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- Despite its three-hour run, RRR never drags, thanks in large part to its breathtaking action sequences and eye-popping visuals. It may contain all the familiar beats of a blockbuster, but RRR is notably grounded in its central, political theme of anti-colonialism, the sincerity of which keeps the film's big heart beating palpably throughout.
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Jun 12, 2022 · Fortunately, RRR deserves the hype. From the very first scene, RRR engages the viewer with brutal action and a straightforward premise. RRR makes it very clear that it is an action movie first and foremost, but it still develops an emotional hook at the heart of the story.
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Each year, usually around Oscar season, a handful of non-English films cross over to American viewers; recent examples include Korean class thriller Parasite, languid Japanese drama Drive My Car, and reflective Norwegian romance The Worst Person In The World. It wasn’t until 2022 that one of these surprise successes both bucked the Academy’s timeline and hailed from India, despite the country being a global cinematic leader (it produces nearly 2,000 films a year, spread across dozens of languages and industries). The movie in question is S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR — or Rise, Roar, Revolt — a ludicrous three hour piece of anti-colonial historical fiction that functions as its own highlight reel, showcasing some of the best fight scenes, comedy, bromance and explosive musical numbers modern cinema has to offer.
Just how successful has RRR been in the United States? Its initial release was on March 24th, but nearly four months later, it’s still going strong in theaters across the country (thanks, in part, to a widely-publicized re-release), despite the fact that it’s been available on Netflix for over a month. You can stream it, or you can try finding a screening near you. Either way, you’re in for a rollercoaster of a time, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the party-like atmosphere created by big Telugu-language productions (or “Tollywood,” a sister industry to India’s Hindi-language “Bollywood,” which it surpassed financially in 2017). Between the film’s expert control over massive tonal swings, the clarity of its fiery action, and the sincerity of its devastating melodrama, it’s become a “this is how it’s done” rallying cry for American viewers who want better from the rushed corporate homogeneity of modern Hollywood franchises. In simple terms: it slaps, thanks to its unapologetic, adrenaline-fueled fan fiction about two real historical freedom fighters — who never actually met in real life — teaming up in the 1920s to battle the British empire amidst a flurry of superhero poses emphasizing their masculine stature, and physics-bending action whose staging emanates directly from their emotional journeys.
The best way to watch RRR is undoubtedly subtitled in cinemas, because a major selling point is just how vocal the reactions have been, between people clapping, cheering, and even getting up to dance. Granted, at this late stage of its theatrical run, watching it on the big screen might not be feasible in every part of the country (not to mention, the fact that several theaters continue to lack disability access, and the ongoing pandemic is still a danger to many). Streaming is, therefore, the next best thing, as an ever-widening window into media from all corners of the globe (Squid Game, anyone?). But the downside to watching RRR on Netflix isn’t just a matter of settling for a smaller screen.
For one thing, while the streaming version fits your TV screen, the widescreen aspect ratio of the theatrical release isn’t preserved. For another, the version found on Netflix is dubbed in Hindi. You can still watch it in Telugu on Zee5 if you’re keen to sign up — the platform has plenty of other great Indian films — but this version is not quite the original either, thanks to the scattered English language dialog also being dubbed in Telugu, and the persisting issue of cropping, which it shares with the Hindi version.
Thanks to Indian distribution models, which sub-divide streaming deals by language for various different local markets, cinema from the country faces an uphill battle when it comes to curious outsiders. For instance, Rajamouli’s previous two films, the over-the-top sword and sandal epics Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, also found relative success among western viewers online, but their language options can be complicated. They were filmed in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously — as in, each dialogue scene was shot twice — but only their Tamil versions are available on Netflix, in addition to dubs in Hindi and Malayalam (and in English, but only for the first one). What’s more, because of the aforementioned streaming deals, each version shows up as a separate asset, rather than one movie with the option to toggle between spoken languages.
Perhaps watching RRR in Hindi is all the same to viewers who don’t speak any Indian language — even though Hindi and Telugu are as different from each other as English and Korean — and the Netflix version does, in fact, have slight a leg up on most other dubbed movies, since its original lead actors (mega-stars Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) lent their voices to the Hindi track themselves. However, the larger differences between the two versions go slightly beyond authenticity and accurate lip-syncing. Just like English is considered the de-facto language in the U.S., and other widely spoken languages like Spanish are designated as “foreign” or lesser, there’s a more complicated political dimension to Hindi being the default for Western viewers experiencing Indian cinema.
The issue is partially geographical — Hindi is more common in India’s northern states, and tends to be prioritized over southern languages like Telugu, Tamil and Kannada, which have their own major blockbusters — and, when it comes to movies, the issue overlaps with the way Indian cinema is viewed from the outside, under the “Bollywood” umbrella. This is a term often used by non-Indians to group all Indian movies together, even though the Hindi-speaking Bollywood industry only produces some 20% of the nation’s massive cinematic output, while films in other languages don’t get their due. Of course, blockbusters like RRR have been responsible for expanding the conversation on what Indian cinema actually is, even within India itself (filmmakers like Rajamouli have shifted the understanding of the Indian mainstream, or the “pan-Indian” film, which was previously Bollywood’s domain).
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Jun 10, 2022 · The same is true of RRR, an Indian blockbuster that’s now just a click away for curious Netflix subscribers after playing to packed houses in India since March (and in a handful of screenings in...
Mar 18, 2023 · My Verdict: Is RRR Worth Watching? Overall, RRR is a tour-de-force of filmmaking that showcases SS Rajamouli’s vision and creativity. The film is worth the three-hour time commitment. It’s a testament to the power of storytelling and how it can transport the audience to a different world.
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Apr 4, 2022 · Straight out of Tollywood: “ RRR,” a bigger-than-life and bolder-than-mainstream action-adventure epic, is performing mightily in international release as audiences marvel at its spectacle ...
Jun 1, 2022 · 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.
