“Indian Media is no less than Terrorist” – Ramu

Ram Gopal Varma is making Rann, a film that he claims will expose the Indian media but it seems he has already started passing out his judgements on the functioning of the media before making the film.

Perhaps rattled by the unanimous flak he has faced from all quarters for going the infamous trip to the Taj Mahal hotel along with now ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, he has vented out his anger on the media.

“I find it shocking that in the wake of such a terrible incidents happening in the country, the media can waste so much time and telecast hours and subject the people of the country to something as inane as some filmmaker’s presence at a place which for the life of me I can’t understand how it can affect anybody or anything in comparison to what else is going on. Media makes us believe, not necessarily by intent, that only they have the interest of people in their hearts, and due to that people tend to believe in them blindly. This is a classic example of the blind leading the blind. Outcome of this can be many times ridiculous. As per some Media peoples suggestions even if remotely this episode can affect a Government’s standing, I find that almost as dangerous as terrorism.” Ramu states in his latest blog entry.

He adds, “If people who attack the unarmed are defined as terrorists then Media at various levels with their coercive methods and insinuations are very similar. A terrorist attacks the mind and kills the body, the media attacks the mind with its interpretations and kills a person’s spirit with its insinuations. In a way I would say that Media is more dangerous than terrorists because they do it under the guise of safe-guarding values.”

source : newskerala