Varun Tej says he's closer to Ram Charan than Allu Arjun for this reason: ‘He's my 3 AM person’

In a recent interview, Varun Tej spoke about his family and equation with his cousins Ram Charan and Allu Arjun. Here's what he said.

Actor Varun Tej recently got candid about his relationship with cousins Ram Charan and Allu Arjun. Talking to Siddharth Kannan, he revealed that he was closer to Ram than Arjun and shared his reasons for this. Here’s what he said. (Also Read: Varun Tej says Chiranjeevi never let him or cousins turn into spoiled brats: He used to cane Allu Arjun, Ram Charan)

‘I’m very proud of them’

Actors Ram Charan and Varun Tej are first cousins. They've been close since childhood.

Varun spoke about both Ram and Arjun making a name for themselves with RRR and Pushpa, in the interview. He said, “Bunny anna (Arjun) and Charan anna have always been there for me growing up. Bunny anna is working very hard in his own space, he won the National Award for Pushpa. And Charan anna is doing the same with RRR and everything. Both of them found their own unique space.”

When asked whom he’s close to of both the cousins, he said, “I’m a tad bit closer to Charan anna because we grew up together in the same house. I have a problem; he’s my go-to person, my 3 am or 3 pm person. I call him to bug him and he’s happy to get bugged by me. He’s like…okay man, I’ll take your s**t. I mean, that’s what brothers are for.”

For the unversed, Varun is Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan’s nephew, Naga Babu’s son. His sister Niharika Konidela and cousins Allu Sirish, Sai Durgha Tej, and Vaisshnav Tej are also actors. He is married to actor Lavanya Tripathi.

Upcoming work

After the successful Gaddalakonda Ganesh in 2019, Varun’s next films, Ghani, F3: Fun and Frustration, Gandeevadhari Arjuna and Operation Valentine, failed to make a mark at the box office. He will soon be seen in Karuna Kumar’s Matka, where Meenakshi Chaudhary and Nora Fatehi are his co-stars. The film will be released in theatres on November 14. Ram will soon star in Shankar’s Game Changer, while Arjun will be seen in Sukumar’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.