An extremely popular actor in the south film industry, Karthik Jayaram made his Hindi debut with STAR Plus's show, Siya Ke Ram. The actor was in Bhopal on Tuesday afternoon to speak about his character and the upcoming Vanwaas track on the show.
While talking to media persons, he said, "The role of Raavan is special to me. Rarely any actor gets a role that makes him go down in history. I take pride in every character that I have played and after being selected amongst the 9,000 auditions this makes me very lucky. After I gave the audition I wasn't expecting a call from the production house, but when I got selected, my joy knew no bounds."
On how he prepared himself for the role, he said, “I am playing the role of Raavan, I think that is enough only to imagine all the challenges that come along with this character. When the makers approached me, they had specific guidelines about the way they wanted the character of Raavan should shape like. Ever since I was signed for the role, I have been undergoing rigorous training to get into proper shape, I've been growing my hair and beard as well.”
One special thing about Raavan was that he was a self-proclaimed biggest bhakt of lord Shiva and he used to do the Tandava as well. “So, while I did actually had time on hand before I begun shooting, I even took basic Tandava classes to learn the art so that if and when I have to shoot for it, it isn't new to me and I can easily pull it off,” he added.