South actors have been trying their luck in Bollywood since a long time. Earlier it was Ramya, Rambha, Venkatesh, etc, and now it is Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal, Pooja Hegde and many more. Some have done exclusive Hindi films as well as Pan-India films which have a global appeal. South actor Ram Charan too made his debut in Bollywood with the 2013 film Zanjeer opposite Priyanka Chopra but the film didn’t do so well. 

Ram Charan surprisingly didn’t sign any other Hindi film post Zanjeer until he was offered S S Rajamouli’s Pan-India film RRR. Talking about his decision Ram said, “It is all about the instinct and it is not that I don’t… I watch a lot of your films and love them. But, maybe, it happened to be now with RRR with Tarak and S S Rajamouli. We are open to doing Indian films.” 

Speaking about RRR Charan stated, “RRR is very much a Hindi film as it is a Telugu film, it is a pan-India film. Today, thanks to efforts by a lot of filmmakers, especially Rajamouli, the gates of this industry have opened. We have stopped being regional and we have become a part of one big Indian film industry, the barriers are broken. So, as and when an opportunity comes, why not, I will do any film. The scale of RRR, and how many languages the film will release in will break all barriers. It is all about the excitement.” He added, “To pick the right film is of utmost importance. We should feel the excitement of doing a film, whether it is as big as RRR or any other story.” 

RRR also stars Jr NTR, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn. The film was to hit the big screens on 7th January 2022 but stands postponed due to the spike in Covid cases.