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It's a wonderful movie. Fantastic film. It would be deserving of a nomination. It would have been, we wouldn't have had any issues, but the fact that you had a shoe in, literally, for the Oscars. But anyways, so they're all here. They're on their full Oscar campaign right now. And Rom Tron and Junior NTR did a interview with Variety, which is a big deal. Variety's huge. Big deal here. It is the premier, Hollywood reporter would argue, but it's the oldest and most premier industry resource in Hollywood. But the, they're in full force in campaign mode right now, which they should be, because there's actually a lot of buzz right now that not only, obviously not do not do, that's getting nominated, but picture is actually in contention. There's a, I was listening to some podcast that talked about it. There's some people that on Twitter that vote for the Oscars and said I voted, and I know many people have voted for it for picture. It's such a conversation reality that if it's not nominated for best picture, there will be articles and Variety in the Hollywood reporter when they talk about snubs, they will include RRR as one of the snubs. It's still a long shot. Long shot. Not for sunk, but for picture, but the buzz is picking up and it's a good time for the buzz to pick up. And I am so hoping, so hoping, so hoping that along with what they're doing right now, is they've got a rehearsal studio already working and ready, getting the number for when they do it at the Oscars. Because if it's nominated, every song gets performed. Yes. And there will be nothing like it in the history of the Oscars. Nothing. Anyway, so this say interview with them. So let's just get into this. Enter the room, NTR Jr. Ron Charan from RRR. Ron Charan. Great, Clayton. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Thank you for coming in on this rainy day. That just means that the gods are crying because you're in LA finally. Wow. We're so excited that you're here. Rain's artist's blessing us, for sure. How has this ride of RRR been for the both of you? It's been a global box office sensation. It is super popular here. Feels great. I mean, it's overwhelming. And sometimes you think about it. LA has always been a spot for holiday or America such was a place for holiday or meeting family. But all of a sudden, LA and America in general, America in general has become a workplace now. We've never imagined this would happen. We come from the southernmost part of India, the southern part of India. And here we are today, very proud of being Indians. Yeah, Cleveland, I still can't believe I'm sitting in the studio in LA. And like he said, it was always a place of pleasure. And coming here for work is still digesting. I'm still getting around it. I think it's great. And as the world is becoming one, the cinema is also becoming one. And you guys have really been kind and you appreciated us. And it's really overwhelming to be here. Yeah, it's easy to be kind to movies that are great movies. Exactly. The insane mind SS Roger Mooli. I would give anything to read the production notes on this. Someone thought it was too far or we shouldn't do that part because it's so... Or the pitch, right? Storyboarding it or whatever. That's from this in 2018. Starter. Starter in 2018, yes. And then... That's amazing. 21, just a couple of months before the release is when we need a last shot. So they had to deal with the pandemic. Yeah, we lost in eight months there. Like this was the second... He's supposed to be the fastest movie of SSR. But he planned it. You know, he planned for that. But didn't happen. Yes, we were hit by the pandemic. I mean, no second thoughts about that. The whole world was in the standstill. So were we. We had to get off and stop, shoot and halt and then move on again. But having said that, Raj Mooli still took a sweet time. And I would like to agree with you on one thing. The insane mind of SSR, yes. He is insane. Let's talk about Natu Natu. Nominated for Golden Globe, shortlisted at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song. And then it won the Globe. He told me recently, SS Roger Mooli only likes to do things that he feels everyone can do. I watch Natu Natu, Ram. I don't think I can do a lot of it. I can do some of it. Yeah, no. You did multiple takes for it. Having our unique style ourselves, each of us. And just to be in sync and have one style called SSR style. So that was the most difficult part. It's not the choreography that was very difficult or pulled us down or made our knees wobble. Yeah, but it's just getting into sync of what Mr. Raj Mooli was trying to ask us from this. And today I understand, of course, it was the toughest song we did in terms of getting the synchronization. But today I can understand why it is what it is. Yeah, because everybody in, you know, including, I'm sure you would have tried it too quick. No, you would have. So yeah, you know, so that's the idea I think Raj Mooli had, you know. He does not want to give, you know, give you the so super complicated steps. I mean, if