RRR movie review: SS Rajamouli delivers an epic mythological action superhero bromance
Written by sidhanta
Written by sidhanta
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.
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.
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,
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