N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan open up about unifying Indian cinema, breaking into Hollywood and director S.S. Rajamouli's obsessive attention to detail.
at the TCL Chinese Theatre sold out within 98 seconds earlier this month, one of the film’s stars, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., turned to a culinary analogy from home to make sense of it: Maggi, an instant noodle brand popular in India that only requires two minutes to cook.
, where “RRR” took home the original song trophy for the infectiously energetic “Naatu Naatu” and was also nominated for non-English-language picture.the attention “RRR” has garnered abroad To that end, both actors dubbed their own voices for multiple versions of “RRR” in the most prominent Indian languages: Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.“When an actor is performing and his voice is rendered to his expression, it only makes it better,” said Rao “Rajamouli insisted on it to get an instant connection with the audiences who speak that language in that region,” added Charan.S.S. Rajamouli’s period action epic has been a labor of love, box office sensation and global success story.
Casting two real-life friends with lived-in chemistry and organic rapport facilitated Rajamouli’s job. But despite the strength of the actors’ fraternal relationship, their desire to share the screen was not reason enough for them to agree to take part in “RRR.” Rao said Rajamouli’s wild ideas no longer shock him. But he acknowledged that the filmmaker’s commitment to precision in the “Naatu Naatu” dance number was an exception. Although neither of the two stars found the steps uniquely difficult — they are both accomplished dancers — the strict synchronization posed a challenge.
Principal photography for “RRR” kicked off in 2018 and, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, didn’t wrap until 2021. In all, there were more than 270 shooting days, with a single sequence — in which the two friends fight it out amid wild animals and fiery explosions — occupying a whopping 65 nights.
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