From IIM to Tollywood

As the wife and i were reading through reviews of the recently released movies in order to chose one for our weekend outing, we came across this interesting one. A person who shares my first name as well as a similar background seems to be stirring some interest in the Telugu movie industry (popularly referred to as Tollywood). The portion that stuck me was that the variety of things that this person has tried out since graduating from one of India's leading business schools. He started out with a Pharma firm, dabbled into stock broking, worked for an advertising firm, started a shopping mall amongst others and has recently even produced a movie, Ashta Chamma. No doubt, his thrilling career journey has found its way into a case study on entrepreneurship at the Indian School of Business

It is quite refreshing to see more and more professionals entering the Indian film industry as the world's largest unorganized glamour & glitz factory comes to grips with the challenges of corporatization and globalisation. Also encouraging to see smart young people dabble in different things rather than take the stereotyped Indian-middle-class dream of a good education and then a job till retirement. While these adventures are quite common in the west, the average Indian professional is still a novice in figuring out what he/she wants to achieve in their careers. Kudos to guys like Ram who are prepared to defy convention and are willing to experiment.