Telugu film star Ram Pothineni was last seen in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film 'The Warrior'. During the promotion of the film last year, the actor revealed that he became a chain smoker only for the sake of playing a role in one of his films.

Actors who have never smoked in real life sometimes pick up cigarettes for roles in their films to give it an authentic touch.  Ram Pothineni recounted an example of such an encounter, and how he became a chain smoker following attempted impersonation of his character.