“Your friendship is more valuable than this life.” 

RRR (2022) dir. S. S. Rajamouli

Not salsa, not flamenco my brother. Do you know naatu?

ఆర్.ఆర్.ఆర్ (RRR) రౌద్రం రణం రుధిరం, ఎస్ ఎస్ రాజమౌళి దర్శకత్వం వహించారు

I never thought I’d see a movie as absolutely unhinged and crazy as Everything Everywhere All at Once again, let alone in the same damn year. But RRR on Netflix more than delivered. This is a movie that has, like, seven climaxes, and they’re all jaw-dropping. All of these gifs are from the middle of the movie. This is, like, the end of Act 2. And there are FIVE ACTS. 

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in Gaurav Gupta at the 95th Academy Awards (2023)

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RRR (Rise Roar Revolt, 2022)

Director - S. S. Rajamouli, Cinematography - K. K. Senthil Kumar

"Your friendship is more valuable than this life, brother. I'll die with pride."

Bros

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My Top 20 Favorite Movies - #4: RRR

Running Time: 182 Minutes

Released: March 25th, 2022

Watched It: January 2023

RRR Stars Ram Charan and NTR Jr. Are Open to Hollywood

RRR Stars Ram Charan and NTR Jr. Are Open to Hollywood

Screenshot: Variance Films If there’s one question audiences are asking after watching S.S. Rajamouli’s epic RRR, it’s: “Where can we see more of Ram Charan and NTR Jr.?” It seems inevitable that the Tollywood superstars will blow up on the Hollywood blockbuster scene with crossover success—think pop-star BTS level, but make it cinema. It’s time to place our bets on which director or producer…

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RRR Is Now My Favorite Movie, Officially

This movie is *slams* absolutely *hand* friggin *on table* beautiful. The beginning totally pulls you in, hell, Netflix's preview with Bheem fighting the tiger in his trunks pulled me in 😳 But come on the story is riveting! The two leads do soooo well - their dance battle? EPIC. Loved seeing that crowd loosen up, I even found myself doing the kick with them and tested my endurance lol.

The music didn't captivate me as much as say, Mirzya, but the action was still top notch. Marvel Avenger's level, and everyone was so on point with their choreography! This movie could go for so many awards. I even salute the subtitles because tbh, I do check for good captioning.

I'm not a critic or anything, but I did see maybe one or two like SFX mistakes, but nothing jarring. What did break my immersion was the dubbing. I'm used to it trust me, but the voice actors sounded so rich in Hindi and when I could see it was not matching, I wondered about the original Telugu, and wishing that audio option was available.

So mad props to N. T. & Ram, the starring actors, voice actors, and the behind the scenes crew - because you've created a masterpiece.

(Shout out to the background actors too - who, in the time of Covid 1920, came out in droves to set the scene. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿)

All this being said is why this is 7 out of 5 stars for me. 7 is my favorite and yes, a lucky number to me.

Favorite movie - chuckled, teared up, full on cheered.

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Wonderful Things That May or May Not Be Wonderful!!! Sometimes we could use a good pick me up and a lot of things can do that. Coffee, energy drinks, a good joke, a refreshing walk outside, a high energy award winning Tollywood song and dance number where two soon to be revolutionary heroes from the Raj period of India’s history school a bunch of stuffy British aristocrats and charm all of their women in a display of intensely choreographed bliss. You know, ordinarily accessible things. On a related note, did you know that the Naatu Naatu segment from RRR is 1000% wonderful? P.S. Also, now live at the 2023 Oscars! Good job on that Best Original Song win. It wasn't even close.

ఆర్.ఆర్.ఆర్ (RRR) రౌద్రం రణం రుధిరం, ఎస్ ఎస్ రాజమౌళి దర్శకత్వం వహించారు

Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: #7: RRR (dir. S. S. Rajamouli)

I can't even begin to describe how much fun I had while watching RRR. To call this film a roller coaster ride of action and emotion would be a criminal understatement. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of Bollywood/Tollywood films, more out of ignorance than anything else, really. It just always seemed like an impenetrable wall of wacky stories, musical numbers, and offbeat camerawork. It just never seemed like my kind of thing, so I've never really taken the dive into that world. This film single-handedly turned that opinion around, and now I'm hungry for more. The story of two friends who, unbeknownst to each other, are actively trying stop the other from accomplishing their goal is packed to the brim with unforgettable action sequences as well as musical numbers that, and I can't stress enough how much I normally don't like this kind of thing, are some of the best I've ever seen in film. With a runtime slightly exceeding three hours, I can honestly say I was never once bored. This film is entertaining, it's moving, it's inspiring, it's funny, and most importantly, it's exceptionally well-made. Director S. S. Rajamouli (who, unbeknownst to me until after I finished the film, directed the only other Tollywood film I've seen and loved, Eega) is a master craftsman behind the camera, and the cinematography (done by K. K. Senthil Kumar) is phenomenal. The action sequences are awe-inspiring, the musical numbers are fun when they need to be (see the Academy Award-winning song "Naatu Naatu" for confirmation) and moving when they need to be, the dramatic scenes hold the perfect amount of drama without slipping into camp or melodrama. Almost everything about RRR works. Even the English-language actors do a pretty good job which, from what I've seen of big-budget foreign cinema that employs English-language actors, that is not always the case. They're not the most subtle or eloquent actors in the world, but they play their parts well, and nothing about RRR is subtle, anyway (although it is eloquent). This film is brash and bold and as in-your-face as it can be, but the whole time it's doing this you are absolutely along for the ride. I said this in my original review and I will say it again here, I am purposefully talking around plot-specific details because I am of the strong opinion that everyone should walk into RRR as blind as possible for the maximum amount of enjoyment to happen. It's so much better when you have no idea how over-the-top it can get, and trust me, you have no idea how over-the-top this can get. I absolutely hate the fact that Netflix owns the North American distribution rights for this film, because that means it will probably never get a Region 1 Blu-ray (or, even sadder, a 4K edition), and I am forever stuck with either watching the Telugu-language file I have, or watching the Hindi-dubbed version of the film on Netflix. It's a shame, because that is absolutely one of the best films of last year and without a doubt the best action film of last year.

The Hindi-dub of the film is currently streaming on Netflix. The Telugu version, for those committed to watching through more "official" channels, is currently streaming on the ZEE5 Global streaming service.

You can read my original review of RRR here.

209. RRR: Revolta, Rebelião, Revolução (ఆర్ఆర్ఆర్, 2022), dir. S.S. Rajamouli

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It's RRR's world and we're just renting space.