Underworld has changed: RGV

"Underworld is no longer the same as it was in the period of 1997-2004. But then something else comes... (when) you think that something is completely gone and will not happen again, that is when it comes back," the 51-year-old said here Monday at the first look launch of the film. "A unique kind of underworld can come now which will completely make the other underworld look like nothing. That's the point (of the film)," he added.

Varma's fascination with the underworld as a theme for his movies also reflects in his other movies ‘Company’ (2002) and ‘D’ in (2005). Varma is known to launch new faces in the industry and ‘Satya 2’ marks the debut of three young actors - lead actor Puneet Singh and actresses Anaika Soti and Aradhna.

While ‘Satya’ marked the arrival of Manoj Bajpayee, ‘Company’ was the debut of Vivek Oberoi. Besides, Varma gave Urmila Matondkar a huge platform through ‘Rangeela’ in 1995. Varma agrees there are "certain characters where you cannot do without established stars because you can use their baggage to push the character". But that does not apply always, according to him. Ram Gopal Varma, who was a trendsetter of sorts for this kind of genre says nobody is copying anyone's style. Asked if he feels that his style is being copied, Varma said: "I don't think anybody copies anybody's style. Every director, without exception, will get inspired from someone, whether it is me or X or Y." In recent times, films like ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’, ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai’, ‘Shootout at Wadala’ and ‘Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbaai Dobara!’, about the underworld, have been released. Varma himself had earlier made films like ‘Satya’ in 1998 and ‘Company’, based on the same theme. ‘Satya 2’ is slated to release on October 25.