Ram Gopal Varma worked as a site engineer

Ram Gopal Varma passed out with BE civil engineering degree from VR Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada. Admittedly he remained a movie buff while in college and would often bunk classes to watch movies instead. After returning to Hyderabad, he worked as a site engineer at hotel Krishna Oberoi for a while. Displeased with the job he planned to relocate to Nigeria to earn some extra money.
But destiny had other plans for him. One day he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad and loved the idea so much that he decided to start one of his own in Ameerpet. He gradually developed connections with the film fraternity and made his directorial debut with Shiva in 1989.