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The Telugu language Indian action epic “RRR” (short for “Rise Roar Revolt”) has returned to US theaters for an exceptional one-night-only engagement on June 1st following its initial theatrical release. Some hindsight has made it easy to guess why writer/director S.S. Rajamouli has only now broken through to Western audiences with “RRR” despite his consistent box office success. Rajamouli’s latest is an anti-colonial fable and buddy drama about the imaginary combo of two real-life freedom fighters, Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) and Alluri Sitarama Raju ( Ram Charan ). “RRR” is also a fine showcase for Rajamouli’s characteristic focus on maximalist action choreography, overwhelming stuntwork and pyrotechnics, and sophisticated computer graphics.

By the time he made “RRR,” Rajamouli had already developed his brand of Nationalistic self-mythologizing with some help from recurring collaborators like regular story writer (and biological father) Vijayendra Prasad and both co-leads, who previously starred in Rajamouli’s “Yamadonga” and “Magadheera,” respectively.

Set in and around Delhi in 1920, “RRR” pointedly lacks historical context so that Rajamouli and his team can transform a straight-forward rescue mission into a rallying cry for reunification and also cathartic violence. Bheem, the avenging “shepherd” of the Adivasian Gond tribe, visits Delhi to track down Malli ( Twinkle Sharma ), an innocent pre-teen who’s kidnapped from her Gondian mother by the cartoonishly evil British Governor Scott ( Ray Stevenson ) and his sadistic wife Cathy ( Alison Doody ).

Raju, a peerless Colonial police officer, befriends Bheem without realizing that they’re at cross purposes: Bheem wants to break into Scott’s fortress-like quarters to rescue Maali while Raju wants to catch the unknown “tribal” that Scott’s lackey Edward ( Edward Sonnenblick ) fears might be lurking about. Raju and Bheem immediately bond after they save an unrelated child from being crushed by a runaway train, as clear a sign as any of Rajamouli’s love for Cecil B. DeMille-style melodrama. (“Ben Hur” is an acknowledged influence for Rajamouli, as are the action/period dramas of fellow DeMille-ian Mel Gibson ).

It’s also fitting that “RRR” is Rajamouli’s big breakthrough since it's inevitably about Bheem as an inspiring symbol of quasi-traditional, boundary-trampling patriotism. Rajamouli has gotten quite good at incorporating potentially alienating elements, like his cheap-seats love of grisly violence and brash sloganeering, into his propulsive, inventive, and visually assured fight scenes and dance numbers.

Rajamouli has also already perfected the way he works with and uses his actors as part of his shock-and-awe style of melodrama. Rama Rao is ideally cast as the naively sweet-natured Bheem, whose messianic qualities are also effectively high-lit in a handful of rousing set pieces, like when a bare-chested Bheem wrestles a tiger into submission. Rama Rao’s performance isn’t the main thing, but it is the emblematic inspiration that, along with a “Passion of the Christ”-worthy scourging, understandably leads an assembly of Indian nationals to attack Scott and his bloodthirsty hambone wife in a later scene.

Likewise, Charan’s steely-eyed performance in “RRR” is limited, but strong enough to be credibly superhuman. Rajamouli knows exactly how to capture his best sides, as in an astounding opening action scene where Raju descends into a rioting mob just to subdue and apprehend one particular dissident. Rao and Charan’s bro-mantic chemistry and syncopated physicality have already made a viral success of the movie’s splashy “Naatu Naatu” musical number, but that scene’s infectiously joyful presentation is supra-human by design.

The spirit of the individual matters more than any single person in Rajamouli’s movies and “RRR” is a perfect expression of that notion. It’s also a decent reflection of Rajamouli’s fame, which Film Companion South ’s Sagar Tetali keenly suggests is “the triumph of directorial ambition over the actor-star—the triumph of a brand of storytelling over the South Indian star image.”

With “RRR,” Rajamouli repeats his preference for one nation under populist ubermenschen. Both Bheem and Raju are extraordinary men because they are, at heart, aspirational expressions of the people’s will. Their lives, their loved ones, and their relationships are all of secondary importance—check out Bollywood star Ajay Devgn ’s explosive cameo!—so it makes sense that the cast’s images and performances are also blown up to James Cameron-sized proportions.

Like Cameron, Rajamouli has earned a reputation for pushing the limits of industrialized pop cinema. In that sense, “RRR” feels simultaneously personal and gargantuan in scope. Film Comment ’s R. Emmet Sweeney is right to caution viewers regarding the towering streak of “Hindu-centric” Nationalism and characterizations at the heart of Rajamouli’s “Pan-Indian address.” Sweeney is also right to hail Rajamouli’s dazzling “technical innovation.” It’s not every day that a new Indian movie—which are typically not advertised to Western viewers beyond indigenous language speakers, and therefore largely ignored by Western outlets—is presented as an event to American theatergoers. Attend or miss out.

Available in theaters tonight, June 1st, and also streaming on Netflix.

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Simon Abrams is a native New Yorker and freelance film critic whose work has been featured in The New York Times , Vanity Fair , The Village Voice, and elsewhere.

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‘RRR’ Review: A Hero (or Two) Shall Rise

Scenes of glorious excess make the screen hum with energy in S.S. Rajamouli’s action epic set in British colonial India.

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It’s not long in “RRR” before a tiger and a wolf collide midair during a brawl with one of the film’s two musclebound heroes. Scenes of glorious excess make the screen hum with energy in the latest feature from S.S. Rajamouli, the director of the “Baahubali” blockbusters.

Set in 1920s India before independence, “RRR” pairs two of the country’s biggest stars, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. (known as “Jr. NTR”) and Ram Charan, as superfriends from either side of a bloody colonial divide. A goofily gallant Jr. NTR plays Bheem, a warrior from the Gond tribe, while Charan smolders as Ram, a fearsome police officer who is underestimated by his white superiors. (The characters are inspired by two rebel heroes from the era, Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju.)

Bheem journeys to Delhi to rescue a Gond girl enslaved by the British governor and his wife, a couple of sadists. Ram has orders to identify and capture Bheem by going undercover with revolutionaries. Instead, the men unwittingly make fast friends when they save a child stranded on a river that’s on fire. (As one does.)

But their missions get inevitably entangled, and Rajamouli (who collaborated on the story with his screenwriter father, Vijayendra Prasad), stirs in an aw-shucks courtship between Bheem and the governor’s not-racist niece (Olivia Morris).

Rajamouli shoots the film’s action with hallucinogenic fervor, supercharging scenes with a shimmering brand of extended slow-motion and C.G.I. that feels less “generated” than unleashed. Here-to-there plot filler in “RRR” is instantly forgiven with each wild set-piece: Ram furiously tunneling through a hundred-strong mob outside his garrison, or the rumbling dance-off (the “Naatu Naatu” musical number) where Bheem and Ram giddily exhaust the British cads and delight the ladies.

The rousing anticolonialist battle royal concludes with one final fist-pump: an end-credit song celebrating political figures from across India.

RRR Rated PG-13 for violent sequences, some intense language and general mayhem. With subtitles. Running time: 3 hours 7 minutes. In theaters.

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If you haven't been back to the movies yet, Indian epic 'RRR' is the reason to go

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Ram Charan stars in RRR, an action-packed bromance set in India in the 1920s. Raftar Creations hide caption

Ram Charan stars in RRR, an action-packed bromance set in India in the 1920s.

If you're over the age of, say, 40, you will surely remember the 1975 cult phenomenon The Rocky Horror Picture Show . Weekend after weekend, year after year, decade after decade, audiences turned up at theaters — often dressed in corsets, fishnets and other costumes — to shriek out lines ahead of the characters and sing along with the songs.

I've never seen anything like it — until now. A few nights ago, I went to a packed screening of RRR , an epic action-picture bromance from India. The screening had 900 people — some of whom had already seen the film 10 times — clapping and dancing from the opening credits.

Made by box-office titan S.S. Rajamouli, RRR induces such unabashed giddiness in its audience that Hollywood is witnessing a push to get it nominated for the Oscars. Forget Best International Feature Film, folks are talking Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor. And having seen RRR twice myself, I'm part of the bandwagon.

