its tough to be in showbiz kamal kamaraju says actor kamal kamaraju who was in town recently for the promotion of his upcoming movie a film by aravind2 connect with vizag i vaguely remember visiting vizag with my mom and dad as a child but my real connect with vizag began after i got into movies my first film chatrapathi was shot here i worked as an associate art director with ss rajamouli for that film i remember this incident where we were shooting for seven continuous days at sea when we came back one night action director peter hein said kamal i need some material that could easily break and i want some fishing nets i was stumped for a moment because i didnt know where to procure the stuff from but i rushed to the industrial area of the city with a few friends and the vizagites who owned shops there really went out of their way to help us people here are very friendly banking on my new film im playing one of the main leads in the movie a film by aravind 2 shree of ee rojullo fame is the other leading man this film will be an image breaker for me director shekhar suri is an amazing person to work with and is also a perfectionist the movie is a romantic action thriller weve shot few hot songs by the beach and im sure the movie will get me the break i need like the first version of the movie this film too has flair from architecture to showbiz i finished my architecture from jntu hyderabad after that i got into films as an art director and then as a writer now ive made the switch to acting but it did not happen easily when i was in the technical department i was always interested in thrillers and thats when films like aithe a film by aravind and anukokunda oka roju happened a lot of people ask me why i got into films i never regret my decision as the industry teaches you a lot of things and i had a tough experience learning everything in bits and pieces this is a whole new world for me and i really want to succeed coming from a nonfilmy background its tough because you need to carve a niche for yourself multitasking keeps me occupied its tough to be in showbiz there are so many people who drift towards drugs alcohol and other addiction but to keep myself sane i indulge in my hobbies like painting photography and theatre im a creative person an architect so being creative comes naturally to me