you see what he's done in Magadhira and or what I've done in my movies with Raj Mooli before, he does not like to complicate his dance, you know, especially in his movies, you know. It goes into the heart of the audiences only when you are willing or you have the chance to try it. You don't want to sit down here and say, oh my God, you know, I can never do that. No, you wouldn't want to give it a try. And that's exactly what Raj Mooli had in his mind. You know, when people are not willing to try or even capable enough to try doing it, why will it be nominated into the Golden Globes? Yeah. Or shortlisted them. Might be able to do it, but not with that kind of precision. No, definitely. Yeah. As you said, the time to start with the synchronization. Yeah. It was not the step. It's because you're both really good dancers. Talking about your characters in the film, Ram, you represent fire. You represent water and TR. Was there ever a moment that you guys thought about what it would be like if you had swapped roles? If you had played the other one, do you think that actually could have been on? No, just the other day I was telling, I think both our characters are very similar to us in real. And it came very natural when we were doing the scenes. So I don't know. Maybe I would love to try it just for the- Which Raj Mooli knew, obviously. To get into TR's nature and character and mind. I would love to. Why not? But I would tell you something for sure. I personally feel that, you know, with the friendship we've had over the past 20 years or 15 years, I think Sharon's more of water because he's, I would say he's an introvert for sure. A little bit of extrovert qualities here and there coming in and go. But I feel that Sharon's more water for me because, you know, when you look at the sea in general, you know, you really cannot estimate- Maybe we're saying it wrong because he just said Sharon. Us saying something wrong, what a shock. I'm listening, I'm telling you. Ram Charan. No, I'm Charan. So for me, Charan as a person in general is very deep. You cannot estimate what you're getting into unless and until you're willing or he's willing to invite you. So I would say that Charan's, Charan for me is- It's like Sharon with a cha. I'm somebody, I'm an extrovert. I would definitely agree on that. And Charan is somebody like, what you see is what you get. There's nothing hidden. So he is all in or all out. It's as simple as that. If you want to do it, you'll do it. And if you don't, then it's just not your thing. Yeah, that's impossible to make him do, I think. I appreciate that. Looking at some of those other scenes, I'm thinking about the swath again. There's one key to the scene in which you are on the shoulders of NTR. Yeah, so how do you plan for that scene and are you harnessed or are you actually holding the weight? There was a safety harness. There was a safety harness. 60% of it was still, I was setting on him. That was a tough sequence for him. That was tough. But that's the reason I don't want to swap for him. I don't want to carry him. No, I'm happy with that. You don't want to carry me off of what I'm so much weight. No. Because I've lost a bit of that muscle mass and I'm a little leaner than what I was back then. That was a hell of a sequence. It really demanded more. It was a hell of a sequence. It's not easy to be on a safety harness for a very long time. It's so uncomfortable. If you look at it, I have, I was carrying him, but he was doing all these weird stunts from up there. He was. Bending forward, yeah. Having said that, our base was almost going purple. I bet. After the second day of holding the harness and leaning forward against it as it pulls. My shoulders is easy, no. So it was, it was not easier for both of us. And it was, that went on for 15 days. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. You put on some mass. I mean, you guys both, bulked up a lot for this, for this role. What was your routine to get yourself prepared? Simple playing routine, Clayton. You know, this is what everybody, the, everybody. It's just, there's nothing special to it. It's the same thing. You know, you know, like how every actor prepares. But the only thing was challenging is we had to keep that shape. We had to retain that shape or muscle. For that long. For a very long time, for three years. Yeah. That was difficult because we were, That sounds awful. We were halted by the, Seriously. We still had to keep. It's one thing to do it for three months. That constantly. For continuity. Three years is a lot to do. Wow. That kind of a body. No pizza for three years. I didn't even think about that. It's like your calorie intake during that time to put on the weight. Protein was out. Protein was out the wazoo. That's why I'm bulking up for this, right? That's why I'm going to use it. Come train with us. I was put on about 3,000 calories a day. I was eating seven meals a day. Took me around a good 16 months to 17 to achieve that. Tark is very particular in how he eats and the calorie count. I've seen him on sets. He would never eat. He would look at my