Ram Gopal Varma describes why he dislikes Michael Jackson after seeing MJ biopic

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< time datetime ="2026-05-22T05:19:10.061Z" title="2026-05-22 05:19"> 22 May 2026, 5:19 am

Previously this Friday, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma discussed why he has a love-hate relationship with pop icon Michael Jackson. The long post begins with an apparently incendiary declaration: “I hate Michael.” He shared an event that came to his mind after his current watching of the pop legend’s biopic, starring the vocalist’s nephew Jaafar Jackson.

Ram Gopal Varma composed, “After watching Michael film , my memory went back to that horrible day June 25 th , 2009 when I slept late with the television still murmuring like a ghost in the darkness of my room , and as I groggily woke up in the morning and my eyes went to the screen to see those terrible white letters against black: “Michael Jackson is Dead.” For several long seconds,this must be a nightmare, I thought. Why the hell would I even dream something so horrible? But the banner on the tv stayed and the news ticker kept crawling.”

The reality that Jackson was undoubtedly dead struck the filmmaker a while after seeing the headings from back then. “I finally realised the impossible had happened,” the filmmaker composed, recollecting about the unfortunate day worldwide of home entertainment.

Ram Gopal Varma remembered an occurrence from back when he was pursuing engineering. “Back in my engineering college days in Vijayawada, on January 2nd 1984 , a friend dragged me into a dingy video parlour, insisting I had to see something. The lights got switched off, and then THRILLER hit me like a punch in the gut It was not just a song or a dance. It was an invasion. My eyes, conditioned by a lifetime of mediocrity were violently pried open. The production, the choreography, the seamless ecstasy blended into one single divine entity .. it was spectacle on a level I had never imagined possible and at the centre of that storm was him. MICHAEL JACKSON,” the filmmaker composed.

The director revealed his appreciation for how the King of Pop would move while carrying out on phase and in his video. “He didn’t move like a human being. He glided, he exploded , he floated, he commanded the screen like a supernatural entity who just entered a human body for a few minutes of absolute dominance. I walked out of that parlour in a complete daze, my heart racing, my mind reeling. This cannot be a real person. He has to be GOD or the least a fantasy sculpted by the gods to bless us mortals on Earth.”

The director included that Michael Jackson’s tunes after’Thriller,such as’Go away,”Billie Jean,”Smooth Criminal,”Black or White,”Keep in mind the Time,’ and’Bad,’ just “raised the bar higher”Even more, RGV stated, describing The King of Pop, “His work became an unreachable benchmark, a constant source of both inspiration and humility. And yes like I said , It was never just the dance. never just the voice. It was always the aura. That man was like a gravitational force not subject to control.”

RGV included that he never ever troubled about the debates and scandals including Michael Jackson, explaining these as simple “background noise”Arguing that the debates humanised Jackson, the filmmaker stated that he dislikes the pop legend for ending up being human and for passing away. “He betrayed my fantasy. He left heaven and became mortal. I hate you, Michael, for turning my dream into a nightmare And I love you. I love you more than I can express in words. Wherever you are now, in whatever dimension, I am sure you are moonwalking across galaxies, creating space storms, with a brilliance which even the stars cannot contain. And I will carry that daze you gave me in that Vijayawada video parlour till I die,” Ram Gopal Varma signed off.

His post comes soon after Netflix revealed a release date for Michael Jackson: The Verdictits approaching documentary checking out the vocalist’s turbulent life.