RRR Movie: Reaction Review Analysis - Deep Dive into RRR for Americans by an Indian
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2022
- This video sets out to help Americans and other foreigners gain a better understanding of the masterpiece and cult classic RRR. It is presented by an Indian guy who loves the movie and also loves those that love it.
The affection this has received worldwide and from Americans in particular is astounding, but surely they've missed a lot of things on account of language, culture, history... This video hopes to bridge that gap.
An ABSOLUTE MUST for RRR Fans!!!!
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Littraly no one understood the bangal scene were Bheem makes a bangal for malli..
Previously most of the tribe/rural people used to wear bangles made out of clay..
In Telugu it's called Matti gajullu..
So as soon as malli saw the bangal she gets connected without any message on it...
Look ckosely the bangle had tribal art on its face, she could recognize by seeing the artform peculiar to that area.
At first I wondered who is this guy making a 2.5hr review on a 3 hr movie....but you cleared so many doubts and misunderstandings the western audience may have in such a fantastic way....Hats off to you bro!
Thanks Vinod. Do spread this to other RRR fans. I made this video only for my love of this epic.
lol
yeah.. .. i loved it!
Brazilian here, this video is Great. I enjoyed the movie so much, but I knew I was missing cultural context from this movie.
Obrigada. Glad you liked it. Do share with others who appreciate this masterpiece. Ciao.
Brasil aqui também👍
Wow! I didn't expect to watch the entire thing. I appreciate everything you said. It gave me a clear picture of how great RRR movie is. Now, I'm excited to learn more about Indian culture and watch more Indian movies.
Glad to know. Do share with others, it is a great movie!
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis I do. I feel like a cult member trying to recruit more followers. hahaha. They are getting annoyed of me. lol
Ya. Its just that kind of movie.
But I’d like to caution here. Not every Director puts so much thought behind each scene. We do churn out lot of crap. So, pls don’t feel disappointed…🙂
THANK YOU! I’m almost in tears with joy as I have been wanting this form of commentary. I have watched this movie a ridiculous amount of times and have been frustrated that so many references were lost on me. Even just identifying where everything is occurring has been so helpful. I would so enjoy to see your detailed analysis on other Indian films…regardless thank you again!
Thank you! Glad it as useful to you.
Excellent analysis! Thanks for taking the time to explain the details many may have overlooked. The scene where Akthar/Bheem prays at the temple was a big reveal and many people missed it. This film was obviously made for Indian audiences but I hope more people see this to pick up on the missed details. Great work. Liked and subbed!
Thanks Jaz. Do share with other RRR enthusiasts. Its a great film.
Great Video and explanations! Even as an Indian sitting in India, I found your review to be very informative!!
Glad it was helpful!
True.
Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks... This was need of the hour now the overseas audience will appreciate this movie even more after watching this video.
Thank you! Do spread the love. This truly deserves and Oscar!
Thank you SO much for this video! It made this movie even better!
Glad you enjoyed it!
you get it!!!!! thank you so much for this!! we liked, no really loved this movie and could relate to quite a few of the themes. the subtle culture beats were missed by me as well as quite a few other americans. i have loved the support from most of the folks of India. some have given me awesome movie recommendations, others where more than happy to explain the culture elements of what i was seeing (i am looking at you Shetty i am not letting the blu ray thing go awesome film now i have questions) i digress, sorry. anyhoo sooner or later these will just be movies to us and because of people like you we will be able to enjoy these rich and vibrant stories even more.❤
Thank you so much!
I am so appreciative of the time and care you put into this movie. I watched RRR on my own and then immediately made my spouse watch with me. I wished the whole time I had someone to help me understand the cultural/visual language cues I was missing. Thank you for helping educate me
Thank you for the kind words.
Brother!!! I don't know how much research you have done for this particular movie, but your knowledge is limitless! Respect!!
Thanks Bro. Honestly I just loved this movie so made this one video because it hooked me. Do share as the world should appreciate this more and hopefully all the way to the Oscars!
Thank you for explaining all the subliminares of the story. I just love this movie. It's a great movie no doubt. I'm a 47 years brasilian lady, I've watched a lot of movies in my life and I caught this on netflix without knowing what it was about, or the success it was in the world. It just pop out into my recommends, and well, I am pretty tired of hollywood... I was looking for world movies. In ten minutes I knew I was watching something special. The hole thing is near the perfection, at same time is always big, exuberant, fantastic, dramatic, fun and fantasious. The real dream of cinema. Well I watched it about 5 times now, and I will see it again, and again... I didn't recall the last time I had so much fun watching a movie! I could understand there was references to Indian's mithologies, and the characters was upgrading in accordance to their life purposes, ending up like super humans inspired by the gods. The story explains this beautifully! I got a little confused by the Raju's religion, the hole movie seems to be very "all included" in religion, History and language. The way Rajamouli has done the Bheem's torture scene! It was poetic! Very respectfull to the audience, and deep of meannings. I never expected to see a martir-torture scene so beautiful and painfully expressed. Well, sorry for the long text and thank you again!
