1962 - Today
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Kannada language films, and television. Varma has directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, he was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ram Gopal Varma has received more than 7,726,838 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ram Gopal Varma is the 1,712th most popular film director (down from 1,528th in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from India (down from 889th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Ram Gopal Varma ranks 1,712 out of 1,581. Before him are Evan Goldberg, Rituparno Ghosh, Jon M. Chu, David DeCoteau, Jonathan Liebesman, and Byambasuren Davaa. After him are Ben Wheatley, Todd McCarthy, Travis Knight, Tobias Lindholm, Abrar Alvi, and Lee Isaac Chung.
1982 - Present
HPI: 32.80
Rank: 1,706
1963 - 2013
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 1,707
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.56
Rank: 1,708
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.50
Rank: 1,709
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.49
Rank: 1,710
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.44
Rank: 1,711
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 1,712
1972 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 1,713
1950 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 1,714
1973 - Present
HPI: 32.26
Rank: 1,715
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.24
Rank: 1,716
1927 - 2009
HPI: 32.06
Rank: 1,717
1978 - Present
HPI: 32.03
Rank: 1,718
Among people born in 1962, Ram Gopal Varma ranks 693. Before him are Barry E. Wilmore, Brigitte Oertli, Steve Bould, David DeCoteau, Sherri Howard, and Paul Beatty. After him are Bence Szabó, Mark Linkous, Steven Brill, Durga McBroom, Robert Curbeam, and Sarika.
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 687
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 688
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.53
Rank: 689
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.50
Rank: 690
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.43
Rank: 691
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 692
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 693
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.30
Rank: 694
1962 - 2010
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 695
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.20
Rank: 696
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.18
Rank: 697
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.15
Rank: 698
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.12
Rank: 699
Among people born in India, Ram Gopal Varma ranks 1,023 out of 1,493. Before him are Pankaj Udhas (1951), Alia Bhatt (1993), Neena Gupta (1959), Gurdas Maan (1957), Nandita Das (1969), and Sidharth Shukla (1980). After him are Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (1970), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Deepa Malik (1970), Pawan Kalyan (1971), and Sarika (1962).
1951 - Present
HPI: 32.49
Rank: 1,017
1993 - Present
HPI: 32.46
Rank: 1,018
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.45
Rank: 1,019
1957 - Present
HPI: 32.43
Rank: 1,020
1969 - Present
HPI: 32.42
Rank: 1,021
1980 - 2021
HPI: 32.39
Rank: 1,022
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 1,023
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.33
Rank: 1,024
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.31
Rank: 1,025
1958 - Present
HPI: 32.27
Rank: 1,026
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.26
Rank: 1,027
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.14
Rank: 1,028
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.12
Rank: 1,029
Among film directors born in India, Ram Gopal Varma ranks 35. Before him are Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Aditya Chopra (1971), David Dhawan (1955), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Kiran Rao (1973), and Rituparno Ghosh (1963). After him are Prabhu Deva (1973), Mani Kaul (1944), Goutam Ghose (1950), Prakash Jha (1952), Farhan Akhtar (1974), and S. S. Rajamouli (1973).
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.90
Rank: 29
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 30
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 31
1930 - 2020
HPI: 34.48
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 33
1963 - 2013
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 34
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 36
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 38
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 39
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 40
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 41