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RRR (2022)

★★★★½ — RRR (2022)

S. S. Rajamouli had already established himself as the pre-eminent director of Telugu-language blockbusters with the two-part Baahubali saga (2015 and 2017), which broke box office records across India and built him a reputation for spectacle on a scale that few filmmakers anywhere in the world were attempting. RRR, produced by DVV Entertainment on a reported budget of around $69 million, making it one of the most expensive Indian productions ever mounted, is a fictionalised action epic set in 1920s colonial India, drawing loosely on the real historical figures of freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem. Shot across multiple Indian states over a lengthy production period that was further extended by the Covid-19 pandemic, it stars Telugu cinema icons N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan, both household names in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana long before the film introduced them to global audiences.

A-Z World Movie Tour India Since I've already watched Sholay... I decided to go for the cream of the crop for the Indian selection. RRR is a record breaker. A tour de force. It's the first Indian film to win an academy award. The first Asian film to be nominated for and win a golden globe. It won countless other awards and broke streaming records on Netflix... and all of those accolades are well deserved. It has hilariously over the top vfx and fight scenes that would make Marvel fans envious. It has dance and music numbers that would make Andrew Lloyd Webber weep. At 3 hours long I do think it's a little bloated in the middle section of the film with a back n forth betrayal and retribution angle multiple times. My only gripe. A very well deserved high score

Rating: ★★★★½ | Year: 2022 | Watched: 2025-06-28

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