food and just smell it, but he would never touch for three years. He did that. Somebody, I think I'm more organic in my approach. I cannot. It's too much for me. I need some good food, bad food every day. I need my sweets every day. And I think it took about seven to eight months here. But the worst part was, the most difficult part was to not eat and not have any of that just to take a back seat during the pandemic. Yeah. The scene in which you two meet, swinging off bridges, saving little kids, wrapping yourself in fire, throwing flags. I mean, like, what, is that all green screen? I wish the pendulum swinging was also on green screen, but that was real. That was real. The flag was real. 12 days. Both were suspended. Oh my God. Please. It took 12 days. And the ice breaking. 12 days? Both of us meeting. And then the underwater sequence after that, the whole sequence. Can you view what was the third day of the shoot? It started in 2018. The first two days were very normal. I was driving the bike. He was sitting behind me. And it was just show, the first two days. We got loud. It's nice. But that's when it started. What's cooler, riding a motorcycle or riding a horse? I think I love horses. I love horses. And I'm not very good on bikes. And yeah, why is he worse? That's why they were on horses and bikes. I want to talk about the tollywood of it all, because this has been a great eye-opening experience for me myself. And someone who loves English, not in English language, can you talk about that impact for tollywood and hopefully get to a place where it's not Bollywood, tollywood, we're just Indian cinema. Heck yeah! And we're all just talking about cinema. I think we've already reached that stage click now. Well, I would say ararar was this ice breaker. Yeah, ice breaker, yeah. But I think with Bahubali, somewhere Rajmali was this director who could erase the imaginary lines of North film industry or Southern film industry, you know, the Northern and the Southern or the East or the West. We have different film industries. We have the Kannada. We have the Tamil. We have the Malayalam. We have the Telugu. We have the Hindi. We have the Bhogakudi. We have the Bengali. I mean, we are people who have the highest, you know, market film industries in one individual country. So with Bahubali, I think Rajmali could erase those imaginary lines and made it one big Indian film. I think ararar added to it. Ararar made it one big Indian film industry today, you know, today. Globally, yes. Globally, you know. I think today we don't represent, you know, first we are Telugu and then we are Indians, as I mentioned before. It fills us with a lot of pride that we are Telugu people sitting down here and talking. But again, you know, today I think we are Indians as well. So it is a great breakthrough, you know, for us to sit down here and talk about work, share our culture, share our work patterns. You know, it feels amazing, you know, it is really good. And it happened only because of one person's dream, SSR, SS Rajmali, you know. And I think that it's a very clear example of when a master storyteller comes out with master stories. I think that's when everybody in the globe is ready to reach out. I mean, you know, too, too, too, too attractive. I mean, we all knew the breakthrough was inevitable. It had to happen at some point. And it happened with Globally, the whole of India and Asia knew who SSR was. And now the West is also enjoying his films as the world is becoming one, cinema is becoming one, the boundaries are being erased, cinema is one language that's the experience, that's the emotion, which he somewhere cracked it in India until today. And Indian audience have been enjoying his emotion universally. And now even the West understands that it's not coming from a small state in India, but it's just the movie that has been produced and made in that small state. I think that was, that should be the focus, you know, that yeah, I don't think we want to look up, I mean, we want to be addressed like a person coming from a small state and everything, but cinema is bigger than all of us. And I'm really proud that we're all part of this journey and it began with SSR's, I don't know. I like what he said, you know, cinema has one universal language. Yeah. I really agree to what he said, totally. That's the deep water we're talking about. You know, it's no secret, you're sitting down here with the awards editor of Variety. Yes. This is in the Oscar conversation. India didn't select it as it's official submission. No shades of last film show, it's actually a very good movie. Correct. But everyone in the punditry world says, you had a guaranteed win if you just chose RR. Can you talk about, maybe we're not aware about the politics about India choosing a Hollywood movie that's in Telugu versus other films that are typically in Hindi. Cause I believe that by history, they traditionally pick something that's in Hindi which I'm obviously in the last film show is not, not recently, no, because they chose Jalitaku. Which I've never seen before. Well, he just mentioned, it's dubbed