Raghu Ram interview on ‘Good Bad Ugly’: The set would go silent when I called Ajith Kumar by name

Raghu Ram is waiting for the release of his upcoming film – Adhik Ravichandran’s Good, Bad, Ugly – starring Ajith Kumar. “When I met Ajith Kumar, he said, ‘Hi, Raghu,’ and I asked him, ‘Is it okay if I call you Ajith?’ He said, ‘Yeah, sure, man, I would love that.’ But whenever I called him Ajith, the set would go silent. It’s like Bruce Wayne is so rich that he could hire someone to be Batman, but he chooses to be Batman himself.” Beyond his stardom, Ajith’s outlook towards life resonated deeply with Raghu. I used to beg, ‘Please give me the dialogues in advance.’ But Adhik would joke, ‘Sir, you’re not working here; you’re on vacation.’” Yet, Raghu acknowledges that this spontaneity brings a freshness to the performances.