Shaam got into limelight with the film
Kick in Telugu, but he is not a totally unknown face for Telugu audience, since some of his Tamil films were dubbed into Telugu. His
12 B was appreciated by everyone. Then, his films with Sneha and others were dubbed in Telugu too but ended up without success. This year is like a roller coaster ride for him. He got a good name with the film
Kick, he met with two accidents, and almost six to seven films were gearing up for release. I tried to talk to him after the second accident, which happened last week, but he was shooting and his assistant didn't know English, and I cannot speak in Tamil though I can understand what he was saying. Finally, I caught up with him one late evening and spoke to him. TeluguCinema.Com readers get an exclusive transcript of our telephonic conversation:
Sri: What is your real name? Tell me about your background.
Shaam: Shamshuddin Ibrahim is my full name, and I shortened it to Shaam for convenience in films. I was born in the city of Madurai of Tamilnadu, but we moved to Bangalore when I was kid and I completed my B.Com. there. I always wanted to become an actor, but since I lacked film-related background, I thought of becoming a model.
Sri: Even becoming a model is not an easy thing! Did you get your break there?
Shaam: Bangalore was very famous for modeling at that time. I made my portfolio and started going around various model offices. I met people like Rahul Dev, Prasad Bidappa,
etc. who gave me offers and valuable tips...
Sri: What ads did you work for?
Shaam: I did Kwality Icecream, a nightwear called One, and some other ads at that time. I also did ramp shows with Mark Robinson, Hemanth Trivedi,
etc.
Sri: How did you finally lead yourself to films?
Shaam: I came to Chennai once to work on SatyamOnline ad, and the model coordinator Biju informed me that Jeeva Sir was looking for a fresh face to work on his debut film. I went and met him and he liked me immediately...