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Set during the British Raj in the 1920s, the movie tells the story of two heroes with impressive physiques and super-charged abilities. The tightly wound Ram — played by Ram Charan — works for the British as a crack military officer who we see quash a mass Indian uprising single-handed. His tiger-hunting counterpart, Bheem, played by N.T. Rama Rao, Jr., is a tribal villager who has come in disguise to Delhi to reclaim a young girl from his village who has been capriciously snatched by the evil wife of the evil British governor.

Ram and Bheem meet heroically while working in tandem to save a child from a train crashing into a river. Kindred in their bravery, they instantly become fast friends. But they don't know one important thing. While Bheem secretly opposes the governor, Ram is secretly working for him. They're bound for a head-on collision.

RRR — the title stands for Rise Roar Revolt — is populist filmmaking. Its emotions are simple, its anti-colonial politics broad. Rajamouli makes the British rulers of India even worse than they actually were, and they were mighty bad. But his mega-star lead actors play their roles with such ardent conviction that we don't merely believe in Ram and Bheem's friendship, we're moved by it. Rajamouli unfolds the many twists and turns of their story with such confidently rampaging energy that, by comparison, most Hollywood blockbusters feel anemic.

I'm normally bored by action sequences, but from the opening riot to the assault on the governor's mansion to the big prison escape — during which Ram rides atop Bheem's shoulders with guns ablazing — RRR contains more exciting action scenes than all the Marvel movies put together. Indeed, there's a slow-motion shot right before the intermission that is one of the most jaw dropping moments in the history of cinema. Just as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix offered American viewers a new vision of action, so RRR possesses a delirious inventiveness and originality that audiences will love. And I haven't even mentioned the marvelous "Naatu Naatu" song-and-dance sequence that recalls the dance-off between the Jets and the Sharks in West Side Story , but is vastly more alive.

You can currently see RRR on Netflix, and it's a good enough movie that you'll enjoy it. But if you can — and I'd urge local theaters to bring it back — you should see it on a big screen. For two reasons. First, Rajamouli is in love with the sheer bigness that makes movies so much grander than TV. Bursting with fights, rescues, wild animals, surging crowds, sadistic monsters, larger-than-life showdowns and mythic transformations, RRR is not a movie that leaves you asking for more.

Indeed, in these days when the box-office is way down, movie chains are wobbling, and experts wonder whether the movies will even survive, RRR makes the case for returning to theaters. It reminds us that movies are always more thrilling when they're part of a collective experience, when you can share the excitement with the people around you. That excitement is electric when you watch RRR . You may well leave the theater humming the catchy tune, "Naatu Naatu."

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RRR Reviews

RRR is one action crescendo after another, never dull but not exhausting either.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2023

SS Rajamouli delivers his most complete, his most Rajamouli film yet...

Full Review | Sep 12, 2023

What a blast of filmmaking, talent, & across the board insanity. Emotional, riveting, hilarious, action packed, & flat out just one of the most entertaining films I’ve seen this year. So over the top I couldn’t stop watching

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

There are complications and coincidences at work. That is the heart and soul of this great adventure laden with fantasy.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Mar 24, 2023

One of 2022's 20 best films.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 13, 2023

In a movie that also includes Bheem battling a tiger with his bare hands and an aerial rescue involving a motorcycle, “Naatu Naatu” may be the most impressive action sequence.

Full Review | Mar 10, 2023

It's not just about men transitioning from ignorant to enlightened, sad to happy, or anti-hero to hero. It's about humans morphing into fable, history turning into heavens and hells – and life transforming into visual literature.

...goosebumps raising, whiste-worthy, crazy, insane. Did I say outrageous?

The bonanza with a cast of what looks to be thousands and a storyline about getting back at colonizers is a blast throughout its 3-hour-plus running time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 2, 2023

This big epic action movie reminds me of some of those Fast and Furious movies because of the really outlandish action sequences, but this film has the added attraction of Bollywood style musical numbers and a showy dance off.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 27, 2023

... A show that escapes realist drama at every turn. [Fulll review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 27, 2023

Between the stunts, the music, and the acting, you don't want to miss this fantastical spectacle of an adventure. It's cinema at its finest!

Full Review | Jan 22, 2023

One of the beset films of 2022, RRR stands as a gateway into South Asian cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 17, 2023

There are many twists as this beast punches its way through three long hours, but it moves so beautifully and is so frequently astonishing that it's well worth a look.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 13, 2023

We critics occasionally forget that one of the main purposes of cinema is to entertain, impress, and have the audience simply have fun watching. “RRR” reminds us just that.

Full Review | Original Score: 7 | Jan 2, 2023

...has just about everything in it—colonialism, revolution, mateship, a massive cast, insane stunts, amazing costumes and sets, and lots of music and dance.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 2, 2023

It taps into many of the basic emotional centers that have always made movies of this sort popular and, in the process, offers hope that there may still be room for non-IP epics to exist side-by-side with Hollywood’s overbranded franchises.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 31, 2022

RRR was amazing… No other word can describe it! The stunts, story, choreography, music, it was pure cinema. Oh my goodness. A MUST WATCH!

Full Review | Original Score: 9.5/10 | Dec 29, 2022

What's most amazing is that all these genres and tones fit so seamlessly together to tell one powerful story.

Full Review | Dec 27, 2022

Employing vibrant creativity to add shine to the legend of two important revolutionary figures from his own country, S.S. Rajamouli packed every emotional and artistic fiber he could to move his audience.

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India’s wild action movie RRR re-imagines real-life revolt as an epic superhero battle

The latest outsized crowd-pleaser from Baahubali series director S.S. Rajamouli finds massive thrills in revolution

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In the famous “No Man’s Land” sequence from 2017’s Wonder Woman , Gal Gadot strides across a barren battlefield in slow motion, deflecting German bullets with her wrist cuffs and magical shield. The wind blows through her hair as she leaps across the muddy fields with godlike nimbleness, the score swelling behind her with patriotic pride. There’s a similar moment in RRR (“Rise Roar Revolt”), S.S. Rajamouli’s action-drama hybrid about the adventures of two Indian revolutionaries who have divergent approaches to resisting British occupation in 1920s Delhi. The difference is, in RRR , it’s just one of half a dozen scenes of its kind.

The latest outsized action spectacle from Rajamouli — director of the much-beloved Baahubali movies , available on Netflix — mythologizes two historical figures, Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Konidela Ram Charan). In real life, Bheem was a leader of the Gondi people who collaborated with other groups to resist landlords and mining companies encroaching onto tribal lands. Raju, meanwhile, led guerrilla attacks on imperial police stations, seizing British guns and ammunition to level the playing field between colonizer and colonized.

This last point makes its way into RRR , as part of a storyline that reframes Raju as a supercop on a mission to take down the British power structure from within. That’s a minor liberty, however, compared to the fact that in the film, both Raju and Bheem have superheroic agility, strength, and fighting abilities. Both can scale buildings like Spider-Man, dodge bullets like Wonder Woman, and flip their opponents like pro wrestlers. Bheem, representing the element of water, counts the animals of the forest among his allies, and bursts onto the field of battle with tigers and wolves by his side. And Raju, representing fire, drives a burning carriage and shoots flaming arrows. Picture Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere joining the MCU, with Franklin harnessing the power of electricity, and Revere the swiftness of the wind.

The superpowers aren’t the only liberty taken with their stories. RRR explains gaps in both men’s histories by proposing that they became friends after they each made their way to Delhi in the early 1920s — Raju as an undercover imperial cop, Bheem on a rescue mission to save a village girl kidnapped by a colonial governor. (They never met in real life.) In the film, the pair bond over their mutual derring-do. They’re two strangers who agree with a nod to embark on a dangerous impromptu rescue mission to save a little boy trapped by a flaming train accident on a Delhi river.

Subtlety, to put it mildly, is not Rajamouli’s thing. And so the director not only takes every opportunity available to hammer home the “fire and water” theme, he also works in dramatic slow-motion shots wherever he can. Bheem trips and knocks a silver tray out of a waiter’s hand at a garden party? The tray drops in slow motion and spins to a stop as guests stare with wide eyes and jaws agape. Raju pummels a punching bag in frustration after being passed over for a promotion? You bet those drops of sweat are beading off of his glistening, muscular shoulders and dashing mustache at half-speed.

