SS Rajamouli has finally responded to claims that out of the two lead actors of his magnum opus ‘RRR’, Ram Charan got more screen time than Jr NTR in the movie. The response comes after Charan refuted such reports saying he believes both the actors have excelled beautifully in the film.
Rajamouli, saying that he can understand the audience’s perception, said the movie would never have been such a huge box office success if the two lead actors weren’t treated equally. The filmmaker then explained in detail why it may appear that Ram Charan has a bigger role in the film.
He said, “It wasn’t a right way of putting it that Charan earned all the accolades. As a director, I can’t be more happy with the kind of output that both of them gave. But saying that one actor is better than the other is the way you look at it. For example, I can say that Charan has been given more space in the climax because it is the last thing that you walk away with, it feels like Charan is getting more attention than Tarak (Jr NTR). But if I had stopped the film after Komuram Bheemudo, it would look like Charan is just a bystander and Tarak is taking away the entire screen space. As a storyteller, you shouldn’t do that kind of judgment. Always look at how much empathy, as an audience, you are feeling for the characters.”
Rajamouli explained that Ram Charan and Jr NTR can both appear as the bigger star in the film depending on the perception of the audience. He said, “If you look at the story, Tarak saves Charan twice. Charan saves Tarak once. There is one point where Charan says, ‘For 15 years, I was not clear what my goal was. Tarak showed me the way with one song. I thought a weapon was a physical thing, but Tarak showed me that weapon is an emotion. He has shown me the way.’ If you look at this perspective then you will feel that Tarak is the hero and Charan is just following him. But if you look at it in another way, when Charan asks, ‘What can I give you?’ and Tarak says ‘Give me shiksha’, then Charan is the teacher and Tarak is the disciple.”
