Acid attack on Kangana’s sister inspires Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is helping his protégé, Kishore Bhargav, put together Stalker, a movie that is reportedly inspired by the October 2006 acid attack on actress Kangana Ranaut’s elder sister, Rangoli. In the film, Priyanka Kothari plays a victim of stalking.
According to our source, RGV heard about the incident when he was casting Kangana in Department. “RGV and Kangana met a few times, because she was to be cast opposite Sanjay Dutt.But it didn’t work out.”
The source continues, “However, the director was intrigued by the acid attack on Rangoli. That’s how he came up with the idea of a film on ‘the phenomenon of stalking’, as he called it.”
When contacted, Rangoli said, “Kangana has never spoken to Ram Gopal Varma about my acid attack. We’re not aware of anyone making a film on the incident. If someone is doing so without our consent, we’ll take legal action.”
RGV said, “I’m not associated with Stalker. Kishore, who was my assistant, is making the film based on media reports on stalking.”