RRR also deals in big emotions to match its hyper-dramatic shooting style. Betrayal, loyalty, and legacy are all major themes, and an alternate title of the film could be SSS — “Secrets. Subterfuge. Sacrifice.” Compared to a stereotypical Bollywood film (which RRR is not — it’s a Telugu production), RRR is relatively light on music and romance, devoting much of its screen time to visual spectacle, gonzo action, and patriotic zeal. The dynamic between Bheem and Raju has shades of the macho bromance of John Woo’s 1980s movies, until it transforms into a superhero team-up. And Rajamouli’s camera is unabashed in its worship of these men, introducing them with protracted sequences designed to build anticipation for viewers’ first look at the characters.

But RRR does make some time for comedy and music amid its stylized feats of mythological bravery. Between the title card — which pops up around the 45-minute mark — and the intermission (sorry, “InteRRRmission”) break two hours in, RRR pauses for a breezy interlude that invites viewers to hang out with the provincial Bheem and the more Anglicized Raju as they get into mischief and chase girls. Raju has a sweetheart back home — his childhood friend Sita (Alia Bhatt), to whom he pledged eternal loyalty before leaving his village to join the Indian Imperial Police. So he acts as Bheem’s wingman, helping Bheem charm sympathetic Englishwoman Jenny (Olivia Morris) with his aw-shucks attitude and impressive dance skills.

A shirtless Jr NTR shoots an arrow through a gap in a wall of fire in RRR

Jr NTR (the common abbreviation for N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) and Ram Charan, both Telugu superstars in their own right, show off those skills in the rousing “ Naatu Naatu, ” RRR ’s only real musical production number. (Another song, “Etthara Jenda,” plays over the end credits, and Bheem puts his defiance into song while being punished for his revolutionary activities.) Longtime Rajamouli collaborator M.M. Keeravani provides music for these numbers, along with a title song and instrumental compositions designed to get audiences to their feet.

RRR is a busy movie, full of kinetic camerawork, bustling crowd scenes, elaborate set design, expensive-looking CGI, and loud sound effects. Rajamouli is skilled at balancing the film’s many elements, so “overstimulated” isn’t quite the word for how walking out o f RRR feels. It’s more like the pleasant exhaustion after a good workout.

The extended running times of Indian films used to form a barrier to entry for Western audiences unaccustomed to spending three full hours at the movies. But times have changed, and RRR is only 10 minutes longer than The Batman . On the other hand, although it’s set for release in 30 countries , the film assumes a familiarity with certain characters and iconographies that might go over foreign viewers’ heads. Still, at its core, this is a story about people fighting for their beliefs against impossible odds. It’s about perseverance and the power of working together toward a common goal. Those themes are universally relatable — as is the giddy thrill of watching racist forces of imperial oppression get exactly what’s coming to them.

RRR is now playing in select theaters worldwide.

[ Ed. note: We recommend viewers check local listings or contact the theater to make sure you’re catching the version of RRR you want to see. The film was shot in Telugu, but some theaters are running multiple screens with versions of the film dubbed into one or more of the other major Indian languages: Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. A Telugu screening will give you the original voice performances with English subtitles.]

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‘rrr’ review: s.s. rajamouli’s glorious indian action spectacle.

This Telugu-language action-adventure epic, available on Netflix, has become a worldwide sensation.

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“Delirious” is the word to describe S.S. Rajamouli’s Indian action-adventure film that has become a worldwide phenomenon both in theaters and on Netflix since its summer release.

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The Indian Action Blockbuster That Should Make Hollywood Jealous

RRR is the heroic epic we’ve been waiting for—one that’s not afraid of its own extravagance.

Ram Charan walking away from a burning building in "RRR"

I can think of two action films from the past decade that involved a stunt in which an actor throws an entire motorcycle at someone. The first is the 2015 Marvel sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron . Captain America (played by Chris Evans), battling bad guys in a snowy forest, does a flip with his bike and flings it at an armored tank . But the moment is brushed off; Cap mutters an unrelated joke and his wild accomplishment is immediately undercut, an eye-rolling punctuation to a busy but washed-out combat set piece.

The other movie to feature two-wheelers as handheld weapons is the Indian epic RRR , a box-office phenomenon that’s become one of the highest grossers in the country’s history . In the final act, the rebel hero Komaram Bheem (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.), confronted with a motorcycle vrooming toward him, stops it in its tracks with a kick, grabs it by the front wheel, and uses it to demolish various opponents, swinging it around like a very unwieldy sword. The feat is ridiculous, but also utterly glorious, rendered in ultra-slow motion set to booming, jubilant music.

RRR , written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli, is more than three hours long, and its run time is bursting with moments like this, aggressive spectacles that are given enough room and emphasis to let the audience revel in them. Bheem is introduced with a training montage in the forest that sees him battle a tiger and a wolf. Later on, in one of his most preposterous attacks on nefarious colonial Brits, he mounts a truck filled with animals and crashes it into a gated fortress, then leaps out, flanked by an assortment of wild creatures, while carrying flaming torches in each hand. The visual is heroic nonsense, sure, but it’s also stirringly maximalist poetry, the kind of sincere triumphalism that feels absent from peer Hollywood blockbusters.

RRR (in English, the title stands for “Rise, Roar, Revolt”) is possibly the most expensive Indian film ever made, with a budget equivalent to $72 million. It is a product of the Telugu-language industry based in Hyderabad, which rivals the Mumbai-based Bollywood and has begun to threaten that sector’s position in terms of financial success. Rajamouli’s last two movies before this one are among the country’s biggest hits. So upon its March release, RRR ’s smash reception in India was to be expected. But its impressive performance in America , where it was initially screened in about 1,000 theaters, was surprising, given the comparative lack of press and advertising.

Since its strong opening weekend, RRR has become a word-of-mouth event in the U.S. Some theaters have organized packed special screenings as one-night events, and others have gone all in on daily showtimes for the foreseeable future, even though the film is now available to stream on Netflix. RRR has broken through for American audiences for likely a few reasons—many people desire fun, communal viewing experiences after years of COVID lockdowns, and cinema chains are casting wider nets as traditional Hollywood studios have had far fewer theatrical releases than usual in recent years. But I think the main explanation is that RRR offers the kind of action extravagance that even the biggest-budgeted superhero movies (such as Spider-Man: No Way Home or Black Widow ) seem curiously afraid to embrace.

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RRR is decidedly less cautious—even a single fired bullet will sometimes get its own slow-motion star treatment, as it blasts gracefully through the air toward a particular evildoer. No self-aware jokes are let loose to undermine the melodrama, and while most of RRR ’s many action scenes are overwhelming in scale, they also all manage to feel thematically different. The tale follows two freedom fighters, both loosely based on real-life figures from early-20th-century Indian history (though the script is entirely fictitious): Bheem, a defender of the Gond tribes looking to rescue a local girl kidnapped by the British, and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan), who, in the film, is a military officer for the empire and secretly hopes to use his position to foment rebellion.

Though they share a hatred for the British, Bheem’s and Raju’s missions are often at cross-purposes, and the script delights in bringing the pair together as friends against all odds. After extended prologue scenes that separately depict their martial prowess, the movie finally unites them about 45 minutes in, when they both chance upon a train accident on a bridge that endangers a child. Bheem and Raju, despite never having met, immediately lock eyes from thousands of yards away and execute a complicated rescue. One of them charges forward on a horse, the other on a bike, and then they both do a series of gymnastic jumps that involves swinging from the bridge on ropes and passing a flag back and forth. (Almost every martial sequence in RRR is very difficult to describe in words, as should be the case for any good action movie.)

After all this, the boy is rescued, Bheem and Raju’s friendship is forged, and the film’s title finally flashes on-screen in full, as if Rajamouli is just now acknowledging that he’s earned the audience’s attention for the rest of the adventure ahead. Montages follow of the leads palling around, along with a masterful dance-off, multiple romances, plenty of tense fight scenes, and lots of lip-curling villainy from the occupying Brits. The thrill of RRR is not the density of its storytelling, though—it’s the exuberance of it.