in Hindi. I've never seen a black English language film. Yeah. Dubbed in another non-English language. Yeah, thanks for bringing that up. A country with 1.4 billion people population. I wouldn't say there's a lot of politics going on with choosing what films need to go, but I think the panel which is sitting down there knows what they do the best. So I'm not gonna get down that road of talking about why RRR was not chosen as its official movie from the country. Well, talk about Hindi. I think Hindi has primarily been a national language for a very long time. So, and that's why it's been, I think Hindi has taken its prominence through that. But for us, or for me, at least I would say that choose RRR, don't choose RRR. RRR has already made us proud. Absolutely. RRR is being really humble and nice, but I only won these two awards. But at the same time, like he said, all of us talking about it. Clayton, you're sitting here and you're mentioning it about it. It itself is quite satisfying for us and we're very grateful to the audience here and you. So, rest everything is a feather on the hat. So I'm gonna see if that feather falls on our hat or not. Let's wait for another day. As the norm on a jing says. Yeah. Yeah. Did you do it? It's one interesting thing that we learned how big the both of you are in India. I've had people describe you as the rockin' Vin Diesel. Times a billion. Yeah. Fantastic. What has been the conversation about this? That's insulting to them. Yeah. They are not. And making a big splash. Why not? Why not? You know how we're actors, Clayton. Bring it on, I would say. Bring it on, you know. Bring it on. I love to explore this. We would love to. What would you like to do? Like you said, rockin' Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel, yeah. Yeah, to pick a bit. We'll go faster if you're interested. Yeah, absolutely. That would be great. But yes, you know, as actors, I think we have to be open to accept what's given to us. And yeah, you know, we're really open to. Actually, eager to actually be a part of some of that. Have your directors experience us as well on the sets. Absolutely. We will do a great job. Absolutely. So Steven Spielberg is watching. Ron Charan would make a great bond, by the way. Yes, he would. I hope you're going. I have some fun questions for you. But before that happens, I brought you guys something that I thought would be great for us to talk with. Oh my God, wow. Some Jaguars. Tiger, no. Tiger was a great one. What a Jaguar, I think. That's a gift from me to you. Well, thank you so much. Don't throw it at each other, though. We've seen you throw Jaguars. He loves Jaguars and Jaguars. I want to talk about your 20 years of friendship. I want to see how well you guys know each other and what animal would you want to be if you could be any animal? Horse. Charan would want to be a horse. So we've got to answer for each other, right? Yeah, you can answer for each other. OK, I think that's all for each other. Oh, no, actually, that would be better. We can answer for each other. Horse, horse. I think Charan would want to be a horse. Tiger. Tiger? Yeah. Is that true? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Is that horse true? Yes, absolutely. I'd like to be a sea turtle. In an actual fight with a tiger. No one. Who would last 11 years with a long one? Realistically, I think both of us would run. Why would I fight a tiger? If you were actually doing a dance battle of not do not do, who would win? How do you do? I mean, he would have got the step, right? In terms of endurance, I would have gone, but he would have gone. So the movie is... Do it! Let's see that. All right, who takes longer to do their hair on the day of shooting who lasts longer in bed? What? Dara takes a long time to do his hair not the makeup the hair you're very right on your question Your hair bounces and waves I have curly hair So to tame it you know it takes a little while I think he's right there Yeah, that's true. Hence why he's wearing the hat character more on set who like laughs more or messes up Dara, Dara, Dara, Dara What's he saying? Tadak? Tadak? Must be the T and NTR Tadak? Never gonna be an answer where you know he or me are gonna win No, it also tells you that maybe I never did anything It's Charan definitely To the audience What was the most fun you had on set? I think the most difficult episode and also a kind of Weirdly had fun was the 65 nights of shooting the the interval episode of us becoming arched rivals And then it's the intermission So that episode, weirdly 65 nights, I think nobody would any act of it doing that But I weirdly enjoyed it Like he told me one day saying I am the night owl I like shooting in the nights and he's more of a day person So probably I enjoyed it That's almost Helm's date I would say I would That's crazy I would say not to not to Would definitely be something which is a good which was a great experience I had fun as well but there was a lot of torture Before that but you know we were in Ukraine We would do after everything probably in a ketchup Go out to a restaurant Get