If you have not liked Department, it is your fault, not Ram Gopal Varma's. When Oliver Stone made 'Natural Born Killers' most reviewers said it's a piece of visual crap, exhibitionistic, he lost his head etc., which then in the later years came to be recognized as a cult classic. When DW Griffith cut to a close up they said 'How can a man be shown cut in half?' and when the camera moved in a Georges Melies film they said 'How can a point of view suddenly move?” the legendary film maker said.

He suggests that Department is a classic - technically, at least. "In Department it's the rapid swish pans and some hitherto unseen movement perspectives, which bothered some people, but the same were also liked by lots of others. Also the rogue method I employed for Department is an alternative method I proposed but not as a replacement to a conventional method. The conventional usage of the cameras used for Department have been already used in 'Slumdog Millionaire', '127 Hours' and many other films the world over. In Department it’s their unconventional rapid movements, which created problem for some. In Department I just attempted to do a realistic story with characters that intrigue and make one think rather than spoon feed and I attempted to package that in a never before seen visual style and some people got it and some didn't.”

That is it, Department is a classic. Nothing less.

RGV sir forgets that the critics have in the past praised the films like Dev D. The problem is not with critics, who do understand what is good and sensible entertainment. The problem is that RGV doesn't understand what makes for avant-garde entertainment.