Thanks for the vote of appreciation! Yes, indeed the beauty of this movie, or of all masterpieces for that matter is that even if you can't catch on to all the cultural nuances, its still enthralling, and that is RRR. The great movies are the ones where the more times you watch the more you learn! Abrigado.
This is the best video made on RRR explaining it's nuances. Man I'm hooked to it as I did to RRR. Great job.
Thank you. Do share. Its like those one in a decade movies.
Both Ram and Bheem are modern historical figures as depicted in movies but they are also inspired from ancient historical characteristics of Shri Rama (from Ramayana Era) and Mighty Bheem (from Mahabharat Era) that's the reason why Bheema can lift motorcycle because according to Mahabharat, Bheema can crush mountains and 🐘 with his single punch. And Rama dressed liked that statue (idol from where he gets his 🏹) of ancient Indian Rama. You should read the lyrics of song playing in background music in last forest battle. That score describes the characteristics of both ancient historical figures.❤️❤️
Absolutely. When the Sanskrit song starts playing the two characters are then alluding to the historic epic characters Lord Ram and Bhima. When the motorcycle is lifted, we can hear the lyrics in the background praising the Mahabharat Bhima having the strength to crush the arrogance of elephants.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis it was for Lord Rama forsure, but alluri sitarama also dressed liked that , and for bheem which confirm is the english girlfriend jenny, in mahabharat bheem fell in love with asura girl
Went through your whole video - Your breadth and depth of knowledge is very impressive!
Frankly, when I saw the movie, had missed a lot of nuances - well done to you for putting in so much detail.
Honestly, fantastic job!!
Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words. Really appreciate it! Do share. #RRRforOscars
Great breakdown of RRR, thank you for sharing with us.
I can't get enough of this movie so sitting through your video flew as quickly as the movie itself! 🍻
The amount of history you know, adds so much more value.
It would be a treat to listen the whole thing.
Right now just till the half.
Thank you!
that Gondwana fact- My mind was blown, thank you so much.
I know. It's pretty cool.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis you have vast knowledge in all aspects, I would encourage you keep doing these kind or like any kind of content you will have a lot of listeners.
You put so much time and effort into this video bro. Loved it
Thank you for the explanation - clarified many things. And super impressed you took the time out to do so! You keep saying kudos to the director in your video, I should say - “ kudos to you! “
Thank you. You are most kind, but I'll still have to stick to kudos to the director!
Broooo, Well done!! The world needs this video!
Thanks! Do share.
Spot on, I watched 3 times and you still caught things that I missed 👍, I will have to watch your review once again 😅
That's director Rajamouli mark..
Rrr is an epic..
It's a true characters of two freedom fighters of India with fictional story based on true heroes of two freedom fighters of two Telugu States (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) of India.. in 1920..year..times.
One is Komuram bheem
N Alluri sita Rama Raju..
They fought against to Monopoly British n Nizams rules (muslim rule) for independence...
And actors nailed it..
One is Ram Charan as ramaraju
N Jr. NTR as Komuram Bheem
Telugu film Industry of INDIA(Tollywood)
One of the biggest Film iIndustry
Southern part of India..
Two states speak Telugu language more than 11,crore people speaking Language.. in India
1) seeta rama raju from andhra pradesh and Komuram bheem from telangana statess, in history both of them Raju and bheem were from same timeline but never met each other in reality, in original history they both went missing for 4 years during this 1920 time period, no one knows where they went and what they did, but after 4 years they both returned to their villages and fought their own fights and both sacrificed their lives for our country, Director rajamouli hv woven a fictional story that what happens if they met each other, and exchange their ideas and ideologies in the time period they went missing... That's how this movie was born.... This movie is about India's freedom from british rule,
2) In RRR we find the performances of english actors far better, that's because rajamouli approached professionals, the one who played Scott is "Ray Stevenson" one who acted in "Thor" movies, one who played lady Scott is "Alison doody" the lead actress from indiana jones....
3) When ram captures bheem's clan member, he catches a snake n attacks ram even though he is tied, that man catching the snake is justified coz they r gond tribals, they know everything abt every animal, how to trap and catch them, n how to treat animal attacks using natural ayurvedic remedies, since they were born n brought up in jungle along with those animals n plants, that's how even jr NTR is able to tame n control the animals during interval sequence....
That song jr NTR sings while being whipped "komaram bheemudo", few non indian and north indian audience may find the song lil distasteful because they r unaware of the importance of the song, the gond tribe (the telangana people) who faced many tortures under the nijam rule, hv developed a habit of singing folklore songs explaining their pain n oppression for years, these songs kind of made those people stronger n revolt against nijams, similarly at the end of the song people revolt, even now a days these songs r famous in Telangana area, we andhra n telangana people r familiar with such songs, but north indian n non indian audience may not hv any idea abt it, even the song komaram bheemudo was written by one of the famous revolutionary singer from telangana area, if u concentrate on the lyrics of the song we can feel the oppression his people r facing....
