Raghuram breaks the road
Raghuram who gave nightmare to the contestants in MTV Roadies, got candid in an interview talking about his film, fundas and future. Reality show specialist will be for the first time dealing with fiction with the film 1-800-love. So guys get geared to expect many unexpected avatar of his.
On
film
offers…
Rajeev
and
I
have
received
many
film
offers.
But
the
fact
is
that
we
don"t
have
time.
I
turned
down
the
offer
from
a
big
production
house
over
date
issues.
Very
sarcastic
remark
came
from
him
saying
oh!
Raghuram
does
not
have
time
and
has
date
issues.
I
was
doing
Roadies
then.
I
said
yes
Raghuram
has
date
issue
more
than
your
biggest
star
because
Raghuram
is
an
employee
and
usse
chhutti
ki
arzi
deni
hoti
hai.
I
can"t
stand
up
and
say
hey
shoot
for
me
anytime.
On
his
film
debut…
I
desperately
needed
a
break
from
work
and
had
decided
upon
a
sabbatical.
But
very
next
day
I
got
a
call
from
Abbas
Tyrewala.
I
am
playing
an
integral
part
in
his
film
1-800-love
that
stars
John
Abraham
and
Abbas"s
wife
Pakhi.
I"m
not
playing
negative
character
but
it"s
a
normal
personality
like
in
Jaane
Tu…
Genelia"s
fiance,
he
was
not
a
villain,
he
was
a
certain
character.
My
look
will
be
the
same
in
the
movie.
mujhe
wig
pehna
diya
jaayega
toh
koi
pehchaanega
hi
nai.
On
Abbas
Tyrewala…
If
you
see
Jane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Naa…there
are
no
black,
white
or
grey
characters.
I
like
Abbas
bhai
because
he
does
not
look
at
the
world
as
black
or
white.
We
do
meet
such
characters
in
life.
Abbas
was
looking
for
that
character
that
has
personality
like
me.
He
auditioned
lot
of
people
but
nobody
fit
the
character
thus
he
approached
me.
I
told
him
personality
toh
theek
hai
but
performance
is
your
department
as
I
am
not
the
born
performer.
I
had
only
met
him
at
the
premier
and
once
for
the
celebration
of
his
movie
along
with
my
wife
Sugandha
Garg.
She
did
not
recommend
my
name
at
all
for
my
film.
As
I
have
barged
unknown
number
in
my
phone
Sugandha
conveyed
me
that
he
(Abbas)
has
been
trying
to
get
in
touch
with
me.
On
Roadies
after-effects…
I
use
to
get
weird
calls
including
death
threats
at
odd
times.
Once
it
was
three
in
the
morning.
A
guy
called
Arjun
constantly
kept
calling
me.
I
told
him
that
I
don"t
take
calls
at
this
time.
He
still
kept
calling
but
I
did
not
answer.
Guess
what
he
messaged
me
saying
baat
karle
baksh
dunga,
Warna
tu
gaya.
I
was
like
Mare
ja
raha
hai
baat
karne
ko
karle
jo
karna
hai…I
did
not
speak
to
him.
Then
I
changed
my
number
but
again
my
new
number
got
leaked
on
Orkut.
So
I
got
unknown
numbers
barged.
I
am
very
private
person
in
fact
I
stop
going
to
places
where
people
start
staring
at
me.
Log
kehte
hai
bewkufi
hai
what
if
someone
has
some
serious
work
with
you.
I
am
like
gaya
toh
gaya
but
I
don"t
wanna
be
bothered.
At
times
mujhe
log
street
pe
milte
hai
they
say
sir
ek
gaali
do.
Yeh
kya
baat
hui…Fir
mein
gaali
deta
hoon
they
say
thank
you.
Its
strange
log
gaali
sunna
chahte
hai
mujhse.
The
say
sir
aapse
ek
baar
fadwaani
hai.
On
acting
career
I
do
not
want
to
come
on
camera.
I
opposed
to
my
best
for
even
roadies
audition.
Only
reason
that
I
agreed
was
that
I
knew
what
I
want
out
of
a
Roadie
and
I
could
speak
Hindi.
I
am
a
person
who
will
execute
behind
the
camera.
Acting
is
what
I
never
wanted
to
do
but
I"m
passionate
about
music.
