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"Rrr" was the biggest cinematic event of 2022, a movie that had people spontaneously dancing in theater aisles, and a movie that gave us a better friendship in three hours than the "Fast & Furious" franchise has in ten movies.

Director S.S. Rajamouli, who had already built his career on making epic movies like "Magadheera" and the two-part "Baahubali," which combined myth and reality with stunning action and a massive sense of scale, dialed up the maximalism in every way with "Rrr."

The film follows two storylines that merge, tracking Bheem (Jr. Ntr), a warrior looking for a young girl who was kidnapped from his village, and Raju (Ram Charan), an officer in the British Army tasked with finding Bheem before he can wreak havoc on the British Raj. Though on opposite sides of the conflict, the two men quickly strike a beautiful friendship -- one strong enough to take down entire empires.

The Rrr ending continues the movie's larger-than-life feel and themes of camaraderie and rebellion. Directed by S. S. Rajamouli and starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan, Rrr is a big-budget spectacle about tribal protector Komaram Bheem and military policeman A. Rama Raju, who become quick friends, but find themselves divided by Bheem's mission to save his sister Malli from colonial authorities. The movie's final act separates its protagonists Komaram Bheem and Sitarama Raju amid mutual distrust, only to bring them together again to continue their fight against the British colonial occupation of India and their different ways of fighting oppression.

Based on true events, Rrr culminates with Raju and Bheem coming to blows in a massive fight that ends with Bheem being imprisoned by the colonial authorities. Raju gets his much-desired promotion to Special Officer, but is forced to whip his friend before a large crowd.

Oscars 2023The last time an Indian music composer won the Academy Award for best original song was in 2009, when Ar Rahman and Gulzar won for Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.Instagram/ Rrr MovieThe verdict is out. The hugely popular song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from Rrr has created history by winning the prestigious Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, for the best original song. The award went to music composer Mm Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose. This is the first Oscar win for a song from a Telugu film, and the second Oscar ever to be bagged by an Indian music composer, after Ar Rahman and Gulzar won it for ‘Jai Ho’ from Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. ‘Naatu Naatu’ had been a frontrunner in the best original song category at Oscars 2023, having already won the Golden Globe for ‘best original song - motion picture’. Accepting the award, music composer Mm Keeravani said,...

CinemaRajamouli also talked about his views on his father Vijayendra Prasad writing a film glorifying RSS among other political subjects. SS Rajamouli/File PhotoFilmmaker SS Rajamouli has responded to the criticism of Hindu nationalist overtones and casteist, Brahminical narratives in his blockbuster film Rrr in an interview with The New Yorker. Rajamouli also talked about his views on the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), atheism, caste, the impact of rising nationalist sentiments on cinema in India, his father Vijayendra Prasad writing a film glorifying RSS and many other political matters. The interview sets the context by noting that Rajamouli belongs to a dominant caste, the Kamma community. While Rrr has become a massive success beyond the Telugu states and India and won several awards in the United States, it has been criticised for portraying two real-life revolutionary leaders — Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem — with religious and nationalist tones.

Indian hitmaker S.S. Rajamouli is basking in the success of his latest epic, period action drama “Rrr” (“Rise Roar Revolt”). The film released March 25 worldwide and scored a 65 million opening weekend, debuting in third place in the U.S. and second in the U.K. and Ireland.

Produced on an approximate budget of 73 million by D. V. V. Danayya, “Rrr” is a lavish, rambunctious entertainer crammed with eye-popping set pieces and death-defying stunts. Set in the 1920s, the historical fiction story by Vijayendra Prasad and Rajamouli see Indian freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Ntr Jr) meet and become fast friends. Their common enemy are the occupying colonial British. The cast also includes Bollywood A-listers Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt.

Rajamouli previously directed the “Baahubali” films, released worldwide between 2015 and 2018, which were made on a combined budget of 70 million and collected 370 million globally.

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TollywoodBoth Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem were celebrated leaders who fought for forest rights of Adivasis, in regions which now fall within Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Tnm StaffScreenshot: YouTube/T SeriesRRR, one of the biggest films to come out of India, has finally been released nearly four-and-half years after it was announced. The film tells an imagined story between two real life heroes – Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem – played by Ram Charan and Junior Ntr. “A fictional tale of Indian revolutionaries in the 1920s,” the makers have called it, and director SS Rajamouli has stressed from the beginning that the story is an entirely fictional one, imagined to have occurred during a period in the two heroes’ lives that has remained undocumented. “There are gaps in the lives of these legendary freedom fighters that we don’t know about … It is through this fictional story [that] we’d like...