Post debacle of Hyper, Ram took a while before choosing his next. After a lot of mulling, finally he decided to collaborate with Kishore Tirumala who had given his last yet biggest success – Nenu Sailaja – in 2016.
Hyper was disappointing. So how do you deal with a failure?
“An actor hardly has a choice. It is part and parcel of career. One has to deal with it. How many days it take to come out for an actor is what matters most.”
So, repeating a successful combo would be a safe bet?
Ram clarifies, ” Yes, I did take a break post Hyper. I had listened to several stories but nothing interesting come my way. That’s when Kishore had come up with the script of Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi. So, it is always the script that is my top priority for finalising a film. And of course, director and his abilities do matter.”
Is Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi is going to be similar to Nenu Sailaja?
“Success-wise, I hope so. But coming to story, it is completely different. Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi is about how life is simple, beautiful but how we all complicate it. This is simple yet profound. The film portrays three phases of Abhiram’s life. It shows his childhood, teenage (collage) and youth (after passing out of college). This will be interesting. It revolves around love, break-up and friendship.”
Talking about the roles of two heroines Anupama and Lavanya, Ram feels it was cakewalk for Lavanya to pull off as her character is close to her real-life whereas Anupama had to put more effort for her role.
Ask him about the involvement of his uncle and producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore in choosing his scripts. “I do discuss with him and take his inputs. However, it is me who will take the final call,” says Ram.
On parting note, prod him about his future projects and as usual, he maintains, “Right now, I’m waiting for the release of VOZ. I’m listening to a few scripts. I’ll take a call only after the release of VOZ.”
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