4) the subtext or easter egg about the "Barbed whip" that lady scott threw to torture jr NTR is that in the climax when the Scott's empire blows up when lady scott died we can see her body hanging in "Barbed wires" implying that she finally got what she deserved.... "karma is a bitch"🤭🤭🤣
5)near the climax when jr NTR knocks on the floor to find ram who was imprisoned in the ground, he actually knocks the same beats of Nacho Nacho song, so that only ram charan could recognise it's him rather than other possible prisoners, ram charan also reciprocates by knocking the same beat of nacho nacho, even in the earlier scene when ram charam is bit by snake he plays the same beats to communicate with jr NTR, the cinematic brilliance of rajamouli for using a song in so many ways giving easter eggs all the way around is lit🔥🔥🔥 hatsoff to rajamouli 🙏
6) In a scene where they show the security measures of the palace they had 2 doors at entrance, only after closing the 1st door they will open 2nd door, if we observe both the doors clearly and also if we listen to the creek sounds of both doors, we would know the outer door is a wooden one, and the inner door is a metal one, so to rescue malli they can break the outer door but they can't break the inner door, that's the reason y the character jhangu climbs a tree and listens for the 2nd door to open to rescue malli in interval scene... Every small detail in this movie is well planned and well executed...
7) the scene about bheem carrying ram in the climax sequence may seem a bit overemphasized, but even earlier in the film in dosti song there was a shot giving easter eggs, where we can see jr ntr doing squats on the ground lifting ram charan, then ram charan does pull ups holding a tree branch, this way rajamouli is planting an idea subconsciously to his audience that jr ntr got lower body strength n ram charan got upper body strength... So that audience get convinced during the climax scene where bheem carries ram... Even the scene seems physically impossible, rajamouli never hesitates to show his ideas n imaginations in the mostmost convincing way possible, that scene may be impossible but u could never find any other director pulling of such a scene in any film like rajamouli... Respect....
8) The same way In climax fight sequence bheem lifting a bike looks over the top for sure, but do u know those bikes were actually used during second world war time so that in any unforeseen situation during war the soldiers can actually carry the bikes, those bikes weight around 55kgs only, i agree that even 55 kg bike travelling at 50kmph velocity is difficult to be lifted... But look at the way it was imagined, presented,picturized, the mesmerising cinematography in that scene, the kind of goosebumps it gave us, we should watch the movie for its epicness, rather than being nitpicky about everything....
9) At the climax that transformation of ram charan🔥🔥, many people thought that was sree ram's avatar, there are many indian purana's references to the movie for sure but its not only sree ram's avatar, it is also about the original look of Alluri seeta rama raju (the freedom fighter ram charan was playing), alluri seeta rama raju in history was well learnt man who wears those kashayam clothes fights with bow n arrows, probably the best archer india has ever had, he fought against britishers he got weapons n guns by attacking police stations n british camps, he used the same weapons to attack britishers with his trusted men... Even he was shot dead bybritishers in the freedom struggle... Legend says that britishers put around 100 bullets in his body n ruthlessly killed him... At the end of the film rajamouli showed ram n bheem in their original looks ram wearing kashayam clothes, with long hair n beard, bheem with a pagdi on his head n those clothes gond people used to wear...
10) the final RRR fact, For the interval sequence with animals rajamouli shot for around 65 nights, each night they spent around 75lakhs for the shoot itself... In that interval sequence they had to imagine animals were there n fight accordingly, for that to happen n so that each n every background artist to be in sync with the CG animals rajamouli employed different tactics while shoot
a) for bear they used a person wearing green blanket, since the movement of bear is slow similar to a human being...
b)For shots with tiger, tiger moves much faster than humans, so they can't just place a human with green blanket, so rajamouli positioned laser lights following the head position of the tiger, so that camera man n actors can imagine the position of tiger n act accordingly.
c) for wolves they used dogs which were trained to catch a ball, while shooting the sequence they randomly throw the balls in middle of men, so the dogs chase the balls, in that way rajamouli captured peoples reactions to wolves, later on during CG he replaced the dogs with wolves...
d) for other fast moving animals like deers, they used remote controlled cars moving in between the actors....
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind doing a future video on all 8 of the historical figures in the Etthara Jenda/Sholay song? Maybe to just touch on each of their regions, backgrounds and significance?
The song appears to hold high reverence to Maratha at 2:17:36 , and I've watched song/video reactions and seen how people see him and seem to have their breath taken away.
Being an American, I guess some of these historical figures would be like our George Washington? 🤔 Either way I love this song and the message it delivers and I wish my country took this much pride in itself as it did generations ago.
