On US TV show, Ram Charan opens up about (new) 'dad fear'; hails 'RRR' global success as win for Indian cinema

Film-maker S.S. Rajamouli's epic saga set in pre-independent India has been making all kinds of right noise ever following the film's release in March 2022.

The film, which has been nominated for several top titles at many prestigious award shows, has been praised by many top actors and directors from across the world.

Helmed by Rajamouli, 'RRR', which stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles, collected over Rs 1,200 crore worldwide. Later, the film's track 'Naatu Naatu' bagged the 'best original song-motion picture' at Golden Globes earlier this year.


The film also picked up the Critics' choice award for Best Foreign language film in a ceremony held in Los Angeles. And now it is nominated for best original song at the 2023 Academy Awards.

A few weeks before attending the 95th Academy Awards in March, the film's star, Ram Charan appeared on daytime talk show 'Good Morning America', where he talked about the film's success and opened up about being a father.

At the show, one of the hosts, medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton, asked Charan, "How much new-dad fear you have?" to which the actor talked about timing.

"How much new 'dad fear' do you have? Which was harder, learning to dance all of these moves ..." Ashton asked.

"All these years when we didn't plan (the kids), I was pretty much available to my wife. But right now, I'm just packing and unpacking," Charan replied.

The actor then had a funny banter with Ashton, who also happened to be a gynaecologist.

"I am glad I met you. I will be taking your number. My wife is going to be in the US for a while," Charan quipped. To this, the host said, "It would be an honour to deliver your baby."

Charan and his wife Upasana announced their pregnancy in December 2022.

Apart from embracing parenthood, Charan also talked about RRR and director Rajamouli on the show.
"It (RRR) is about friendship, great brotherhood, camaraderie, the relationship between these two characters. And I think it is one of the finest writings of my director Rajamouli, he is known as the Steven Spielberg of India."

On the show, Ram Charan also hinted that Rajamouli is up for directing an international project. He said, "Everybody calls him that, and I hope he's going to make his way to the global cinema very soon, with the next film."

The 37-year-old also expressed his surprise on how the world is reacting to 'RRR' and said that it's not the film but the Indian cinema and technicians that are being honoured.

"It is not just 'RRR', I think its Indian cinema and Indian technicians who are being honoured, and just when we thought in India we have achieved everything and we wanted to move to the next project, man, the West just showed us that it's just the beginning," he added.