In a podcast with Next Big Picture, Ram Charan was evidently elated while talking about being in Los Angles for the Golden Globes Awards. His 2022 release RRR turned out to be a blockbuster on a global level and won the prestigious award in the Best Original Song category for the song ‘Naatu Naatu’, which was picturized on Charan and his off-screen friend and film’s co-star Jr NTR (Tarak).
Talking about the kind of recognition Indian cinema received on an international scale, Ram Charan described, “It is a great moment for all of us.” The actor also recalled how he bagged the role of Alluri Sita Rama Raju, saying, “I have worked with Rajamouli before. So did Tarak. When he chose the concept of two best friends on screen and drama around them, he thought it would be ideal to take in two actors are who are friends off screen. That’s the main reason why he chose us.” He went on to assert, “He doesn’t do favours to anyone expect for his film and scripts.”
Readers would be aware that RRR is set in the pre Independence era. Describing about the challenges to play a historical character, Ram added, “It is a lot of responsibility to play a character from history. People are aware of the history and it’s a responsibility. The last 15 mins was as challenging as the entire film.”
When asked if he looked back at his own family’s history while prepping for the character, he said he didn’t. “It’s a fictional take of the director on these characters. It has nothing to do with what they really did. He didn’t go through the autobiography. It’s the essence and the aura behind the characters. He has created his own story around it. It was pretty much like a new script. We didn’t have to dwell into the history,” he maintained.
Ram Charan also opened up about the rigorous workout regimen for the film. “If you had to be casted in Rajamouli’s movie, his actors had to look the best and ripped. I used to make fun of him saying he was body-shaming us. I’d like to be fit in general. But Rajamouli’s level of fitness is on another level. With the pandemic, it was all the more difficult. It was supposed to be the fastest film but with pandemic, we had to maintain it for two more years,” he added.
On a concluding note, the moderator asked about ‘Naatu Naatu’ and how people responded with love and also how he managed to pull it off with that speed. Ram Charan said, “It took six full days of work to rehearsals and practice. I pretty much lost four kilos and Tarak (Jr NTR) lost two to three kilos. My knees still wobble when I talk about that song. Tarak and I have our unique abilities and style. The choreography was not tough because we have done tougher ones. It was the script that was demanding. It was two bodies that had to look like one. The synergies and thoughts that we are alike had to be put out well. It was two bodies, one soul. We had to synchronize every single frame, every single step. It was not Ram Charan style or Tarak style, it was Rajamouli style! We kept going on loop like a marathon.”
When asked if he would do it on the Golden Globes stage, he immediately said, “of course and 17 times just like the takes. I can see what Rajamouli envisioned and it’s a big feather in our hat. It’s very satisfying to see all the love.”
Furthermore to familiarize with more of South Cinema, Ram Charan gave out a few suggestions to the western audience which included his film Rangasthalam, Jr NTR’s Aarvinda Sametha Veera Raghava, S.S. Rajamouli’s Bahubali, Eega, etc.
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