Its a great idea, but history is tricky and sometimes formal accounts and local accounts don't match, so I've tried to stay out of it. The figures you see are from all corners of India and span from Shivaji (late 17th century) to as recent as the mid 20th century during the independence movement in India.
19:04 man you even know about the the war of the ten kings!!!
Boy o boy!!
You are a legend
A great video putting all the nuances together.
Many thanks!
I appreciate this bro. Jai Shri Ram
Jai Shri Ram.
At the end when Ram Charan comes out with a bow and arrow....it is understood as ram....but in reality that is exactly how the real legend Alluri sita rama raju used to dress and also had bow and arrow as his wepon.
Yes. But Alluri also organized many raids on police stations for weapons, so I'm sure he also used guns.
I think It had to be Feb 14th from the English perspective to host the party - for Valentines day - with all the guys & girls. Though it didn't mean anything from Indian perspective in those times.
And that doubt of Bhem being mesmerized by the Jenni was necessary for Raju to see the equation in that light & help him charm the girl, as he wasn't aware of Bhem's motive till then. It was necessary to show it that way so that we are convinced why Raju is seeing them that way.
This was so interesting. Even for us in India 🙂
Haha. Nice to see you here. Thank you Gargi.
Loved the analysis!! Brilliantly put, thank you! #RRR
Thank you!!
I watched the 1st half of this video yesterday and completed the wnd half today.
I have to say bhai, apki knowledge in both religious history, ancient history, modern history and freedom struggle sab kuchh itna zada exact updated aur uttamum quality ka hai, ki bas words mein piro nhi para jo mujhe sukh mika hai is video ko dekh kr.
Last mein aone jo bataya ki indian movie industry oeaked in the 60s i something i felt to core this very week.
So for some background i am a 20 yo boy from the delhi NCR, aur shayad isliye bhi maine apse itba zada relate kiya (literally, if you were near me, i would've wanted to be in personal contact with you 😊).
So, maine bachpan mein ek tamil movie dekhi thi, "Bhakta Prahlad", if not for this film i would've never known about the story of Prahlad to the extent it could convey, there were many scenes that i remember from the movie, even though i saw it when i was probably 5, so i searched for it on youtube and found it in hindi>yup>i watched it, and man, there were som many moments i felt teary, eyed ,happy,sad emotional, and above the feeling of devine, being in the presence of Narayan, the love of Vishnu ji for his sachha Bhakt.
But even from technical standpoints like costume, dialogues (that too in dubbed medium, and songs tooo🤯), set designs(man it felt as if i am really in the mahal of a mahadvan raja in pauranic times) and absolutely mindblasting Acting by the three leads and all supporting casts and many more things i don't know About cinematography.
After completing the movie for the 2nd time this week, i had a deep feeling of, if i would be Able to see the indian cinema ever rise the to quality it once had, as 5 yo kid in north i never even felt this movie was made in south untill i had to find it on youtube without knowing the name of the movie and any of the casts and only hazy memories from childhood.
I thought, mannnn was there really a time when we indians actually felt like a single unit? And that too just some decades ago rather than in some ancient times? It was an eye-opening realisation.
And guess what the movie was from 1967.
Since Dawoodification of hindi industry and many other perils our cinema had to face, seems like alot changed.
But i just hope i can again see that glory of my cinema again someday, i am bullish on this, this would happen for sure, just wanit to happen in under 2 decades.
Edit- what do you think about the future of indian cinema, do you think it will be a lone fight for Rajamouli and Rishabh shetty by an extension, do you think or feel a more substantial shift from the institutional pov in the whole industry?
Hello Smileyperson. Itne pyaare comments ke liye bahut bahut dhanyawaad.
Yes, as I mentioned Indian cinema has gone on a steep decline especially since the 80s. I also make a point that this is no accident, it is by design. Just imagine if you had watched 'Bhakt Prahlad' as a 5 year old in 1967! Your mind would have been blown at the technical film making and story telling. Indian cinema has been ruled by some kind of mafias since the 80s. It is in the 80s that the expression started 'If you want to watch a Bollywood movie, leave your brains outside the cinema hall'. This never existed before.
While Bollywood has suffered from Dawoodification as you correctly point out, even the South cinemas (Telugu and Tamil in particular) has also seen its trend of stupidification, as they too are mafia controlled. The end result as I mentioned in the video is that Indian cinema has become garbage, wherein the movie makers can make shit movies and still make money as they have controlled any real competition.
That is why RRR is a such a breath of fresh air and a masterpiece because its success has nothing to do with its star power. Who knew Ram Charan or NTR outside of Andhra/Telangana. Outside India nobody even heard of Rajamouli and today he's an international brand. That is the magic of this movie.
Will there be a positive change. As I mentioned in the video, I really hope so. But then who knows. One thing is for sure is that Rajamouli and Shetty have raised the bar, and made the other directors look like amateurs. Just see Pathaan. It looks like some teenagers with lots of money put a crappy movie together (plagiarised ofcourse).
