Ghai Vs Ramu: the debate starts afresh

My blog is getting visited, I know that, however Iam disappointed at the irrationally poor number of comments. May be my subjects are not shared well by the readers. Well, I think now its time to write to the audience. I chose a subject that I will think will fetch some comments. Iam hungry for some comments. And the topic is who is best, Subhash Ghai or Ram Gopal Varma. First I will discuss them both as glossed as possible and then do a little comparison, leaving the rest to the desi readers to comment on. My nondesi friends who visit my blog, Iam sorry if you feel left out this time.
When I say who of the above 2 mentioned directors are greatest, I don’t obviously mean to insult people like Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy or for that matter even Raj Kapoor.They are beyond compare. It just a popular choice as both of them have now two new movies in the bollywood...Aitraaz by Ghai and Nach by Verma.
I can remember right now at least quite a lot of films by the Ghai which I have enjoyed, starting from Kalicharan (his first movie) to Joggers' Park (which he co produced). This son of a dental surgeon has a repertoire of movies, which have mesmerized audiences for over decades and that includes Vishwanath, Vidatha, Karz, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar, Taal and Pardes and undoubtedly he has been awarded titles like "The Dream Merchant", "The Showman of the Industry" for his acumen to churn out such blockbuster box office hits over and over again. He has captured the mind of audiences both in India and abroad as is evident from big earnings Mukta Arts (his production house) has made from Pardes and Taal from offshore markets. He is business savvy and made Mukta Arts the first production house in India to go public (http://www.valuenotes.com/SChhabria/sc_MAL_22may04.asp?Writer=&ArtCd=33794). And he artfully directed successful actors like Dilip Kumar Raj Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar. He is equally adept in handling fresh heroines like Mahima to more established ones like Madhuri and Ash; his latest movie will have a British actress called Antonia Bernath. And he is establishing a film school near Mumbai too. So it seems like he has done it all and keeping up to his comment "I need to give back whatever I got from cinema,to the younger generations, whether its knowledge, experience or capital" (http://www.muktaarts.com).
Now ladies and gentlemen, get ready for Ramu or Ram Gopal Varma. He is a civil engineer famous for making bollywood masala films with a panache. Like Ghai, his first movie Shiva shot him into fame instantaneously. He had his share of unsuccessful movies like Ratri and Money before he started out belching hits like Raat, Rangeela, Satya, Shool, Jungle, Company, Bhoot and Mein Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon. If you have seen his movies you would know that there is a definite pattern in the madness of his films, they are not run-of-the-mill boy meets gal movies. Jara hatke. Check out his entire repertoire at the following link (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0890060/). Now I don’t want to eulogize either of the directors and neither do I want to write their obituaries. To me and my senses, Ramu's movies are definitely much more attractive to watch for rather than Ghai's. Ramu is urbane and classy and sophisticated, Ghai is more earthy and much more for the normal. Ghai's heroines are so mundane and so traditional sati types while you will be dazzled and shocked at the characters Ramu's heroines enact...they are fanatics, they can be killers, they can be possessed, they dress wild, they can do anything. To me Indians in USA (h1b crowd is hopefully young, urbane and sassy type) ought to identify more with Ramu's heroes and heroines than those of Ghai's as the former types are more assertive,aggressive and arrogantly normal; unless you are on the wrong side of 45, when you start thinking that everything traditional, everything romantic are good you would hopefully appreciate the thinking behind Ramu's movies.
That was my take on them. Iam definitely waiting for some juicy comments this time.