Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Fr actor Ram Shaton. He's the star of a new film called R R R R. R. which was recently nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Song, making it the first ever homegrown Indian film to be nominated in that category.

Since the film's release last March, the three-hour Indian epic has become a global sensation.

First, grossing more than $160 million at the box office,

before heading to Netflix where it is reported to be one of the most watched films in the history of the platform.

When it comes to the movie itself,

though, Sharon plays an Indian police officer in pre-independence deli.

But through a series of twist and turns, Sharon's docile officer transforms into a superhuman freedom

fighter, waging an armed campaign against British colonial rule.

What ensues are a series of inventive, remarkably designed set pieces that hearken back to an earlier era of action movie making.

The combat is innovative, the editing is considered, and the dance-offs, yes there are dance-offs,

are so propulsive and synchronistic you'd think they were performed by robots.

And yet, under the direction of filmmaker SS Rajamole, R-R-R-R-R R is squarely, above all, a human feat. If you've yet to see the movie,

it's recently been re-released in theaters across the country ahead of the Oscars this Sunday. You can also of course stream the film on

Netflix. As for today I wanted to talk to Ram about anchoring alongside actor NTR Jr. what is now considered the most expensive movie in the history of

India.

We also talk about the viral not-to-not-not-doo dance number, the country's emerging film industry, coming of age as the son of famous

movie-star Chiron Jivi, and how, through the years, he's paved a path for himself.

This is Ram Sheram. Ram Sharon.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Welcome to Los Angeles.

Thank you.

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