You mention that it felt that India was a single unit back in the 60s with their style of films. Actually India still is. Its just that the film industries have been compromised. That's why I said that in the 60s all cinema in India (all languages) was very classy and the concept of pan-India didn't exist, it was the norm. Only now we are having to label it thus. Watch RRR or Kantara, there is NO feel of regionalism at all.
I'm glad you enjoyed the review. Do share it with other RRR fans. Take care.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis yes bro, aur sabse sas baat ye hai ki even the pathaan itni clearly Crap hai, it's making mad box office.
It's saddening that the people don't understand the power of the consumer, they actually love this undercooked fastfood somehow.
I don't see bollywood ever making anything along the lines of rrr and kantara.
Let's hope that all the channels of illegal funds is cut to bollywood and only the free markets govern what happens with it.
Loved this review-analysis.
1. The spear hitting the water is a rite of initiation for Bheema. Bheema is Hanuman who was a Brahmachari. The spear is thus also the Danda of the Sannyasi. In certain rituals, the Sannyasi strikes the Danda into the water of a stream or river or pond. Thus, Rama initiates Bheema into the wider armed struggle by sending the spear into the water. Also, in the end, Rama reciprocally acknowledges the saffron robes given to him by Bheema.
2. The other implement of the Sanyassi is the kumandalu which Bheema also has at the pond (drinking water).
3. In addition to the episode of Bheema as a child in a lake, Bheema also encountered Duryodhana in their final battle near a lake. Duryodhana had entered the lake to cool his anger awaiting the final battle. Here, Bheemarao takes the place of Duryodhana in the lake awaiting battle, an inversion. The pond scene also recalls Hanuman's rest near a lake when retrieving Sanjeevanibooti.
4. There is no romantic relationship for Bheema because he is associated with Sri Hanuman.
5. The movie itself is extremely important in that it highlights the religious cultural ethos of the armed Revolutionary movement starting right at Shivaji (ending song), through 1857, through Lal/Bal/Pal trio (in the first riot scene with Raju as inspector, Lala Lajpat Rai is mentioned), and up to Bose (final song). The reference to 1857 is the switch to Yamuna bank for the execution of Bheema; Yamuna Bank is where 1857 rebels were executed/hanged.
6. In movies like 1942, the hindu cultural ethos of the armed revolutionary movement is downplayed. Not surprising given the later outputs of Bhansali. This is not seen in early era indian films prior to the industry's Indie-fication (Mira Nair's americanization) and urdufication starting in earnest around 1993.
7. The movie makes a bold claim (for current times) that Paramatma himself was embodied in the revolutionary movement. Shri Vishnu rushes to descend to Earth on the back of SriGaruda to liberate a captive SriGajendra or Bharata (referenced as Gaaj aur Garajan in the overhead song). There is an abrupt turn mid-descent; this is where SriVishnu in his speed to liberate (Shishirah / Sasati ) the suffering devotee switches places with Garuda and carries him instead. The guns held by Bheema are the wings of SriGaruda, exchanged midway in the descent.
8. Gaja is also seen in the elephant painted in the gully wall during the early chase scene. Hastinapur, Bharata being overun by firangs and their sepoys.
9. 11:45 Racism as a foreign projection onto the Indian situation. 'Now Try This' podcast also notes the same that there is no aura of hate on the Indian side in this film. The Indian resistance is not coming from an ideological stance as in the case of the Brits..it is simply a reaction to foreign oppression and rooted in the natural tendency of Bharata to freedom and Dharma. Westerners tend to project their own politics onto the film eg, Chris Gore among others thought it was about gun rights and masculinity.
10. West side of Delhi as a dry plain. Likely since days of desiccation of Saraswati . Brahmavarta was between Saraswati and Drshadvati and Kurukshetra was in Brahmavarta. While Yamuna Ganga Doab was Aryavarta. Two poles of this culture. As they say the real division in Bharata is East West rather than North South. There is also a famous east west gradient between Mathura (wealth/opulence), Ayodhya (valour), and Kashi (Gyana).
11. On interpreting Prakriti as female: Prakriti is the active element or Maya of the formless and eternal Purusha. The Gunas are borne of Prakriti. Both Purusha and Prakriti can be considered divine.
12. Regarding American films from the 80s, a comment I wrote elsewhere: "American movies have always been overrated. The culture itself is very "hokey dokey" and "corny" and can scarcely be expected to produce something of the deep caliber of RRR or early era Indian movies. Hollywood westerns appropriate the culture of Latins and are rife with americanist propaganda. Attempted epic films like Ben Hur and Gladiator always failed to capture the spirit of the original age and basically had heavily victorian accented Englishmen playacting well beyond cultural boundaries. The only successful American genres are horror/crime and neurotic political story-boards like Taxi Driver, Scarface, Godfather - both of which capture the sadism and hucksterism at the heart of the American people. If Englishmen are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of conmen. And both these groups are known to have similar perversions.
