Many years ago, when the eccentric genius Ram Gopal Varma came up with the movie Raatri, it gave sleepless nights to many for few days. The genre of horror was not fully exploited then....
You might be a successful director in one language but it takes a lot of mettle to prove yourself in other industries also. So far, it has been big guns like K Viswanath, Mani Ratnam, Priyadarshan who were able to do that....