It's all in a day's work

Dabbling with a number of television, radio and film projects, actor Vijay Raghavendra couldn’t be happier! Looks like the actor has been on a winning streak since last year and we are not talking just about ‘Bigg Boss’.

He has three movies in his kitty and is also doing a radio show on the popular radio station BIG FM. “Being a radio jockey (RJ) is a very difficult job! RJs are just amazing. Just by looking at them, I am learning a lot,” he tells Metrolife.

When the makers of the radio show wanted him to come on board, Vijay was more than keen. Everything fell in place and now, he hosts a three-hour radio show. “I have also been busy with movies and television,” says the actor who hosted an awards ceremony on television recently.

Vijay is currently working in three films — Kismat, Ranatantra and Shivayogi Puttayajja. “Kismat is very interesting. It’s about the life of a person in one day and the problems he faces,” he explains.

Acting opposite Sangeetha Bhat, he promises that the film is a “good commercial film with its share of fun and nail-biting moments”.

Ask him if it was challenging to portray a person’s experiences in a day in a long movie and he says, “The story and screenplay are done in such a way that it was a lot of fun.”

“It’s completely shot in Bangalore and has a number of good, senior actors like Nandagopal sir, Sunder Raj sir and Sai Kumar sir,” he explains.

He is busy with the dubbing of the film now. “I am also working on the other two films and hope that Kismat can be released in September,” he notes.

Despite the number of projects he has in hand in the film, radio and television industry, he still plays a doting dad to his son. Ask him on how he manages everything and he replies, “Thankfully, I have good people around me. 

Everyone is understanding and it’s actually fun juggling between home, work and my son’s school!”