It is likely that RRR provides Americans the fantasy of being revolutionaries eg against Britain when in fact their history is closely aligned to that of the sordid British Empire. This fantasy has been a staple of american cinema since the Reagan years vicariously reproduced in such films as Star Wars where Americans fantasize about being Vietnamese freedom fighters.
An American producing RRR is as likely as some victorian dandy producing Iliad and Odyssey. RRR stems from the deep Hindu cultural ethos and ethic of Bharata and can't be transplanted to the stage managed and sterile culturally depleted soils of America. "
13. Ideal Hindu male look: In addition to Ram Charan, also see Sandeep Mohan cast as Arjun in Shri Krishna serial by Sh. Ramananda Sagar. Interestingly, BR Chopra was to originally cast Jackie Shroff as Arjuna in MBH serial. Ashwatthama from BR Chopra MBH also always seemed a very classical Indian look.
14. It was jarring for me initially to see Sri Rama in the same frame as firangs. Those killed by an Avatar acheive immortality, so there is a conflict here. Of course, it was Alluri but to most outside Andhra, it was Sri Rama.
15. This movie puts the final nail in the coffin on the notion of Gandhian Ahimsa bringing Independence to Bharata. By now it is pretty much accepted that the larger (organic) strategy was to use INA as leverage to invoke mutiny in BIA and to develop indigenous capability. Raju working inside the brit machinery and Bheema inciting rebellion shows exactly that.
16. There is likely a suryavanshi/chandravanshi layer in the film with the surya/chandra emblems on the 1906 flag reflecting that.
17. Also significant is that Bhima is shown as a Gadariya/shepherd/protector within the Gond jati. This aligns with traditional view of jatis as ethnic units harboring all 4 varnas within them, very unlike the (racialized) ordered casta system seen with the brits. There was no one "directing the show" on the bharatiya side; once the inciting event happened, a series of karmas and dharmas unfolded almost of their own accord.
Thank you DarkPrince for liking this review and also for the further enlightenment. This movie does somehow present itself to be a rabbit hole... which just shows its class.
With hate and prejudice, you cannot love Gandhiji who had dreamed VASUDHAIVAKUDUBA. Grow up bit more 😂
@@nileshseban1335 Interesting! VASUDHAIVAKUDUBAKAM is from the Panchtantra used by a fox to fool a deer into its lair. Seems we still haven't learnt...
Hi DarkPrince. I was just going through your comment again. About the part on hanging revolutionaries at the banks of Yamuna, I just realized that Ram's idea of changing the location to the banks of Yamuna to easily and quietly dispose of the body is a direct parallel to the execution of Bhagat Singh (though it was Sutlej in that case), wherein after hanging, the body was chopped burnt and thrown in the river to avoid backlash. Bhagat Singh also features in the end credits.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Yes, you are right of course. I admit I really wanted to find an 1857 reference and that is the only one that seemed possible but the scene overall fits Bhagat Singh much more. Maybe there is a reference hidden somewhere to 1857. The Rajamoulis really know history and as many have pointed out they seem to want to correct a lot of Nehruvianist false notions (including the white saviorism lazily depicted in Lagaan).
The Bhagat Singh references are especially pointed with Devgn's inclusion in the fillm. I personally tend to associate Bhagat Singh with Bheem's defiant flogging scene (for obvious reasons) as well as the prison scene. I've always felt that the enthusiastic and song-laden embrace of death is a uniquely Indian rendering of patriotism. You see a similar depiction in Manoj Kumar's Kranti (Zindagi ki Na Toote Ladi) and I also came across an early era telugu religious film where a saint was tied to a pillar inside a temple and tortured (unfortunately I lost track of that source).
Masterfully done. I was surprised by your Bhima emerging from water theory. Though i was aware of the story but didn't connect the two. Shamefully i missed the Bhima bowing in front of shivalinga and Ram watching him. It was so obvious. Great job! Didn't agree entirely with your commentary on Gandhi. India has not moved on from Gandhi like you made it out to be and for good reasons. India didn't have concept of nationhood and Gandhi (even britishers) played a very complex role in building the idea of a common country. Anyways this is not the place for that discussion. 👍
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
So who was chanakya who made Bharat as one country bro u need to read history
Great observation
Thanks!
I got educated here. Thank you. However, since 3 idiots, I have become a regular viewer of Indian CInema but not regular. RRR made me more interested in watching MORE Indians movies from Rajamouli, Jr NTR and Ram Charan. and found a large amount of really good made movies with good stories.
NTR pulls of the rustic hindi well because of hyderabadi hindi influence on the telugu. Having said that it would have been difficult for both of them if the roles were reversed. The formal hindi would have been difficult for Jr.NTR to pull off and rustic hindi for Ram Charan.
