When SS Rajamouli’s RRR was released in March this year, it became an instant blockbuster. The film starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR in the lead was widely loved by all not just in India but around the world. However, SS Rajamouli has now said that he never expected RRR to be such a big hit globally. The filmmaker was speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) when he mentioned that is still trying to understand RRR’s popularity in the west.
“Never ever [had] I expected RRR to do well with the Western audiences. I didn’t even have an inclination for that. When RRR was released (in the West), I started getting the responses, I thought maybe there are a few. Then few became hundreds and hundreds became thousands and film people from different fields were talking highly of RRR, I realized something that I never knew about myself or my films. I am still trying to understand to be very honest," Rajamouli said as quoted by BollywoodLife.com.
This is not the first time that Rajamouli talked about film’s phenomenal reception from the west. Earlier in July, during a special interaction arranged by Netflix, in which Russo Brothers were also present, SS Rajamouli shared how he was really surprised by RRR’s overwhelming response among the western audience.
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“Yes, I was surprised with the reception from the West. A good story is a good story for everyone, but I didn’t think I could make films for Western sensibilities. I never believed myself. So when it came out on Netflix and people started watching it, and word of mouth started spreading, when the critics started giving out good reviews, yes I was really, really surprised," he had said.
RRR is a fictional tale of Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju played by Ram Charan and Komaram Bheem played by Jr NTR. The film is set in the 1920s when India was under British rule. Besides Ram Charan and Jr NTR, the film also starred Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn. The film earned close to Rs 1200 crore worldwide at the box office. From Russo Brothers to American filmmaker Scott Derrickson and Gremlins director Joe Dante among others, several big Hollywood names also praised RRR. It is now being speculated that RRR will be India’s ticket to the Oscars.
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