It was for the shoot, says Ram

Ram is in public glare. He was fined Rs 200 for smoking in public by the Hyderabad police. 

Ram Pothineni has come out with a clarification for this. The actor has said that he was not smoking for himself but was shooting for his upcoming film 'iSmart Shankar', which required him to smoke.

Currently the title song of ‘iSmart Shankar’ is being canned at Charminar and while shooting, Ram was smoking. The police who noticed this, caught him and imposed a fine.

Despite knowing that it is all part of shooting, hero Ram paid the fine as a law abiding citizen. ‘iSmart Shankar’ is a directorial of Puri Jagannadh and being produced by Charmme Kaur.