SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus film RRR completes one year of its release today. The film starring Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in the lead roles has been hailed as one of the biggest films of Indian cinema.
RRR has won several international honours for India, including the prestigious Oscar award. The film’s song Naatu Naatu created history for India by becoming the first Indian song to win the Best Original Song award at the Academy.
RRR Budget
The budget of the magnum opus pan-India film was reportedly around Rs 550 crore.
RRR Total Box Office Collection
The film collected over Rs 1236 crore (gross) worldwide in all languages. In India, the gross box-office collection stood at Rs 936 crore. Upon its re-release in India ahead of the Oscars earlier this month, the film collected yet another Rs 1 crore.
RRR collected $191,000 (Rs 1.56 crore) in USA, while yen 1400 Million (Rs 81.6 crore) in Japan. The film holds the record for being the third highest grossing film of all time in India.
Update On RRR 2
Recently, at the red carpet of The 80th Golden Globe Awards, SS Rajamouli revealed that work on RRR 2 has already begun. The filmmaker revealed that they have already started working on the script.
“When the film released and got a great reception, we toyed with the idea of a sequel. We had a few good ideas, but not a compelling one. Then, after it started finding its reception in the West, a few weeks back when we were discussing it again with my father and my cousin (who are a part of the writing team, a fantastic idea came up and we immediately started writing,” Rajamouli said at the red carpet.
“But, until the script is done, we can’t take it forward, but we are in the process of doing that,” the filmmaker added.
After the big win for RRR at the Oscars 2023, Rajamouli revealed that the honour has ‘accelerated’ work on RRR 2. “Obviously, [Oscar win] is going to put some acceleration in the script. Definitely, yes, let's see,” the filmmaker said.