Cameras
don"t
make
me
nervous
but
I
am
edgy
about
acting.
It
is
altogether
different
that
I
have
been
doing
so
far.
If
meri
wajah
se
retakes
hote
gaye
toh
mereko
bahut
burra
lagega.
Films
are
far
more
expensive
than
shows.
Kya
hoga
yaar!
Mereko
sabse
bada
tension
yeh
hai
ki
kissi
sad
scene
mein
koi
ro
raha
hai
aur
mein
hass
pada.
On
future
in
acting…
I
never
ever
planned
Bollywood.
I
don"t
anyway
foresee
a
long
career
in
film
industry
for
myself
because
of
the
way
I
look,
I
won"t
experiment
either.
There
is
no
point
in
looking
different
and
being
the
same
person.
I
have
never
ever
shot
fiction
and
am
koso
door
from
it.
In
this
film
I
will
give
my
best
and
try
different
ways
of
delivering
a
dialogue.
If
I
find
that
I
have
learnt
to
portray
different
characters
and
I
am
a
good
actor
then
I
will
carry
on
with
acting
but
I
cannot
make
acting
my
sole
career.
I
expect
to
be
limited
in
the
kinds
of
role
that
I
get
to
play
because
of
its
value.
On
Childhood
…
We
are
from
South
Indian
middle
class
family
where
you
have
to
study,
get
a
good
job,
get
married
and
settle
down.
We
were
not
that
good
student.
All
our
focus
was
in
making
a
better
student.
There
were
no
extra
curricular
activities
that
we
would
take
part
in.
I
now
feel
that
it
was
a
mistake.
We
were
not
good
in
studies
because
that
did
not
interested
us.
Music
interested
us,
story
telling
interested
us.
We
did
drop
out
from
college
and
started
working.
It"s
almost
15
years
now.
Everyone
can
do
everything
but
only
few
people
excel.
Maths
class
mein
har
koi
baithta
hai,
log
100%
bhi
laate
hai
aur
mere
jaise
fail
bhi
hote
hai.
Meine
ek
baar
zero
laaye
the,
fir
maine
mehnat
ki
mehnat
ki
aur
agle
test
meine
ek
laaye
tha.
Ussi
class
mein
mere
bagal
mein
baithne
waals
usse
25
mein
se
25
lata
tha.
Seekhaya
toh
sabko
jata
hai
lekin
who
kuch
log
hote
hai
jo
seekh
jaate
hai.
So
it
is
all
about
if
you
have
an
aptitude
you
can
become
an
actor.
If
you
are
good
at
some
thing
you
should
get
trained
and
then
you
improve
with
experience.
On
MTV…
MTV,
I
and
Rajeev
share
a
connection.
Our
energies
match.
No
channel
would
like
to
show
our
idea
but
MTV
loves
it.
So
it"s
fun
to
be
here.
Why
go
else
where.
On
VJying…
People
think
who
can
gel
their
hair
and
go
to
gym
can
become
a
VJ.
VJying
too
needs
an
intrinsic
talent.
According
to
me
Nikhil
and
Ranvijay
are
the
best
presenters
we
have.
But
all
I
and
Rajeev
can
do
is
we
can
express
ourselves
most
effectively.
If
some
shows
will
require
us
as
a
personality
we
will
do
it.
On
his
Love
for
music
Rajeev
and
I
always
had
affinity
towards
music.
When
we
were
5
months
old
we
would
react
to
the
emotions
of
the
song.
If
it
is
sad
song
we
would
cry
and
if
it
happy
song
we
would
laugh.
I
do
play
guitar
but
I
regret
not
learning
Karnataka
music.
Our
teacher
said
that
they
can
be
brilliant
singers
only
if
they
can
sit
still
for
an
hour.
So
they
refuse
to
teach
us.
We
use
to
do
choreography
in
college
and
continued
it
for
5
years.
I
am
also
associated
with
a
band
called
Agnee.
I
wrote
Roadies
theme
song,
I
wrote
song
for
Team
Diva
with
Agnee.
Lot
of
my
friends
asks
me
to
cut
an
album
but
I
believe
though
I
am
a
better
singer
than
most
of
them
but
it
does
not
mean
that
I
can
come
up
with
an
album.
Sonu
Nigam,
Jagjit
Singh,
….they
are
so
good,
that
is
the
standard
of
singing.