EXCLUSIVE! The struggle story of Actor Raam: from Zero to Zee Studios

Mumbai (Maharashtra): It is always wonderful to see when talent is recognised, cheered on, and gets its deserved acknowledgement. Actor Raam from Jammu, who is known as SSR aka Superstar Raam by his fans has a similar journey of making a place for himself in the industry while starting from zero. The actor who makes a bone-chilling cameo in the recently released film, Rocket Gang sat down with First India to talk about his journey in the industry and more.

Sharing about his film and his role, Raam revealed that the film produced by Zee Studios is one of his biggest breaks. He said, "Directed by Bosco Martis, the film is a dance horror-comedy. It is a good fun film and I also have an interesting role in it. I play a stalker called Raghu and have 5-6 worthy scenes. However, as they lack dialogue, I was unable to portray the role to my full potential. But I am grateful to have gotten the opportunity to get recognised on this huge platform, so, I dearly want to thank Bosco sir and Zee Studios.”

While many aspiring actors move to Mumbai to start their acting journey, Raam took a different turn and shifted his base to Kerala for six months in search of work in the entertainment world. “I did Agriculture BSE at Meerut University. After that, people around me started pushing me to pursue acting as a career. So, I did that despite having no background in the entertainment industry or any godfather to have my back. After spending six months in Kerala, everyone there told me to move to Bombay as it would be the right place to start,” he said.

Tracing how he got started with his career, Raam revealed that it was Udit Narayan’s wife Deepa Narayan Jha and her brother who signed him for a Nepali album. “After that, I was signed by Venus for their remix albums and all the credit goes to Champak Jain, Ramesh Jain and Manoj Sharma who directed those videos. My first lead role was in the theatre play version of Devdas written by Jagdamba Prasad Dixit. He was filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s writer and had written several of his films including Naajayaz and Zeher.”

He continued, “Simultaneously, I trained for acting for over a year under Atmaprakash who has taught many celebrities. I got my first film deal after that with Ather Khan’s Tu Hi mera Pyaar which was released in the Nizam belt. I was praised for my work. After that, I did some small and big roles in three films which will release soon. Rocket Gang is my seventh one.”

Raam stated that recognition and work are all he wishes for and hopes that his efforts are recognised. While he has celebrities such as Vidya Balan, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Hansal Mehta rooting for him, he wants to take on as much good work as possible.