Ram Charan opens up on rumoured decades-long feud between his and Jr NTR’s families

Director SS Rajamouli, in a recent interview with late night talk show host Seth Myers, mentioned that one of his primary intentions behind making ‘RRR’ was to bring two superstars together on the big screen.

He said he called Jr NTR and Ram Charan to his house and offered them the movie together, even before he had the story fully mapped out.

Now, in a new interview, Ram Charan revealed that it was a conscious move on his and Jr NTR’s part to do the film as they wanted clear the air on rumoured decades-long feud between their families.

The actor was asked about his equation with Tarak, and if there’s any feeling of competition between them while appearing on the long-running DP/30 series hosted by David Poland.
He replied, ‘A sense of brotherhood and camaraderie is there, but obviously, there is a healthy competition. I have seven actors in my family, and once the party is over, once the festival is over, even my cousins and I are competitive. Obviously, with NTR also, there is a sense of competition. Our families have been known as arch-rivals in the film industry for 20-30 years. His grandfather, and my father… It was like we were arch-rival families…’

Charan added, ‘This was the most intriguing part for people in India, that Rajamouli got these two buddies, who are from these families… We’ve known each other for 15-odd years. And there was so much negative press around the two families. There’s only one way to go, which is to make and create a better bond from there. It couldn’t get more negative for both the families, so we both decided to turn it around, because we were both hearing that.’

Ram Charan’s father is veteran actor Chiranjeevi, and his uncle is Pawan Kalyan. He is the cousin of Allu Arjun, Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej, Allu Sirish, Niharika Konidela, and Panja Vaisshnav Tej. Jr NTR is the son of actor Nandamuri Harikrishna, and the grandson of NT Rama Rao.

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