Following such a smash hit word-of-mouth success with “RRR” earlier this year, filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli recently spoke with the Total Film podcast about a follow-up to the Telugu-language Indian historical fiction epic.
Rajamouli let slip two weeks ago that a sequel is currently being worked out by his father – screenwriter V. Vijayendra Prasad.
This week he assured fans that the sequel would definitely bring back Ram Charan and Jr NTR’s characters Raju and Bheem, as no future RRR movie would be complete without them.
He added that initial sequel talks didn’t lead anywhere, as none of the ideas that they came up with inspired them – until recently:
“Recently, when I was discussing again with my father and my cousin – we are the core storywriting team – my cousin suddenly came up with an absolutely amazing idea, and we thought, ‘Wow, this has to be made into a story’. I asked my father to spread it out, to etch it down, and he’s in the process…
It is about these two guys. RRR cannot be without Tarak and Charan. Maybe there will be other stories about other historical figures, which might be true or fiction, but that would be a completely different film altogether.”
The first film, budgeted at $72 million and running three-hour-plus, follows real-life 1920s Indian freedom fighters Komaram Bheem (NTR Jr) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan), who unite against a common enemy – the British occupying their land.
It became known for its wall-to-wall action choreography, stunt work, pyrotechnics and VFX and grossed around $175 million globally before becoming a smash hit on Netflix.
A second “RRR” won’t be worked on right away as Rajamouli is already committed to directing an action-adventure film starring Mahesh Babu.
Rajamouli has also previously expressed a desire to direct a film adaptation of the “Prince of Persia” video game series.
