/> "Is that what they're saying ...that I had to move out of my office premises because I've gone bankrupt? Please gift me a begging bowl for my birthday," Ram Gopal Varma drips sarcasm.

Getting serious he finally admits, "I did move out of my old office. It was a rented place. As I had parted ways with Que Sera Sera and I needed a much larger office to plan and execute various films that I'm planning with my new partners.

I've bought a new office in Oshiawara. The interior designing will take at least three years. Till then I'm operating from various rented offices. Earlier it was being manoeuvred from under one roof. For now I've divided the various production works into four offices."

Ramu says this isn't an inconvenient arrangement. "Instead of all of us being under one roof we're all functioning from various premises, that's all."

About rumours that he rented former protégé E Niwas' office Ramu says, "We had a production office right next to Niwas' office. So we all kept running into one another. It wasn't as if I've taken over his office. The new office for 'The Factory' will be much larger."

About his parting with Que Sera Sera.. "I'd rather not discuss it in public. But yes, our parting is final. I'm doing films in association with Adlabs now. My comfort level with Adlabs' Manmohan Shetty is right. We'll be collaborating over an illimitable number of films.

I find Adlabs to be more professional than the people I was associated with earlier. I've come to a long-term arrangement with them. They'll be Ram Gopal Varma Productions ' funding partners for all our films."

Ramu denies being in any kind of financial trouble. "Such things are being said about me for many years. As long as I continue to make my films within my budget there's no question of monetary problems.

People are constantly floating rumours about me. That's okay. I welcome controversies. Though I don't want to waste my time clearing the air. People can believe what they like."