Actor Rag Mayur was ‘never a rule breaker’, he says candidly. And yet, looking at his filmography - Cinema Bandi , Keedaa Cola, Modern Love - you wonder how that’s possible. “It’s going to sound stereotypical when I say this.
..but I hate stereotypes,” he tells Hindustan Times, in his way of explaining it all.
(Also Read: Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan contribute ₹ 1 crore to Wayanad landslide victims ) In the next few minutes, Rag talks about everything from why he wanted to be an actor to his upcoming film Veeranjaneyulu Vihara Yatra, his choice of scripts and more. ‘I waited for 9 years for a break’ Rag's childhood in Hyderabad was like most other 90s kid from a middle-class family. “I always had a penchant for movies.
Shah Rukh Khan and Chiranjeevi were my absolute favourites. But we would have cable TV at home only during the summers, so my brother and I focused on our studies for the rest of the year. Watching movies and listening to music on cassettes was always such a special occasion,” explains the actor.
After completing his engineering here, Rag moved to the US for his Masters. “I even worked as a film critic for a portal for 7 years. I would dabble in theatre, direct short films, work a 9-5 job—basically do too many things at once.
I thought direction was my forte, but as it turns out, it was acting. After I moved back to India, I waited 9 long years for a break till Raj & DK noticed my demo film,” he adds. ‘Everyone tried to cash in on Cinem.