you are bound to giggle every few minutes when you speak to vj rakshan of kalakka povathu yaaru fame the vijay tv anchor has come a long way since his anchoring days hes finally realising his dream of becoming an actor with kannum kannum kollai adithal which stars dulquer salmaan and ritu varma in the lead rakshan who plays the second lead in the film says that he has found a role that he could connect to i play dulquers friend and my portions will come throughout the film it is an interesting role begins rakshan adding when i got this offer i was a little sceptical because dulquer is a big star we have to play close buddies and i wondered how i would break the ice but he made me feel comfortable on the set from day one eventually we started calling each other mama and machan in fact our chemistry has worked out really well laughsask him about working with ritu varma and he is all smiles i am not fluent in english or hindi but she would speak only in those two languages so i used to chumma pull her leg on the set by calling her rituji shes very downtoearth and performs really well he says talk about his journey on the small screen and a nostalgic rakshan reminisces i was trying to get into the acting scene from 2007 but then i met the wrong people who signed me for a film and took money from me the film never took off but it was a learning experience for me and i learnt it the hard way ive worked at a medical shop and a call center tried my hand at sari business and even ventured into pet business one fine day i decided to try out my luck in television and soon got the chance to host a live show for a music channel later i moved to another channel and did celebrity interviews eventually i found my dream job in vijay tv i started off as an assistant director in adhu idhu edhu i was among one of the boys in the siricha pochu roundhe adds then i gave my audition to host kalakka povathu yaaru and was selected rakshan says that he wanted to develop his own style of anchoring when it came to this show sivakarthikeyan anna had a unique style where he would pull a joke on the judges gopinath sir is quite intellectual and jagan annas comedy timing has worked well i wanted to develop something for myself and decided to be an anchor who is also a performer in the show this worked very well and i began getting movie offers says rakshan on his movie opportunities rakshan guffaws someone wanted me to play a police officers role in a movie i was shockedennalaye namba muddila you should do comedy but you shouldnt become a comedy piece when kannum came by i felt this was apt for