Filmmaker SS Rajamouli says that like any other filmmaker, he too has ambitions of making a Hollywood film someday. However, the decision to venture into Hollywood has not been an easy one for the filmmaker, whose latest film “RRR” has been winning various award functions in the US after garnering a lot of strong buzz. “I think making a film in Hollywood is the dream of every filmmaker around the world. I’m no different. I’m open to experimenting,” Rajamouli told American news outlet Entertainment Weekly during an award-winning podcast.
The filmmaker, whose filmography also includes hits like “Magadheera”, “Eega” and two “Baahubali”, says he is “a little confused” as he likes the creative freedom he gets while directing Telugu films. He said, “Back in India, I’m a dictator. Nobody tells me how to make a film.”
He believes that a Hollywood project could be an opportunity for co-credit. Rajamouli said, “Probably, my first step would be to collaborate with someone.”
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Rajamouli is currently in the US to attend the Hollywood award season. RRR has once again made India proud on the global stage. After bringing home the Golden Globe, Rajamouli’s magnum opus won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Its song Natu Natu also received the Best Song Award. A tweet from the handle of the 28th Critics’ Choice Awards read: “Congratulations to the cast and crew of @RRRMovie – winners of the #criticschoice Award for Best Foreign Language Film. #CriticsChoiceAwards”. This song is also in the long list of Oscars.
About RRR
NTR Jr, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgan in ‘RRR’ Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris. It centers around two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, their fictional friendship and their fight against the British Raj. Set in the 1920s, the plot explores an unspecified period in their lives when both revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before starting to fight for their country.
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(With PTI inputs)