I’ve invoked Marvel movies—plenty of which I enjoy—because they’re the most common example of the current American blockbuster style, one that lavishes hundreds of millions on intricate CGI action shots that often end up feeling airless, and in which even the grandest battles are executed with a depressing sameness. In those movies, giant monsters are defeated, and portals in the sky are closed, but seeing a film as visually inventive as RRR serves as a reminder of how much modern action usually follows a formula. If wonder is to be consistently found on the big screen, then Hollywood has plenty of new lessons to learn from its best competitor.

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‘RRR’ Review: A Magnificent Cinematic Explosion

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S.S. Rajamouli ’s “ RRR ” is a dazzling work of historical fiction — emphasis on the “fiction” — that makes the moving image feel intimate and enormous all at once. A pulsating period action drama, it outshines even the director’s record-smashing “Baahubali” movies (viewers familiar with them probably won’t know what to expect here) thanks to its mix of naked sincerity, unapologetic machismo, and balls-to-the-wall action craftsmanship. The film is playing on over a thousand screens in North America, and watching it with a packed audience familiar with Telugu-language cinema is likely to yield one of the noisiest and most raucous theatrical experiences imaginable. Plenty of recent releases have been hailed as “the return of cinema” post-pandemic, but “RRR” stands apart as an unabashed return to everything that makes the cinematic experience great, all at once.

To talk about the film in any meaningful sense — especially for unfamiliar viewers — first requires setting the stage. Its title is a backronym that stands for “Rise, Roar, Revolt” in English (and similar phrases in various other Indian languages), a fitting label for its early 20th century story about a pair of Indian anti-colonial revolutionaries. However, “RRR” started out as the film’s working title. It stood for director Rajamouli, and the film’s two renowned Tollywood stars, Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. (or N.T.R. Jr.), whose first on-screen collaboration is a good enough reason for many people to buy tickets. The title stuck. The high-caliber names involved are the main attraction, something that becomes all too clear when each actor first appears, and adoring fans turn darkened multiplex screens into lively spaces of celebration, whose walls echo with hoots, hollers and wolf whistles.

The film is worth this reaction, too.

Charan and N.T.R Jr. play Alluri Sitarama Raju (or simply Ram in the film) and Komaram Bheem, a pair of freedom fighters who, as far as anyone knows, never actually met. However, Rajamouli and his co-scribes — story writer K. V. Vijayendra Prasad and dialogue writer Sai Madhav Burra — imagine a fictitious friendship between the pair, during a period in the early 1920s where historical documentation of both figures happens to be scant. “RRR” takes that mild coincidence and turns it into a boisterous, melodramatic saga filled with action that’s over-the-top in its staging, but grounded in its emotional reality.

Charan’s Ram is introduced first, in a manner that’s as viscerally enjoyable as it is narratively shocking. In a strange inversion of history (though one that no doubt establishes a distinct trajectory for his character), we meet this fictitious version of the revolutionary when he’s a police officer for the British Empire. He leaps into battle against a sea of righteous Indian protesters and takes on hundreds of them at once, a superhuman feat typical of South Indian action stars, but one that Rajamouli anchors to tangible bruises, blood and broken bones, blending ludicrous staging (via wide shots that feel like baroque tableaus) with piercing close-ups that rarely cut away as the action plays out. All the while, Ram remains fearlessly and obsessively dedicated to the Crown, and it’s hard not to cheer him on despite this ugly setup — especially when he doesn’t receive the requisite thanks from his British superiors and takes out his frustrations by reducing a punching bag to sandy pulp.

Before long, Ram — now undercover as a revolutionary in the hopes of a big police promotion — is set on a collision course with N.T.R. Jr.’s kindly and heroic Bheem, whose own introduction plays like a fever dream. After a young girl from Bheem’s forest tribe, the Gond, is kidnapped by a British aristocrat, he sets a mysterious plan in motion that involves capturing a number of wild animals (a setup whose payoff is magnificently unexpected). We first meet Bheem as he sprints through the forest — Rajamouli and cinematographer K. K. Senthil Kumar charge towards him with their camera, making his movements feel limitless — and when he manages to capture a roaring tiger in a net, he roars back in its face, accessing something primal and animalistic, as the camera zeroes in on his quivering veins and muscles.

Both men are, in a strictly narrative sense, straight — Ram has a fiancé back home; Bheem has a bit of a will-they-won’t-they with an English woman, Jenny (Olivia Morris) — but everything about the way they’re captured and the way they interact drips with an unapologetic homoeroticism that forms the film’s emotional core. The duo, unaware of each other’s true identities as a cop and revolutionary, first become friends in a scene of explosive heroism that involves a bike, a horse, a train, and both men swinging off a bridge, but the beat that feels most colossal amidst the mayhem is an intimate close up in which they clasp hands, a moment so enormous that it yanks the film’s title onto the screen about 40 minutes in (who would’ve thought “RRR” would have something in common with “Drive My Car”?)

Charan is suave as Ram, and he guides N.T.R. Jr.’s more awkward Bheem through romantic advances with Jenny (a dynamic made hilarious thanks to their linguistic barrier), but the two leading men constantly wrestle between several emotional layers. Each one has their own secret mission — Ram hopes to suss out a revolutionary leader who he doesn’t realize is Bheem; Bheem hopes to make his way into a Governor’s mansion to rescue the kidnapped girl — but the duo’s close friendship also begins to infect their respective missions, especially when they’re forced to confront the truth about one another. They have broader ideals for which they fight, but their senses of duty, which they each see as altruistic, soon become complicated by their love for each as individuals.

It may not be hard to predict the plot, at least in its broad strokes — it’s filled with coincidences, and with misunderstandings which are eventually clarified — but each emotional moment along the way is both magnified to the maximum, yet rooted in the kind of devastating sincerity that makes the duo’s eventual, inevitable collision almost difficult to watch. “RRR” is the kind of film where violence and music aren’t just layered atop the story, but intrinsically woven into the way it’s told. Every action beat has meaning, either in the way it’s set up — a brief moment from the duo’s friendship montage, in which Ram sits atop Bheem’s shoulders, later returns in stunning fashion — or in the way it enhances the narrative. A moment of betrayal, for instance, is marked by a flaming carriage wheel coming undone and striking one of the characters in the heart, and it’s only about the tenth or fifteenth wildest thing that happens in that entire set piece.

For every story beat told through action, there’s another expressed through M. M. Keeravani’s music. The themes composed for Ram, especially when he’s in uniform, arrive with terrifying western horns, which blare whenever he jumps into action, while Bheem’s compositions feel more Earthy, creating a connection between him and nature through spiritual vocal chants and more traditional wooden instruments. As the duo’s friendship grows deeper, the lines between these kinds of compositions begin to blur. The film may not have many dance sequences, but the one major number — “ Naatu Naatu ,” which went viral several months ago for the way Ram and Bheem dance energetically arm-in-arm — becomes its own euphoric mini-movie about friendship and revolution, with its own subplot running throughout the choreography. Modern Hollywood blockbusters tend to have one or two standout scenes, but nearly every scene of “RRR” feels like it could be somebody’s favorite, so even its gargantuan 188 minute running time feels like a breeze.

Of course, the Hollywood influence on “RRR” is clear from the outset, as is the case with many Indian blockbusters, but the film is also its own unique beast. While it evokes images of superhero movies, American war films, and even films about chattel slavery, it blends them together in transformative fashion, hyper-charging each image until it pushes up against the line of believability, but is swiftly yanked back into a familiar emotional realm by recognizable performances. Hollywood star Ray Stevenson plays a moustache-twirling British officer, Governor Scott, who initially comes off as cartoonishly evil — so much so that he doesn’t even want to waste precious English bullets on “brown rubbish” — yet the film not only sticks with that cartoonishness until it feels familiar, but even expands on his strange philosophy until it becomes inextricable from the plot. That Stevenson (and even Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn, who appear in supporting roles) feel like also-rans in the face of Ram Charan and N.T.R. Jr. is a testament to just how massive this collaboration feels — there’s really no western equivalent — and Rajamouli captures every moment and every interaction with the requisite scale and adoration.

