RRR lead actors and superstars Jr NTR and Ram Charan have been nominated in the Best Actor Category at the 2023 Critics Super Choice Awards
At the Critics Super Choice Awards 2023, JR NTR and Ram Charan will compete against Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick), Nicholas Cage (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) and Brad Pitt (Bullet Train) in the Best Actor Category
The SS Rajamouli film has also been nominated in the Best Action Movie category with Top Gun: Maverick and Bullet Train
The film’s song Naatu Naatu won the Golden Globes for best original song and the Critics' Choice Award for the best original film and best song
The film’s song Naatu Naatu bagged the Golden Globes for best original song, defeating the likes of Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio, Lady Gaga’s Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, and Rihanna’s Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The period-action drama could not make it to the final five nominations under the ‘film not in English language’ category at the 2023 BAFTA Awards
Talking about the success of RRR, superstar Ram Charan told Good Morning America show, “RRR is about friendship, great brotherhood, camaraderie, and the relationship between these two characters. And I think it is one of the finest writings of my director Rajamouli, he is known as the Steven Spielberg of India”
Ram Charan who has worked with the ace director in Magadheera before RRR said that he hopes Rajamouli will make inroads into global cinema very soon
Set in the 1920s, the film is centered around freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetharamaraju and their contributions to the freedom struggle
Cast: Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt
Source: Sacnilk
Budget: Around Rs 550 crore
India net box office: Rs 772.1 crore
India gross box office: Rs 903.68 crore
Worldwide box office: Rs 1,170 crore