While Hyderabadi's know hindi, there is a distinct speaking style and accent, which Jr. NTR manages to cross. While I agree rustic hindi may be difficult for Ram Charan, I don't think formal hindi would be a problem for Jr. NTR.
This is the Mr Plinkett review. Love it. Dominating with the verbiage. Damn Indians are sharp with their language.
When Rajamouli said he wants bring back Indian movie glory, he is taking about movies like Mayabazar and other movies he enjoyed in his childhood. As a North Indian, your prespective makes sense, but just so to be clear, there are great movies like Sholey in South too which he is kind of talking about.
Hello. That's what I said. Movies from the 60s was the golden age of INDIAN cinema, all over the country all regions and languages.
You are awsome sir !
So nice of you!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
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Do change the channel name to Indian movie analysis....also if possible cut the lengthy videos into clips it will boost your subscription and views
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Noted! I think changing the channel name resets everything. Not sure though. I did make short clips of this video but they don't get much views. Thanks for you support!
Egg shells of the movie
1) seeta rama raju from andhra pradesh and Komuram bheem from telangana statess, in history both of them Raju and bheem were from same timeline but never met each other in reality, in original history they both went missing for 4 years during this 1920 time period, no one knows where they went and what they did, but after 4 years they both returned to their villages and fought their own fights and both sacrificed their lives for our country, Director rajamouli hv woven a fictional story that what happens if they met each other, and exchange their ideas and ideologies in the time period they went missing... That's how this movie was born.... This movie is about India's freedom from british rule,
2) In RRR we find the performances of english actors far better, that's because rajamouli approached professionals, the one who played Scott is "Ray Stevenson" one who acted in "Thor" movies, one who played lady Scott is "Alison doody" the lead actress from indiana jones....
3) When ram captures bheem's clan member, he catches a snake n attacks ram even though he is tied, that man catching the snake is justified coz they r gond tribals, they know everything abt every animal, how to trap and catch them, n how to treat animal attacks using natural ayurvedic remedies, since they were born n brought up in jungle along with those animals n plants, that's how even jr NTR is able to tame n control the animals during interval sequence....
That song jr NTR sings while being whipped "komaram bheemudo", few non indian and north indian audience may find the song lil distasteful because they r unaware of the importance of the song, the gond tribe (the telangana people) who faced many tortures under the nijam rule, hv developed a habit of singing folklore songs explaining their pain n oppression for years, these songs kind of made those people stronger n revolt against nijams, similarly at the end of the song people revolt, even now a days these songs r famous in Telangana area, we andhra n telangana people r familiar with such songs, but north indian n non indian audience may not hv any idea abt it, even the song komaram bheemudo was written by one of the famous revolutionary singer from telangana area, if u concentrate on the lyrics of the song we can feel the oppression his people r facing....
4) the subtext or easter egg about the "Barbed whip" that lady scott threw to torture jr NTR is that in the climax when the Scott's empire blows up when lady scott died we can see her body hanging in "Barbed wires" implying that she finally got what she deserved.... "karma is a bitch"🤭🤭🤣
5)near the climax when jr NTR knocks on the floor to find ram who was imprisoned in the ground, he actually knocks the same beats of Nacho Nacho song, so that only ram charan could recognise it's him rather than other possible prisoners, ram charan also reciprocates by knocking the same beat of nacho nacho, even in the earlier scene when ram charam is bit by snake he plays the same beats to communicate with jr NTR, the cinematic brilliance of rajamouli for using a song in so many ways giving easter eggs all the way around is lit🔥🔥🔥 hatsoff to rajamouli 🙏
6) In a scene where they show the security measures of the palace they had 2 doors at entrance, only after closing the 1st door they will open 2nd door, if we observe both the doors clearly and also if we listen to the creek sounds of both doors, we would know the outer door is a wooden one, and the inner door is a metal one, so to rescue malli they can break the outer door but they can't break the inner door, that's the reason y the character jhangu climbs a tree and listens for the 2nd door to open to rescue malli in interval scene... Every small detail in this movie is well planned and well executed...
7) the scene about bheem carrying ram in the climax sequence may seem a bit overemphasized, but even earlier in the film in dosti song there was a shot giving easter eggs, where we can see jr ntr doing squats on the ground lifting ram charan, then ram charan does pull ups holding a tree branch, this way rajamouli is planting an idea subconsciously to his audience that jr ntr got lower body strength n ram charan got upper body strength... So that audience get convinced during the climax scene where bheem carries ram... Even the scene seems physically impossible, rajamouli never hesitates to show his ideas n imaginations in the mostmost convincing way possible, that scene may be impossible but u could never find any other director pulling of such a scene in any film like rajamouli... Respect....
