Throwback Time: When RRR Actor Ram Charan Opened Up About His Rivalry With His Co-Actor, Jr. NTR

In 2022, the biggest Tollywood movie of the year was released, which gathered love from the audience at a global level. Apart from the mesmerising plot and catchy songs in SS Rajamouli’s directorial RRR, the friendship of 'Alluri Sitarama Raju', played by Ram Charan, and 'Komaram Bheem', played by Jr. NTR, became the trending topic. However, this on-screen friends duo might have a sense of competition between them in real life.

South film industry actors, Ram Charan and Jr. NTR have known each other for a long time as their families are arch-rival of each other. This three-decade-long rivalry was the talk of the town some time back when in an interview, Ram Charan hinted at the healthy competition between the two actors. Have a look back at the time when Ram Charan discussed his co-actor and their families’ rivalry.

Ram Charan’s take on the family rivalry between him and Jr. NTR

During his 2023 interview, the actor shared his opinion when asked whether SS Rajamouli intended to portray the rivalry between Ram Charan and Jr. NTR in the film. To this, the actor didn’t have any objection and said it would not have been wrong if the director portrayed their rivalries on-screen. However, he further added:

“But Mr. Rajamouli also wanted to share our very real bond off-screen during the scenes where we’re not rivals.”

He also voiced his thoughts that there was always some sense of competition between the two actors but this feeling had zero effect in their professional world.

The roots of the three-decade-long family rivalry

For those unaware, Jr. NTR comes from a family of politicians. He is the son of Nandamuri Harikrishna, who is both an actor and a politician, and grandson to NT Rama Rao, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. On the other side, Ram Charan is the son of the popular actor, Chiranjeevi, and comes from a family of actors. From his uncles, Nagendra Babu, Pawan Kalyan, and Allu Arvind to his cousins, Allu Arjun, Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej, Niharika Konidela, Allu Sirish, and Panja Vaisshnav Tej, you will find such prominent figures in his household. However, this legacy of 20–30-year-old family rivalry which started due to politics, ended in a healthy friendship between the actors, Ram Charan and Jr. NTR.

When Ram Charan and his co-actor, Jr. NTR, got bored of this rivalry

In another interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ram Charan revealed how he and Jr. NTR got tired of this long rivalry and decided to end it. He said that this whole concept of being enemies brought them together in the end. To quote him:

"The only path we could take was friendship because we were bored of news of rivalry for more than three decades."

Having said this, he threw light on the incident which shaped the path to friendship. The ice broke between the two actors when they were practicing together for a celebrity cricket match in Hyderabad.

The on-screen chemistry between Ram Charan and Jr. NTR

In 2022, SS Rajamouli released RRR, which soon earned the blockbuster title. Apart from the mind-blowing VFX and storyline, the audience loved the friendship explored between Jr. NTR (Komaram Bheem) and Ram Charan (Sitarama Raju). The natural bonding between the two heroes on-screen clicked with the audience instantly and strengthened many friendships in real life. Moreover, the song Naatu Naatu, featuring the two actors, topped all the music charts and received the prestigious Oscar for the Best Original Song Award.

Ram Charan and Jr. NTR share a great chemistry both on-screen and off-screen. Do you also love them?

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