By the time the film reaches its fiery climax, one filled with jaw-dropping imagery, it imbues both men with a sense of holy mythicism. Ram even ends up molded in the visage of his namesake, Lord Rama from Hindu scripture, wielding a bow and arrow in the face of British firearms, but no matter how ridiculously any of these moments read on paper, they fit perfectly with the film’s emotional reality, in which love and righteousness flow through the characters like electric superpowers, allowing them to achieve extraordinary, face-melting feats that will leave even the most hardened and cynical viewers feeling childishly giddy.

“RRR” is now playing in theaters.

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Rrr movie review: the film casts not just one super-star, but two of them – jr ntr and ram charan. the biggest super-star among them all is ss rajamouli and the audience also saved the loudest ‘taalis’ for him..

RRR is a roaring, rearing, rousing mix of genres — epic-mythological-action-superhero-bromance , that very SS Rajamouli concoction, which we are invited to swallow in one humungous gulp. It is also, needless to say, deafeningly loud. But given that the film compelled me to stay with it, and granted me much fun while at it, I was happy, for once, to sacrifice my ears temporarily. The three hours plus film, a patriotic saga set in British India in the 1920s, proves several things in one go. That, for Indian filmmakers and viewers, there will never be a greater, more durable fount of stories than the Ramayan and the Mahabharat . That, if you want to be really safe, you cast not just one super-star, but two of them. And that if you want big, you go only to Rajamouli, the biggest super-star of them all: the loudest ‘taalis’ were reserved for his blink-and-miss in the final credits.

RRR also proves that while the overarching iconography of his films is Hindu, just like in ‘Baahubali’, it is entirely possible to use it without demonising, or othering minorities, even giving the latter a brief look-see in the proceedings. One of his heroes is not just called Ram aka Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan), he also appears in the ‘ dhanush -baan-teer-kamaan’ avatar, to vanquish the evil invaders of our beloved land. And the love of Ram’s life is called, what else, Sita ( Alia Bhatt ). The other hero goes briefly by the name of Akhtar (let no one say there were no Muslims in this tale, see) before switching to his original, Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR), a Gond tribal who turns into a revolutionary.

Apparently these two gentlemen were real people, but Rajamouli’s plot is not just fictional, it is fantastical, teeming with wild beasts who come racing out of cages to trash a party the ‘goras’ have thrown, mortals who are flogged and beaten mercilessly, bitten by venomous snakes, pierced near the heart by bullets, but who stagger to their feet, living to see another day. The secret of making us believe is the filmmaker’s complete conviction, and Rajamouli is a dab hand at it: at one delirious point, Ram and Akhtar clasp hands across a burning bridge, with a banner running across the screen: India, 1920. Bhai, bhai, see?

But these are mere plot points. The real deal is the physical-fetishistic sparring of the two heroes, in a series of set-pieces which give them a chance to dance (‘Naatu Naatu’ is one of the most exhilarating song-and-dance sequences I’ve seen in a while), romance, chance their luck, and join hands to go after their common enemy.

The array of the red-faced Britishers feels like a flashback to ‘Lagaan’, especially the presence of a pretty girl (Olivia Morris) who has a soft spot of the rough-hewn tribal, reminding us of the miss who liked Aamir Khan ’s Bhuvan. But the rest of them are proper monsters, especially Lord and Lady Scott (Ray Stevenson and Alison Doody), who are made to say lines like ‘those brown buggers; will roast the swine on a bed of coals’, and ‘I want to see blood, more blood’, while handing out whips with nails and smacking their lips in an orgy of ecstasy.

Ajay Devgn comes on as a brave rebel who teaches the young Ram to aim straight and true, Shriya Saran his equally brave wife, and Makrand Deshpande in a walk-on without much to do. Alia Bhatt has just a bit more screen space, but manages to look her part. These occasional darts aside, the film keeps homing back to its two Rs, lovingly slavering over their rippled bodies performing undying valourous acts. R and R shoot and scoot, and end with a triumphant pan-India, mera Bharat mahaan anthe m, with that glimpse of the third R.

RRR movie cast: Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, Shriya Saran RRR movie director: S S Rajamouli RRR movie rating: 3.5 stars

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5 Reasons to Keep ‘RRR’ on Your Radar, From Viral Choreography to Oscar Chances

Clocking in at just over three hours, director S.S. Rajamouli ’s “ RRR ” is a genre-bending epic filled with exhilarating action sequences, show-stopping musical numbers and a slew of wild animals.

Set in the 1920s and spoken in the Telugu language, the film follows the unlikely friendship of Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.), two Indian freedom fighters who come together to revolt against the British Raj.

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Although “RRR” isn’t India’s official Oscar selection for best international feature, Variance Films will proceed with a full awards campaign , including submitting the film for best picture.

Here’s a rundown of what to know about “RRR.”

Revising history to inspire the future

Though the narrative is based on two real-life revolutionaries, “RRR” revises history to explore what might have happened if leaders Raju and Bheem combined forces.

In reality, Raju was an Indian revolutionary who launched an armed crusade against British colonialists invading the country. By raiding police stations, Raju obtained firearms to disseminate to the local villagers. The real-life Bheem also rebelled against colonialism, with efforts centered in the Hyperabad State of British India. Bheem was killed by police in 1940, cementing his place in Telugu folklore.

“RRR” is also inspired by the 2014 separation of Rajamouli’s home state Andhra Pradesh and Telegana, a socio-economic decision the director sought to undo in the feature. Instead, natives of India in the film are unified by a shared opposition to British imperialism: “I had this thought that Komaram Bheem is from the Telangana region and Alluri Sitarama Raju is from the Andhra region. So, if I can bring those two heroes together, it’s my way of saying we are one, we are not separate,” Rajamouli said .

“Naatu Naatu” is on the Oscars shortlist for best original song

“Naatu Naatu” is a bouncy, percussion-driven track sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava with lyrics written by composer Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose. The song is the first Indian track to ever be shortlisted for the Oscars.

After a bigoted socialite questions Bheem’s dancing capabilities at a royal party, he and Raja rebuke the assertion with an electrifying Desi dance-off set to the original song. The energetic routine contains elements of traditional Tollywood dance, like the Telugu hook step. The move went viral on TikTok when a first-look at the musical number was released prior to the film’s debut.

Choreographer Prem Rakshith designed the elaborate dance routine, having previously worked with Rajamouli on the director’s 2015 break-out film, “Baahubali: The Beginning.”

The film contains several musical numbers — not just “Naatu Naatu”

While “Naatu Naatu” garnered worldwide attention for its spirited, elaborately choreographed song-and-dance sequence, every musical number in “RRR” plays a major component in the storytelling. From narrating the beginning of Bheem and Raju’s friendship through “Dosti” to Bheem’s inspiring message in “Komuram Bheemudo,” these songs capture the emotions, relationships and crucial turning points of the film.

Animal imagery and symbolism

Several standout moments in the film involve an assortment of beasts, including tigers, leopards and wolves. Although these wild animals are featured in the more over-the-top action sequences of “RRR,” the animal imagery also ties to the film’s overarching theme that Indians are treated like animals by colonial forces. The British colonialists compare Indians to animals or the hunted throughout the film.

While most of these comparisons are used in a negative connotation towards Indians, some characters embrace certain animal metaphors as a source of power, such as Bheem being referred to as a tiger.

Getting in touch with the elements

Fire and water are the two opposing elements used to thematically represent Raju and Bheem, respectively, throughout “RRR.” The connection is made apparent in the film’s opening moments and further emphasized by the original motion poster designed to promote the feature.

In isolation, both characters possess the capacity for recklessness and extreme devastation; but in tandem, the revolutionaries balance out one another’s distinctive personalities and amplify their potential to enact change. Not to mention the protagonists’ elemental contrast makes for a dynamic spectacle of visual effects.

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Epic blockbuster studies colonialism, has brutal violence.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

The movie does promote the idea that you match vio

Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju are incredi

The film is set in India and the majority of the c

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Positive Messages

The movie does promote the idea that you match violence with violence. But it also shows the strength in community and teamwork.

Positive Role Models

Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju are incredibly courageous in the face of prejudice and evil. They both realize that teamwork and putting aside their differences will help their cause.

Diverse Representations

The film is set in India and the majority of the cast are native to the country, including the heroes of the piece. The film is very much male-led however, with few female roles of any real note.

