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The master of filmmaking and direction of the highest calibre SS Rajamouli’s recent movie RRR shook the Indian box office breaking records in the country as well as Worldwide. RRR has been the top-trending movie on Netflix for 10 weeks in a row and received more than 47 million hours of global viewing.
The Telugu-language-based movie RRR is now available on ZEE5 and Disney+ Hotstar in addition to Netflix. The Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada versions of the movie were streamed on the other OTT services, however, Netflix only offered the Hindi version.
In his recent interaction with the Hollywood director duo the Russo Brothers, The director opened up about his dissatisfaction with Netflix.
During the conversation, Rajamouli said, “First of all, I am truly unhappy with Netflix since they picked only the Hindi version, not the other four versions,”. I do, therefore, have a complaint against them. The second thing is that, yeah, I was astonished by the response from the west.
Raju and Bheem have aRRRived!🌊🔥
RRR streaming now in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. #RRROnHotstar #DisneyPlusHotstaRRR pic.twitter.com/tRPsUmRXZH
— Disney+ Hotstar (@DisneyPlusHS) July 26, 2022
Speaking about his direction and the stories that he has directed and the way the fans received them Rajamouli said “ A good story is a good story for everyone. But I didn’t think I could make films for Western sensibilities. I never believed myself. So when it came out on Netflix and people started watching it and the word of mouth started spreading and the critics started giving out good reviews for that.”
He further emphasized that he is very thankful for Netflix, stating, “Yes, I was surprised. And yes, it wouldn’t have been possible without Netflix. For that, I have great regard for them.”
The Russo Brothers were overwhelmed by their interaction with one of the best directors in the Indian film industry and they tweeted, “Such an honor getting to meet THE great S.S. Rajamouli…” to which the RRR director replied, “The honour and pleasure are mine.. It was a great interaction. Looking forward to meet and learn a bit of your craft.”
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