Ram Gopal Verma have never hesitated to call a spade, a spade. The maverick director recently praised the low-budget psychological horror blockbuster Obsession. The ‘Rangeela’ director said that the movie’s spectacular success should be a wake-up call for Indian showbiz which is currently obsessed with stars, films with bloated budgets and remakes. Taking to X, the director gushed over how director Curry Baker managed to make such an unforgettable movie on a shoestring budget and made working on a limited budget a “liberation, not limitation.”The auteur argued that Curry Barker’s filmmaking style may appear minimal on the surface, but it is executed with remarkable precision and intent. His use of tight, enclosed locations is not a limitation of scale; instead, it is a deliberate method of immersing the audience within the characters’ restricted viewpoints and emotional confinement.The film’s editing functions as far more than simple scene construction. It becomes a calculated psychological attack on the viewer. Fast-paced cuts, combined with striking audio elements such as slamming doors, abrupt laughter, pounding heartbeats, and shifting vocal tones, create a constant sense of instability. These bursts of intensity are contrasted with painfully extended shots, including the unforgettable interval moment centered on Nikki’s expression. That lingering image stands out as one of the film’s most powerful visual choices.— RGVzoomin (@RGVzoomin) These innovative techniques generate overwhelming suspense by refusing the audience any sense of relief. Instead of watching the horror from a safe distance, viewers are compelled to experience the characters’ fear, discomfort, and emotional collapse directly.The ‘Bhooth’ director then explained that one of the lessons the horror film taught, is that true cinematic impact does not depend on enormous budgets, extravagant visual effects, or massive production scale. In an era dominated by franchise exhaustion and excessive CGI spectacle, the film demonstrates that disciplined direction, innovative editing, purposeful sound design, and emotionally committed performances can create a far stronger connection with audiences than armies of digital effects, gigantic sets, luxurious locations, or multi-hundred-crore budgets.Barker’s work reminds filmmakers that the real obsession should lie in how a film is shot, edited, and emotionally shaped—not merely in what is being filmed.He also praised how the budget of the film was less than the cost of a film star’s entourage. “Forgetting the reported 750 k dollar budget , a film shot entirely in just 2 rooms, interior of a car and a small store with 5 new actors couldn’t have costed more than 70 lakh rupees (Forgetting fee of various) . On that cost , it grossed over $238 million dollars that is Rs 2,279 crores ..It reportedly will do more than 100 cr in India…” he said. He then concluded that the movie’s success is a wake-up call for producers that rely on stars and believe that large-scale, expensive films are the only ticket to box-office glory. “OBSESSION is a wake up call in teaching us that cinema’s power lies in psychological precision and emotional rawness, and not industrial excess…” he wrote. About ObsessionThe movie narrates the story of Bear, a music store employee, who buys a supernatural toy and wishes that his friend and love interest Nikki would return his affections. This seemingly innocent act has horrific consequences. The movie became one of the highest-grossing films of 2026, earning a whopping $238 million dollars.