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Violence & Scariness

The uprising at the core of the film is very violent. There are brawls and bystanders are hit over the head with rocks and bats. Several brutal deaths. The cracking of bones and bloody faces. Women and children get caught up in the crossfire, being shot and even abducted. There are many explosions and a multitude of weaponry including crossbows, arrows, and cannons. Characters are tortured for information, and are whipped in front of the public as punishment. There are fights between wild animals and humans, the former shot at, the latter mauled. The colonialists beat up helpless Indians, and refuse to use bullets as they are too expensive, killing innocent people using brute force, such as being hit over the head with a branch.

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Language used includes "bastard" and "wanker." Derogatory language used toward the Indians include them being called "brown buggers," "filth," "rats," and "monkeys."

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Characters are seen smoking cigars. At a party, characters are seen drinking alcohol.

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that RRR is a hugely entertaining Indian blockbuster with violent scenes throughout and some racist language. The central theme is that of an uprising, standing up and showing courage in the face of tyrannical rule. Set in 1920s colonial India, Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan Teja) begin as enemies but realize that in order to defeat the British they must join forces. The uprising itself is incredibly violent, but cinematic in its execution. There are fights between humans and wild tigers, with animals being killed and humans mauled. There are also countless deaths -- including innocent women and children -- some of which are brutal and graphic. Characters are also tortured and whipped. There is some use of "bastard" and "wanker," as well as racist language. Characters are referred to as animals and "brown buggers." This Indian production has a diverse cast -- both Telugu and English are spoken -- though it's fair to say the majority of characters, and the heroes of the piece, are men. It has a runtime of over three hours. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the story.

RRR is a fictitious story about real events, focusing in on the colonialism of India at the hands of the British. Set in the 1920s, when a young girl is abducted, and her mother callously murdered, family member Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) seeks vengeance against the perpetrators, though he is coming up against a brutal, tyrannical regime. What doesn't help, is that fellow countryman Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan Teja) is working for the enemy, and he himself proves an indestructible force.

Is It Any Good?

This Indian action-drama offers viewers about as much fun as you can have with a movie. RRR is pure cinema, at times completely over-the-top and ridiculous, but remaining grounded by its historical context. The credit must go to director S.S. Rajamouli for this ambitious undertaking. He truly is a master of his craft, with some spellbinding sequences -- scenes that you may say out loud in the planning stage, but to actually bring them to life is another matter. He may not have the budget of a major Hollywood production, but it matters little such is the strength in storytelling, and his ability to create such epic set-pieces. RRR combines fantasy with realism in a striking way, and while the film tells an important tale, above anything else, it's just purely, and utterly entertaining.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about the violence in RRR . How did it make you feel? Did it add to the story? Do some types of media violence have different impact than others?

The movie is set in the 1920s during colonial India. What do you know about this period? Why is it important to look back on the past? What can we learn from it?

Discuss some of the racist language used. What purpose did it serve the story? How did it make you feel hearing these things in the film?

The movie has very little female representation . Did you find this problematic? Why, or why not?

The film is a fictitious account of real events. What other movies have you seen that has taken this approach?

Movie Details

In theaters : March 25, 2022
On DVD or streaming : May 20, 2022
Cast : N.T. Rama Rao Jr. , Ram Charan Teja , Alia Bhatt
Director : S.S. Rajamouli
Inclusion Information : Female actors, Indian/South Asian actors
Studio : Variance Films
Genre : Action/Adventure
Topics : Friendship , History , Wild Animals
Character Strengths : Courage , Perseverance , Teamwork
Run time : 187 minutes
MPAA rating : NR
Award : Golden Globe
Last updated : April 7, 2023

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Ram Charan Teja as Alluri Sitarama Raju; N.T. Rama Rao Jr. as Komaram Bheem; Ajay Devgn as Venkata Rama Raju; Alia Bhatt as Sita; Olivia Morris as Jennifer; Shriya Saran as Sarojini; Ray Stevenson as Scott Buxton; Alison Doody as Catherine Buxton; Samuthirakani as Venkateswarulu; Chandra Sekhar as Jangu; Makrand Deshpande as Peddayya; Rajeev Kanakala as Venkat Avadhani; Rahul Ramakrishna as Lacchu; Edward Sonnenblick as Edward; Ahmareen Anjum as Loki; Mark Bennington as Cunningham

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During the waning days of British rule on the Indian subcontinent in 1920, a particularly wicked British woman listens to a young girl sing in her native tongue. It’s quite lovely, the woman thinks. In fact, she’d like to take the girl home with her. The woman is, after all, the wife of the particularly wicked Governor Scott.

“I want to have this little package on our mantelpiece,” the woman says, prompting her assistant to throw a couple coins to the girl’s mother, Loki, as payment. But Loki doesn’t speak English, and she’s told that they’re paying her as appreciation for the girl’s song. When the British entourage takes the crying girl away, Loki and the rest of her village are devastated. After all, what can they do to resist the British Crown?

As the Gond tribe, not much. They’re a peaceful people who won’t even raise a finger against oppression and who will mourn when even a young lamb goes missing. At least, that’s what the British are told. But the tribe also has a shepherd, a man who “protects the herd with his life” who will stop at nothing to bring the girl back home.

Well, one man doesn’t seem like much of a threat to the Empire, but a rebel is a rebel, they decide, putting out a request for a member of their police force to bring this unknown shepherd back—preferably alive. Whoever does so will get promoted to Special Officer.

That offer catches the attention of Alluri Sitarama Raju, an Indian man working within the colonial British police force. His desire for a promotion drives him forward with vigorous tenacity, stoking an unquenchable fire within his heart.

Following a harrowing rescue experience, Raju befriends Komaram Bheem, and he’s thankful to have such a good friend to lean on while he works the mysterious case. If only Raju knew that his new best friend was the very same shepherd he’s hunting.

Positive Elements

Though their relationship is tested, Raju and Bheema develop a great brotherly friendship. At different points, both men must pause and think about whether that relationship is worth sacrificing in order to achieve their ultimate goals. The two stick up for one another, and Raju helps the more socially awkward Bheema talk to a woman he is interested in.

Bheem’s ultimate goal as his tribe’s shepherd is to recover young Loki from her British abductors. As we’ll definitely see, he fights many people and risks his life and well-being to save the child.

Raju, for his part, is an earnest and noble officer serving in the British army. He’s ambitious and works hard to earn a promotion that will grant him more authority to assist those fighting against the oppressive regime. We gradually notice the internal conflict he feels as he works.

Spiritual Elements

The film suggests (and occasionally features) Hindu gods who empower their followers to do magnificent feats. Raju is often compared to Ram, a major Hindu deity; Raju’s fiancée, Sita, is compared to Ram’s wife of the same name.

Additionally, the name Bheema references Bhima, a man said to have been born when a wind god granted a son to a couple. A song chants facts about Ram and Bhima, and it references another Hindu god, too. People bow and pray at shrines. We hear reverent talk about the Godavari River.

Bheem uses a Muslim disguise. At one point, he puts his “holy thread” around a man to try to help heal him. Bheem also sings a song about being one with nature around him, saying that nature speaks to him. (And at an earlier point, Bheem called a tiger his “brother.”) Someone is said to have “appeared like a god.”

And, obviously, this Indian film is full of other visual and verbal references to that country’s dominant religion of Hinduism as well.

Sexual Content

Raju and Bheem are both seen shirtless on a number of occasions. Bheem strikes up an unexpected romance with a British woman.

Violent Content

RRR ’s action scenes are as ingenuitive as they are violent, and plenty of blood is shed. In one scene, Raju takes on a crowd of thousands of people, smacking countless men with his baton—and we hear the sound of bones breaking. People fall down a rocky cliffside. A man’s head is hit with a rock, and a woman is hit by a car and bashed across the face by a soldier wielding part of a tree branch. A man’s arm is twisted until a snapping sound is heard.

Animal attacks are frequent in the film, too. A man gets slashed a couple times by a tiger, the claw marks evident on his skin. Another unfortunate is bitten by a snake. One particularly intense scene involves a variety of dangerous animals, including tigers, wolves and jaguars, mauling a large group of people. One man’s arm is impaled on an elk’s antler.

