/> Telugu superstar Ramcharan Teja who selfadmittedly speaks only a smattering of Hindi has hit upon a golden solution to solve the linguistic problem. He won't speak much in his Hindi debut film Zanjeer.

The cop Vijay's role is that of silently seething social outcast. Ramcharan Teja would play it even quieter.

Says the softspoken star, "I'm working on my Hindi for sure. I've got a tutor to teach me the nuances. Waise meri Hindi utni buri nahin hai. But yes, it's a character who screams through his silences. So let's just say I'd let my silences speak louder than my words. That's how my director Apoorva Lakhia and I are playing the character, "

Ram whose father Chiranjeevi is Telugu cinema's luminary has larger concerns to deal with.... like stepping into the Big B's shoes.

Says Ram, "So far dealing with being Chiranjeevi's son was a challenge enough. But that challenge is nothing when compared with what I face now. To get into the space of India's biggest star-actor is a prospect that I am not brooding over. "

Ram says he isn't thinking of the repercussions. "If I think about how I'll be compared in our Zanjeer with Mr Bachchan I wouldn't be able to get into it. I've constantly lived under the shadow of comparisons.

When I started in Telugu cinema in 2007 I was judged as the great Chiranjeevi's son. If I cowered thinking I was being seen only as a heir-apparent and not an individual I'd have been immobilized. I just did what came naturally to me. "

Ramcharan Teja's father Chiranjeevi too tried his luck in Hindi films.

Says Ram, "He did some films in Hindi and then returned to Telugu cinema. The world has shrunk since then. To me Hindi cinema is only an extension of what I'm already doing. It doesn't matter what the language of a film is. A movie is a movie, at the end of the day. "

Apart from Zanjeer there are plans to remake Ramcharan Teja's most well-known Telugu film Magadheera in Hindi.

Ramcharan says he isn't interested in doing the film in Hindi. "I'm done with that character and role. Magadheera was a special challenge. But to recreate that challenge would be of no use. I'd rather do a Zanjeer which has been done earlier by another actor. I'd like to see where I can take that role. "

There're also plans to bring father and son together soon. "My father has completed 149 films. I hope to produce his 150th film and be part of it as an actor as well. "

Ramcharan has no plans of getting into politics like his father. "I'm happy being an actor. I don't see myself in the role of a politician at all. "

Was there a lot of politics in movies?

"Not at all!" protests Ramcharan. "All of us in Telugu cinema who are working as leading men, share a common platform. We're competitors on screen. But once we're out of the studios we're one big family. In that sense cinema is a lot like politics. My father says when he enters the Assembly all the politicians debate argue and fight. But once they are done they become friends again. "