RRR[a] is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli who wrote the film with K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. It is produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and their fight against the British Raj.






Directed byS. S. Rajamouli
Screenplay byS. S. Rajamouli
Story byK. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Dialogue by
Produced byD. V. V. Danayya
Starring
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 25 March 2022
Running time
182 minutes[1][2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹550 crore[3]
Box officeest. ₹1,091.9 crore[4]

Rajamouli came across stories about the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem and connected the coincidences between them, imagining what would have happened had they met, and been friends. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into oblivion before they began the fight for their country.

The film was formally announced in March 2018. Principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad which went on until August 2021, owing to the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was shot extensively across India, with a few sequences in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film's production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.

Made on a budget of ₹550 crore (US$72 million), RRR was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which has been deferred multiple times due to production delays and followed by the pandemic. The film was released theatrically on 25 March 2022, and opened to positive reviews from the critics with praise for the performances and screenplay. With ₹240 crore (US$31 million) worldwide on its first day, RRR broke the record for the highest opening-day collection earned by an Indian film. The film grossed over ₹1,091.9 crore (US$140 million) worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2022, and set several other box office records for an Indian film, including the second highest-grossing film in India and the third highest-grossing Indian film.