'Bruce Lee - The Fighter', starring Ram Charan and Rakul Preet Singh in the leads and Chiranjeevi in a cameo, will be releasing on 16th of this month. In a chit-chat, Ram Charan talks about the film, his character, Chiranjeevi's cameo etc. Excerpts..

Charity show

'Bruce Lee' will be released on 16th of this month and we are planning a special charity show on 15th of this month for Devnar blind school students. It will be the first show in Hyderabad. The total funds collected will be donated to Devnar blind school.

Not forced comedy

It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee'. I always wanted to do a light-hearted entertainer and Bruce Lee is such a film. The brother sister sentiment and the relationship between father and son will be very good. The comedy will be hilarious, but it is not a forced comedy. It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.

Boy next door

I play Karthi, a stuntman in this movie. I will be seen in a boy next door character. How the hero fights for his family would be interesting. But the film is not very serious. It will be very entertaining. There is love in the film, but is not a complete love story.

Credit goes to him

The credit for my look in this movie, goes to Sreenu Vaitla. I wanted to sport short hair in this movie, since I play a stuntman. But Vaitla has shown some pics from ''Chirutha and said that he wanted a similar look. I did what he wanted.

Reminded us of 'Gang Leader' days

There is an important role in the film and at first, we considered some other star hero for that role. But my dad said that he will play the role, because it is just a cameo and can't be considered as his 150th film. He is energetic as ever on the sets and reminded us of 'Gang Leader' days with his look. Sreenu Vaitla also planned a song with my dad. But I opposed him, because I want him to dance again only for his 150th movie.

Worked like Robots

'Bruce Lee' is the fastest film in my career. But the quality is also very high. The last song was shot continuously for 24 hours. We worked like Robots for that song, but the quality is outstanding.The credit goes to cameraman Manoj Paramahamsa. I asked Sreenu Vaitla to not complete the film in a hurry and we can wait two to three months. But he said that everything was going on smooth and good.So we completed the film in time and releasing as planned.

We have that understanding

Though 'Baahubali' is a big film, the producers requested 'Srimanthudu' team to postpone the film and Srimanthudu makers requested NTR Arts to postpone 'Kick 2'. The same happened at the time of 'Aagadu' and 'Govindudu Andarivadele'. We postponed the film by two weeks then. We have a good understanding among us. But it didn't work out well this time.

We announced the release date of 'Bruce Lee' long time back. So we can't do anything if big films are releasing every week without gap, because we didn't do it suddenly.

Response is very good

Thaman gave a very good album and the response to all the songs is very good. Rakul Preet is a very good co-star and it has been great working with her.

Sorted out differences

I sorted out the differences between Kona Venkat and Sreenu Vaitla because Kona, Vaitla and Gopimohan make a very good team and output of all the films they worked together is very good. They were reluctant to work together initially, but I convinced them. I did it for the movie.

Film in Pawan Kalyan Creative works soon

The pre-production work of my film in my uncle's Pawan Kalyan Creative works banner is going on and the director of that film will be announced soon. I will be acting in the remake of Tamil film 'Thani Oruvan' and Surender Reddy will direct it. I will also work with Gautham Menon.

Will produce small films

We will announce my dad's 150th film on 16th of this month. I will continue producing big films on Konidela Productions banner after that movie. I am also planning to start a production house named White Horse productions, on which I will produce small movies. We are ready to encourage new actors and directors.