an unknown killer. He may have a point there, after all it is quite an innovative though shocking idea. But for Verma, it is generally about the end justifying the means. He hardly feels that he has gone too far.
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