8) The same way In climax fight sequence bheem lifting a bike looks over the top for sure, but do u know those bikes were actually used during second world war time so that in any unforeseen situation during war the soldiers can actually carry the bikes, those bikes weight around 55kgs only, i agree that even 55 kg bike travelling at 50kmph velocity is difficult to be lifted... But look at the way it was imagined, presented,picturized, the mesmerising cinematography in that scene, the kind of goosebumps it gave us, we should watch the movie for its epicness, rather than being nitpicky about everything....
9) At the climax that transformation of ram charan🔥🔥, many people thought that was sree ram's avatar, there are many indian purana's references to the movie for sure but its not only sree ram's avatar, it is also about the original look of Alluri seeta rama raju (the freedom fighter ram charan was playing), alluri seeta rama raju in history was well learnt man who wears those kashayam clothes fights with bow n arrows, probably the best archer india has ever had, he fought against britishers he got weapons n guns by attacking police stations n british camps, he used the same weapons to attack britishers with his trusted men... Even he was shot dead bybritishers in the freedom struggle... Legend says that britishers put around 100 bullets in his body n ruthlessly killed him... At the end of the film rajamouli showed ram n bheem in their original looks ram wearing kashayam clothes, with long hair n beard, bheem with a pagdi on his head n those clothes gond people used to wear...
10) the final RRR fact, For the interval sequence with animals rajamouli shot for around 65 nights, each night they spent around 75lakhs for the shoot itself... In that interval sequence they had to imagine animals were there n fight accordingly, for that to happen n so that each n every background artist to be in sync with the CG animals rajamouli employed different tactics while shoot
a) for bear they used a person wearing green blanket, since the movement of bear is slow similar to a human being...
b)For shots with tiger, tiger moves much faster than humans, so they can't just place a human with green blanket, so rajamouli positioned laser lights following the head position of the tiger, so that camera man n actors can imagine the position of tiger n act accordingly.
c) for wolves they used dogs which were trained to catch a ball, while shooting the sequence they randomly throw the balls in middle of men, so the dogs chase the balls, in that way rajamouli captured peoples reactions to wolves, later on during CG he replaced the dogs with wolves...
d) for other fast moving animals like deers, they used remote controlled cars moving in between the actors....
There is a point I don't quite understand in the story: during the friendship montage, Bheem has Raju to dinner with what appears to be (Bheem's) family. The female family member slaps Bheem's shoulder and tells him she has told him many times not to eat with his left hand (a taboo I am familiar with in several cultures). He tells her "who cares, I'm hungry" (I'm watching English dubbed Hindi version.) Bheem sees a passing look of sorrow in Rajuts eyes, and asks him "What, bhai?" Raju responds "Nothing. I just remembered something..." He doesn't share what he is thinking about. (We later see what he recalled in a "callback" to this scene when we see a young Ram at dinner with his family, and his brother is scolded with his left hand by their mother in an a similar reprise of this scene). What I don't actually understand is this -- Bheem is still pretending to be "Ahktar" at this point, so -- who are Bheem's family that are pretending to be Muslim and pretending that Bheem is "Ahktar" when he brings his friend Raju home to join them for the meal? And doesn't Bheem live in the village, not in town? The emotional link to the scene later is really strong since we see it as a link to his brother (and we find out shortly afterward what happened to him), but who is Bheem's family here?
Hi Bruce. Ya, they don't give any background explanation of how he got in touch with a 'random' muslim family. Maybe he had contacts or found a sympathetic family. I guess we'll just have to leave that to suspension of disbelief. About Bheem being a child of the forest and knowing his way around town, well that's what I said about Gonds. There are millions all over India and many are in urban centres doing normal jobs. So its likely he must have visited cities before. In fact maybe his father worked in a town (maybe even Delhi) so he must have learnt things. We see he is technically minded, so I guess we'll just have to assume he had spent ample time in his life learning his way around towns and also technology. Apologies if thats not satisfying, but its the best I could do :)
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Thank you so much for your quick response! Well, I guess if you didn't understand that part either then I shouldn't feel too odd that I didn't either. Perhaps I will write a letter to director Rajamouli and his father and just ask them about it and see if I hear back from either of them. At this point, I'm thinking it is just a very curious "plot hole". (Many excellent movies have strange plot holes. Sometimes it is an error in the writing, sometimes in the editing. Many "plot holes" only get noticed because people who love the movies watch them multiple times...)
Some plot holes you can just dismiss as unimportant (such as -- where does Raju acquire his sandals during his after his transformation to "Lord Ramma" in the forest? Did Bheem pack them for him before the rescue?) because it isn't really essential to the story, and at that point in the story -- all realism has been suspended anyway.
@@bruceblakeslee2751 Well just to add some more context. The historic Komaram Bheem (the freedom fighter) is said to have sometimes disguised as a muslim to avoid being caught. (But its not absolutely historically verifiable, but its an urban 'legend' for sure). So maybe the director used that legend to wind into his story.
The other thing is that Gonds are not muslims. So it makes the perfect disguise for a Gond. