Saturday, 11th Oct 2014, 1:11 PM IST
Ram Gopal Varma has got himself into a soup once again. Boney Kapoor has sent him a legal notice after RGV renamed his upcoming Telugu film ‘Savitri’ as ‘Sridevi’. The movie, which is about a teenager's crush on an older woman, is directed by Kiran Prasad and has Anushkriti Govind Sharma in the title role.
Confirming the news, Boney said, "Yes, it's true. To have such a film named after my wife is in really bad taste."
A source informed that Boney had called up RGV a couple of days ago to try and make him understand, but RGV was adamant that he'd stick to the title."After the call, Boney summoned his lawyer and told him to send Ramu a legal notice," revealed the source.
Soon, on Thursday, a few of Sridevi's fans burned RGV's effigy in Vizag.
RGV has since long been fascinated by Sridevi. He had not only made unpleasant comments about her producer-husband but also tried to woo her for his films.
In his blog on 5th June 2010, RGV had written: "I don't go to Boney's house these days because I can't bear to see Sridevi in a realistic house, in a realistic atmosphere and with realistic people around... For me, she is like a highly precious diamond, which should be seen, only in beautiful settings or in exotic locations and only in the surroundings of cinematic brilliance...Sridevi is the most beautiful, most sexiest woman God ever created and I think he creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a million years... I thank god for creating Sridevi and I thank Louis Lumiere for creating the movie camera to capture her beauty forever."