We also see the violence that results in clashes between the British officials and the Indian protestors. A British officer beats a man for embarrassing him. Countless men on both sides of the conflict are shot and killed, and one man’s finger is shot off, leaving a bloody stump. A young child is also shot and killed. A man is beaten to death offscreen with a sledgehammer. Another man is stabbed in the chest by someone wielding a few bullets like Wolverine’s claws. One prominent Indian protestor is publicly flogged with a spiked whip, and the blood loss is evident. We see a man beginning to bite into another’s throat, and a woman who claws a man’s face with her nails. A woman is kicked in the stomach. A suicide bomber explodes, killing a group of soldiers. Plenty other combatants perish via arrows, explosions and other means.

Soldiers catch on fire and burn. Someone is partially impaled on a tree branch. Raju punches a wall until his knuckles bleed. People are crushed by a careening car. Someone is tortured; their fingers are broken, and they are beaten with a stick. A train car explodes. We see a pile of freshly hunted bucks.

Crude or Profane Language

The profanities listed here are in the film’s subtitles: “B–tard” is used eight times, “d–n” is used five times and “h—” is used four times. God’s name is abused seven times. Additionally, “bloody,” “bugger” and “wanker” are all used, too. A man calls someone a “chit of a girl.”

Drug and Alcohol Content

A man drinks a glass of alcohol. Another man smokes.

Other Negative Elements

Pretty much every British person (save the female love interest) is racist and prejudiced toward Indian people. Raju pops a woman’s car tires with nails in order to help Bheem talk to her. A woman “buys” (essentially kidnapping) a mother’s daughter against the mother’s wishes. Bheem pours blood on his head. We hear a few lines about not eating with the left hand (the hand used for cleaning yourself after defecating in some places in the world).

The two protagonists are based on real-life revolutionaries who never met. The film is entirely fabricated to “show what could have happened in their lives and what would have happened if they met and bonded,” according to director S.S. Rajamouli. That romanticized depiction could potentially lead to misunderstandings about the two historical figures.

Have you been hurt by action movies that end up being more movie than action? Well, that’s all about to change.

RRR, which stands for Rise, Roar, Revolt , is a 2022 Indian release on Netflix. Its two protagonists see plenty of combat by the film’s conclusion—and much of the action sequences are novel and almost comically epic. A man sliding on his knees under a pouncing tiger? Sure. Another man jumping alone into a crowd of a million angry protestors to fight his way to arrest a man? Why not?

And though the half-dozen multi-minute action scenes spread throughout the three-hour timeframe are ingenious in their performance and framing, there’s quite a bit of violence to be had as people are shot, mauled or otherwise injured and killed—all with anywhere from nonexistent to large amounts of blood pouring from their wounds. There’s also a significant amount of Hindu spiritualism present within the film. On the positive side, we’ll also get to watch what may be the best male friendship ever to grace a movie screen.

No, RRR doesn’t reference the rating of the film. But at times, the violence comes close to gaining an R rating in this PG-13 action epic. Think of your action in your average Marvel movie, but with more fight scenes, and the characters more realistically bleed and break bones. There’s a lot that we could summarize here, but for a full description of the film’s rougher edges, make sure to read our “Violent Content” section.

Did I mention it’s a musical, too? As well as the most expensive Indian movie ever made with a budget north of $100 million? Any way you look at it, RRR is a big story. But as we’ve noted here, it comes with some equally big caveats, too.

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Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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RRR (India, 2022)

Although some aspects of RRR may seem foreign to mainstream North American movie-goers, the meat of the tale – an epic adventure featuring two mighty figures – is the kind of thing that American motion pictures used to do well. RRR tosses aside cynicism, “gray areas,” and ambiguity for sheer exuberance. Is it cheesy? Sometimes. Is it over-the-top? Almost always. Is it rousing? Without a doubt. The movie does everything LARGE, whether it’s an action sequence or an emotional connection. By the time the 3-hour running time has expired, most viewers will be exhausted from the nonstop energy of the experience.

As is the case with any spectacle, the best way to see RRR is in theater with a large screen, a top-line sound system, and an engaged audience. However, considering the film’s somewhat inconsistent distribution pattern, that may not be possible. I’m happy to say that RRR still works in a smaller format. There are times when it’s easy to forget the subtitles (there’s also a dubbed version available) and luxuriate in the frenetic energy that infuses nearly every scene. Certain elements, such as the use of treacly songs (a staple in Indian cinema – one that unfortunately doesn’t translate well for many North American audiences) seem out-of-place but that’s as much the result of a cultural schism than a cinematic commentary. With a movie as outrageously over-the-top as this one, who’s going to complain about a little crooning?

The movie transpires in 1920 India during the British Raj. Governor Scott Buxton (Ray Stevenson) and his wife, Catherine (Alison Doody) kidnap a young girl from the Gond tribe. This pushes the tribe’s legendary warrior-protector, Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr) into action. He goes to Dehli to rescue the girl. When sources close to Buxton learn that danger is coming, Catherine seeks out the help of Rama Raju (Ram Charan), a valorous and loyal officer in the Indian Imperial Police. His duty: head off Bheem and kill or capture him. We learn that Raju is actually an anti-Raj revolutionary who is deep under cover. In order to protect his identity, he must pursue Bheem, even after the two become friends while each is masquerading as someone else. This sets up the inevitable conflict pitting them against one another.

As Raju, Ram Charan has the most demanding acting job; the performance requires that he cover the full spectrum of emotions from resolve to grief and he is convincing. N.T. Rama Rao Jr’s role is more in line with that of a traditional hero and he is capable as such. The two have excellent chemistry both as bosom buddies and deadly foes. Irish actors Ray Stevenson (Volstagg in the MCU Thor movies) and Alison Doody (who started her acting career as a Bond girl in A View to a Kill ) are frothing-at-the-mouth evil and make viewers yearn for their deaths. A dash of romance comes to Raju through Alia Bhatt’s Sita and for Bheem through Olivia Morris’s Jennifer.

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RRR Ending Explained: How Does Ram Charan, Jr NTR’s Movie End?

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SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR roared at the worldwide box office. While the movie was a sensation in India, it also received immense love from across the globe, especially Japan. Starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR in the lead roles, the film is an ode to patriotism. Besides the two Telugu stars, the movie also features Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgan, and Shriya Saran in supporting roles. It became the first Indian film to win an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category.

RRR is set against the backdrop of India under British rule. The movie is based on freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaran Bheem. While these two were real-life freedom fighters, they never met during their fight against the British. However, the director imagines a scenario of how the two would have fought together against the British. While the movie is a tale of bravery, it also leaves an emotional impact at every turning point.

How do Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaran Bheem meet?

The story of RRR is set in 1920 with the introduction of Governor Scott Buxton and his wife, Catherine. During their visit to a forest, they abduct a small girl named Malli because of her beautiful voice. Against her will, they take her to their mansion in Delhi and imprison her. As a result, Komaran Bheem, the guardian of her tribe, sets on a rescue mission with his people.

On the other hand, Rama Raju, an Indian Imperial Police officer, is tasked with hunting down Bheem and capturing him alive. While Raju is on his hunt, he meets Bheem disguised as Akhtar and befriends him. With the help of Raju’s friendship, Bheem also meets Jenny, an Englishwoman who stays in Buxton’s mansion. He draws a foolproof plan to rescue the little girl.

Meanwhile, Raju is bitten by a snake during his mission, and Bheem saves his life. At this point, Rama Raju realizes the man he has been behind for days was always close to him. Bheem spills out his truth before an unconscious Raju and embarks on his mission to save Malli. However, as he enters the mansion and fights the British, he is arrested as Malli is held at gunpoint.

From thereon, Rama Raju’s backstory is revealed. His father was killed while fighting the British. His only dream was to see his village armed with British rifles.

RRR ending explained: Do Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaran Bheem win their revolutionary fight against the Britishers?

Bheem is brought in for public flogging, and Raju is asked to hit him with a sharp whip. Despite being in immense pain, Bheem sings a revolutionary tale that incites the crowd into rebellion. In the process, Raju personally asks Buxton to execute Bheem in front of Malli, aiming to rescue both of them. Things almost go as planned, but the situation turns Bheem against Raju. Later, Raju is taken into custody and imprisoned by the British.

