Ram Gopal Varma has announced that his next film will be titled Syndicate. He took to X on Wednesday to write a brief idea about the film and explained the context in which it is set in. This comes days after he confessed of not being authentic enough in making films after Satya (1998).
Taking to X, Ram wrote, “In continuation to my confession note on Satya film, I decided to make the biggest film ever. The film is called Syndicate. It’s about a terrifying organisation which threatens the very existence of India.”
Further, he shared the concept of the film, writing, “Street Gangs which flourished till the 70’s were finished when they got absorbed into hardline political parties and later when the smugglers rose up due to heavy demand of electronic goods, gold etc. They too were destroyed by the economic reforms, and then the deadly corporate gangs like D Company arrived, to be once again victoriously crushed.”
He called Syndicate a ‘futuristic story’. “It is not set in the far away future, but what can happen even tomorrow or next week. For example the entire world woke up to Al Qaeda on September 11th 2001, but did not know its existence even on September 10th. Syndicate begins with a statement, ‘Only man can be the most terrifying animal’”.
He added, “This sets the stage for a chain of unimaginable but highly terrifying and intricately calculated events, orchestrated by a shadowy organisation called the Syndicate whose only goal is to replace India with a new India. It will be a very scary film not due to any super natural elements, but because it will scarily expose, what horrors human beings can do. The film will deeply dwell into the cyclical nature of crime and terror proving that while we have our victories the dark truth is that crime and terror never die.”
He ended the note saying, “I took a vow to wash away all my cinema sins that I committed over the past few years with this just one single film called Syndicate. The cast and other details will be announced very soon.”
In his earlier long note, the director went in a reflective mode as he said that he regrets making films for ‘shock value and gimmick effect’ after Satya. He had promised himself of making films that have more honesty and sincerity moving on.
After Satya, the director made films Ram Gopal Varma announces new film titled Syndicate: ‘ It will wash all my cinema sins committed over past few years’like Kaun (1999), Company (2002), Bhoot (2003) and Sarkar (2005) among others. After this, his films marked an eventual shift in aesthetics as they became heavily stylized and often with a loose sense of story. His recent film as a director was the 2024 Telugu film Vyuham.
