RRR Spoiler Review
Things I liked
Ok full disclosure tho, this is a lot of things, probably more than the things I'm actually going to list here
One of the first things I need to point out is how they kept romance in the background. I loved this because so many movies, especially in Indian film industries, try so hard to make a romantic plot more important than it is and for once they made a movie completely about the friendship shared between two men
Obviously there was some romance, and after all the hype around Alia Bhatt (Seetha) x Ram Charan (Alluri Rama Raju), NTR Jr. (Komuram Bheem) and Olivia Morris (Jennifer/Jenny) honestly just stole the screen.
Do we even need to talk about Ram playing matchmaker for Bheem and Jenny because AHHHHHHH I loved every moment of it
Back to their friendship, the character arc was so well done between the love to hate and then back to love thing.
Now I'm j going to talk about Bheem for a moment: damn. The last movies I saw of NTR Jr. were like Badshah and Jai Lava Kusa and though I liked both of them, it's been a long time and I wasn't rly sure what to expect. Man came on the screen tho and left with all our hearts that's j how it be. His commitment to Malli, commitment to his friendship, and overall pure innocence won me over so quickly. He truly was the water to this movie
And obviously RRR isn't RRR without the fire. Ram Charan. This might annoy some ppl but tbh I wasn't a fan of him before the movie, maybe that was also because I haven't seen many of his movies. RRR tho, it changed things. Yes, he was absolutely the fire of the movie, but even when he seemed like an ass, he absolutely had his reasons and ends up doing the right thing which I think is something I can really appreciate. How often in Tollywood do we see a protagonist temporarily be the bad guy just to get on the good side later in a bigger way than he originally thought he would. Tbh also his playful side in the movie. Everytime he pushed Bheem to Jenny just made me love his character more. I think overall he was the pragmatism to Bheem's innocence but the special thing about them is when they were around each other, Bheem's innocence rubbed off on Ram so much and it showed.
Ajay Devgan's role: tbh I was kind of skeptical about Bollywood actors/actresses crossing over into the south and it was justified in a few ways which I'll get into later but Ajay honestly made it work and he did it so well. Every line he said brought his character to life and took his mission into the hearts of the viewers and every character around him.
Speaking of Ajay tho, shout out to Shriya Saran bc she once again reminded me why she's one of my favorite Telugu actresses.
And of course, we're not getting anywhere with an RRR review without a shout out to it's amazing music. MM Keeravani garu knew exactly what he was doing and it shows. Of course another special thing was we were left with another song by Seetharama Sastry Garu. My favorite song award is honestly a three way tie probably between Dosti, Komuram Bheemudo, and Ethara Jenda, but Janani, Naatu, and Ramam Raghavam are really really high up there.
Dosti- please Vedala Hemachandra, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, and MM Keeravani on one song is dream come true
Also, the visuals were amazing
Now the dislikes
Yeah so I already said I had issues with Bollywood actor/actress entry into the south and in this movie that manifested itself as Alia Bhatt. To be honest it seemed like she was trying too hard and her role was so small so idek why it was so advertised. I'd say she had one major scene when she met Bheem but other than that there was really nothing.
Low-key was kind of hard to believe that two people could be best friends for so long with absolutely no knowledge of their true identities. Bheem I get cuz he had his alter-ego but Ram was just there and it's weird that Bheem didn't find out his true identity sooner. I guess that could just be marked up to movie logic tho and we could call it a day
Overall rating: 9.0/10
Definitely want to watch it again and imo RRR >>>> Baahubali but maybe that's j me liking Indian nationalists fighting back British raj or honestly just any oppressed group fighting back against their oppressors (shout out to The Kashmir Files 10/10 should watch)