When Bheem learns about Raju’s longtime plan and sacrifices from Sita, he sets out to rescue him. The two reunite and battle against the British army. They take their intense fight to Buxton and throw a flaming motorcycle into the barracks’ magazines and set it on fire. They win a part of their battle by killing Buxton and his wife.

In the end, Raju is reunited with Sita , and Jenny joins forces with Bheem. Bheem apologizes to Raju and hails his revolutionary ideas. He also asks Raju to teach him his thoughts as he joins him in the bigger fight.

The post RRR Ending Explained: How Does Ram Charan, Jr NTR’s Movie End? appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More .

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Pen Studios Teases RRR Rerelease

By Rohan Verma

RRR (Rise, Roar, and Revolt) made its theatrical premiere on March 25, 2022, and received a massive response from audiences worldwide. It not only grossed a remarkable collection but also became the highest-grossing Indian film globally in 2022. Recently, RRR’s official distributor, Pen Studios, teased its rerelease.

Set against the backdrop of the British Raj, the film follows the story of two fictional Indian revolutionaries fighting against the British. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, it features N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan in the lead roles. Additionally, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, and others were seen in supporting roles.

Made on a hefty budget, RRR opened with around $28.7 million worldwide on its first day, marking the highest opening day for an Indian film. It earned approximately $170 million worldwide during its theatrical run.

Will Jr. NTR & Ram Charan’s RRR be rereleased in theatres?

Recently, the official film distributor of RRR took to X (formerly Twitter) and engaged the audience by asking , “Guysssss Full form of #RRR?. After active participation from the audience, the studio later replied, “RRR – RE – RELEASE.” This indicates that makers are planning for its rerelease in theaters. However, the official date has not been announced yet.

RRR – RE – RELEASE ? https://t.co/NuVvN8dRet — Pen Movies (@PenMovies) May 4, 2024

For those unaware, Pen Studios has acquired RRR’s theatrical rights for the North Indian Market, including all languages. Additionally, the company holds electronic, digital, and satellite rights for Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.

Fan speculation suggests that RRR might be scheduled for rerelease on May 20, coinciding with Jr. NTR’s birthday. Meanwhile, Jr. NTR is gearing up for his upcoming film, Devara: Part 1, set to be released in October 2024.

It will be intriguing to see when the makers reveal the details of the rerelease. At the same, it will matter whether the RRR will once again break all records.

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Get ready to roar again! RRR returns to theatres on May 10

'rrr' is set for a re-release in theatres on may 10. directed by ss rajamouli, the film stars ram charan and jr ntr in lead roles..

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SS Rajamouli's Oscar-winning film 'RRR' is all set to enthral audiences once more with a re-release in theatres across India on May 10. The blockbuster film, starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan, took the world by storm upon its initial release in 2022, captivating viewers with its high-octane action sequences, powerful performances, and captivating story.

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Details regarding specific theaters and show timings are expected to be announced soon. So, get ready to mark your calendars and prepare to be transported back to the world of Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju.

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SS Rajamouli's RRR Rerelease Date Announced

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR received extraordinary reviews. The film’s massive box office collection proved how it impressed not only Indian audiences but also Western viewers. The film’s theme, cast, songs, and execution amazed everyone. Now, as it has been more than two years since its worldwide release, the film is set to return to the theaters soon. The makers recently announced the rerelease date of RRR.

Set against the backdrop of the British Raj in India, RRR is a fictitious story of two real-life freedom fighters. Rajamouli had imagined what the scenario of the Indian freedom struggle would have been if Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaran Bheem had met and fought against the English together.

The movie follows the story of two different fights against the same rivals. While Komaran Bheem wants to save Malli, a young girl of his tribe, from the shackles of the British, Raju is dedicated to providing his men with enough arms to fight the enemies. Ram Charan and Jr NTR played the two leads in the film. On the other hand, Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, and Shriya Saran made noteworthy cameos.

RRR to rerelease on May 10?

Several old movies from the South Indian film industries have been making their way back to the theaters. Amid the ongoing trend, SS Rajamouli’s RRR is also being rereleased, and fans are excited. The movie will hit theaters once again on May 10, 2024. The official announcement of RRR’s rerelease reads, “This dashing duo is back again to swoon you with their moves & outstanding performance.”

SS Rajamouli changed the dynamics of Indian cinema with his Baahubali franchise. The two Prabhas-led films broke several box office records and left everyone speechless. On the work front, Rajamouli is set to expand the Baahubali story with yet another animated series Baahubali: Crown of Blood. Moreover, he also has an upcoming project with Mahesh Babu, tentatively titled SSMB29.

The post SS Rajamouli’s RRR Rerelease Date Announced appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More .

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What to Expect From ‘Captain America: Brave New World’

It’s a different time in the MCU since Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) passed on the shield to Sam during Avengers: Endgame . As Sam picks up the mantle he is dealing with a new world , as reflected in the movie’s title. Sam had an interesting arc from being a counselor, to an ex-Army vet, to a Falcon, and then to Captain America and it’ll be very interesting to see him deal with the US government and utilize all that legacy.

Onah recently teased that part of the challenge for Sam as Captain America is “working within the government, is the way he’s going to make decisions. The point of view he’s going to have will at times put him at odds with the President.” Fans who attended recent CinemaCon got a special look at the film where this tension between the new President ( Harrison Ford ) and Sam was teased. But the government will not be the only concern for Sam as Tim Blake Nelson ’s Samuel Sterns aka The Leader returns to get his due, “Sam finds himself almost standing between Samuel Sterns and what he thinks the government owes him, and how he wants to go about getting that,” Onah revealed.

Fans should also gear up for some compelling performances as the cast also includes Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, who’ll step up to be the new Falcon, Carl Lumbly returns as Isaiah Bradley, Shira Haas as Ruth/Sabra, and Liv Tyler reprises her role as Betty Ross. Further rounding off the cast are Roquemore, Seth Rollins , and Rosa Salazar in undisclosed roles.

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'From Telangana to Delhi...': Hitting Out at Rivals, PM Modi's 'RRR' Twist to Poll Speech

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PM Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting in Telangana's Karimnagar. (ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also offered prayers at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada in Karimnagar district.

Attacking his opponents over corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that everyone knows there was a movie named ‘RRR’, but he has been told that the ‘Telangana to Delhi RR tax’ has collected more than the film.

The PM’s speech was a veiled attack on Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy. Modi alleged that the money collected in the state through “double R (RR) tax’ is being channelled to Delhi.

#WATCH | In his address to a public meeting in Telangana's Karimnagar, PM Narendra Modi says, "From Telangana to Delhi, there is a lot of discussion about 'double R' (RR) tax. A film named 'RRR' was released a few days back in the Telugu language, someone told me that 'RR' has… pic.twitter.com/gMCZZTCozh — ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2024

“Ek ‘R’ Telangana mein lootata hai aur Dilli mein dusre ‘R’ ko deta hai,” PM Modi said during his election rally in Telangana.

The prime minister had made the same attack at his rally in Telangana’s Zahirabad recently. He said that while the film RRR has brought India’s name to the forefront worldwide, the ‘RR tax’ is bringing shame to the country.

“There is widespread discussion about this RR tax in Telangana. It is alleged that industrialists and contractors in Telangana are required to pay a certain percentage of RR tax. It is claimed that a significant portion of the total collection here goes to Delhi as RR tax. I know you all are troubled by this RR Tax. I don’t need to delve into further detail. The public is now questioning: Who is this ‘R’, and where does this R-tax end up in Delhi?” PM Modi had said.

At Karimnagar rally, Modi further said, “For all these years, both these parties (Congress and BRS) have given Hyderabad to AIMIM on lease. If someone has challenged the AIMIM for the first time, it’s BJP. More than AIMIM, it’s Congress and BRS who are rattled by the challenge from the BJP. Both are helping AIMIM to win in Hyderabad.”

At his earlier rally too, the prime minister had called Congress and BRS two sides of the same corruption coin. “This was evident in the Delhi liquor scam, where BRS members were involved with a party allied with Congress. When action was taken against this scam, members of this corruption racket came together in support of each other,” Modi had added.

Earlier on Wednesday, the prime minister offered prayers at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada in Karimnagar district. PM Modi reached the southern state on Tuesday night and stayed at the Rajbhavan.

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