Ram Charan and Jr. NTR starrer and SS Rajamouli’s directorial RRR has had a stellar performance at the box office. The movie has crossed 500 Crore worldwide gross box office collection on just the third day of its release. RRR overtook Sooryavanshi, and Kashmir Files to become the highest-grossing Hindi film of the pandemic era. It also broke Baahubali 2’s record of India’s biggest opener.
Reacting to the enormous success, Karan Johar sang praises of filmmaker SS Rajamouli. Calling him India’s biggest filmmaker, Johar hailed Rajamouli saying that no one could take his mantle away from him. Speaking at ABP News’ Ideas of India, Johar spoke about Rajamouli saying, “He is enormous and gigantic just like his brand and his films”. He also mentioned that the Bollywood industry draws inspiration every week not just from Hollywood but also within the parameters of India. “Look at the numbers of RRR.”
Salman Khan also reacted to the colossal success of the movie. Talking about Ram Charan’s stellar performance in the movie, he said “It has been a wonderful experience working with him. I have known Chiru Garu for the longest time. He has also been a friend. His son (Ram Charan) is also a friend. He has done such a fantastic job in RRR. I just wished him on his birthday, and on the success of his film. I am very proud of him. It feels so good that he is doing so well. But I wonder why our films are not doing so well in the South. Their films are doing so well here.”
He also mentioned that he is working with Chiru Garu, praising their heroic style of films.
At the same time, Pushpa director Sukumar has also penned a heartfelt note for SS Rajamouli in Telugu. When translated it reads, “Even though we are next to you, we have to run, to reach you. Even though we are in the sky, we need to lift up our heads to look at you. The only difference between you and us, Rajamouli, is, you can make a film like this and we can only watch it.”
The movie is based on the lives of Indian freedom fighters, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem. It also stars Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, and Samuthirakani.