some food You know we had that we had a good family time as well I would say not to not to in Ukraine was in Kiev Kiev was a fun experience We're going to get sentimental Please tell me the best quality about the other person What I like is he's one person not just me I know hundreds of people around him would say the same He's somebody you can really rely on At any point of the day Any time of the day At any situation in your life You know you can make that one call to him and he'll be there That's the trust he has built over the years With anybody and everybody he has ever come across in his life This is the number one quality I admire and love And he's a great father He's a great husband, great actor And more than anything he's a great friend One of the very very very few friends You know you have you know maybe You could just count on your fingers Which one would be definitely the first person The first person I would want to call and share Or ask for help Or even rely upon I'm hearing Dosti in the background Dosti And he's He's everything a friend needs to be That's why the chemistry is so good And you've got a friend in me Everything a friend should be He's everything a friend can be And yeah You know just this He's this beautiful person who can Who can literally you know Give you a shoulder and say you know what It's alright You know she happens The bromance I love it What's the scene that isn't in the movie That you were disappointed didn't make the final cut I could have given a better close up If he was not doing those things right If he did not irritate me I think I would have done a better job also Please This is the final question Listen there's been rumors about it RRR part two Wow What? I thought it sounded like one of the stages It sounds like it's definitely happening But listen we don't know anything Official things are always so secretive Listen it took four years to get this I can't wait four years RRR two I'm on your side on this as well So I have no clue as of now It has officially not told us But yeah I've been hearing it On the press on one of the stages Where he spoke after the screening The Q&A so yeah I'm waiting for him to roll this news with us It's been amazing to watch this bride It's been amazing to watch you guys It's been amazing to see Americans introduced to The talent of you two And the bromance but no thank you for saying guys Thank you thank you so much We're gonna be seeing a lot more of you Great interview I'm glad it's happening on such a prominent Site In the entertainment industry That's it And you're gonna be seeing a lot more Of them throughout Cause obviously once the nominations come out They're gonna be doing even more interviews With more prominent people Probably late night shows When the nominations come out Especially If it gets a picture not Keep going They're going to find A Don't be surprised to see them With SSR on Jimmy Fallon Your coat Sorry It's okay Keep going The love fest is By no means over because the Oscars aren't until March And it's deserved I think as far as the sequel is concerned It goes without saying anybody who knows Even the slightest bit about SSR He's only gonna make it if he has a vision And a story to tell The fact that people want it and it's a box office success And people will invest in it I don't think that means crap to him I'm very excited about the actual theater experience Of the next SS Russian movie film Yeah me too Obviously cause the A obviously has the love and support Of all Indians right You might even say we won't be the only white people Maybe in the The only Americans in the theater This time It is a phenomenon now and people know him And are excited about his next film And I really am interested to see I anticipate it would be big In and of itself because it's SRK But it won't surprise me If there will be people that go to see Padan Who wouldn't have seen it before Simply because They loved RRR so much and in their mind All they know is Another big Indian action film That wouldn't surprise me He does have a big following here in America Oh yeah of course But it wouldn't surprise me and that's a good thing How many people have come out on the 21st? How many? Oscar numbs 21st I don't remember it off Hannah It's a Tuesday Is it the 24th or is it the 17th? I'll tell you It's the 24th So about a week from now Exactly About a week from now Best picture numb RRR I hope so though We've said this it could get picture It could get director It will get song Yeah And hopefully It could even surprise folks with a visual effect I'm hoping we'll also hear the last film show as well Yeah that would be Serving film Everything that breathes I think is the documentary from India That we haven't seen yet That's also in the conversation It's too shortlisted Unlike other things that weren't shortlisted That people said were shortlisted Yeah So dumb Very great interview Loved that I would love to actually talk to them They're kind of busy right now Just a bit Slightly higher than OSR Depends on what you talk to Let us know What are the videos you could add to down below