Viral Video: Ram Gopal Varma shares unknown secret about Geethanjali

Hyderabad: Geethanjali is considered one of the classic love stories in Telugu cinema. Directed by Mani Ratnam, this tragic romantic drama features Nagarjuna and Girija in the lead roles. It was a smashing hit at the box office. But not many people know that the film was cut brutally and was released in Guntur. Still, it managed to become a hit in that region.

Director Ram Gopal Varma shared this fact in his recent interview. This clip is now going viral all over social media. During his interview, Varma said, "A preview screening of Geethanjali was held at Annapurna Studios a week before its release. Many people who watched the film's preview didn't like it. A Guntur distributor was very angry after watching the film and didn't like it at all. He told producer CL Narasa Reddy to remove the accident scene, the scene where the hero realizes that he has cancer and the scene where he goes to Ooty. He said that he will pay money only if these scenes are removed. Mani Ratnam was shocked because the entire gist of the film lies in those scenes."

"Mani Ratnam didn't want to remove those scenes. But the producer can't release the film in the Guntur region if the scenes are not removed. Then, Narasa Reddy removed those four scenes and sent the prints to Guntur without Mani Ratnam's knowledge," he further added.

Varma went on to say, "The film was eventually released and got a super hit talk. It got a good talk and became a super hit in Guntur as well. Later, Mani Ratnam learnt the fact. He then requested the producer to add the removed scenes in the Guntur region as it got good word of mouth. Then the producer told him what is the need to tamper the film which is already having a good run in theatres."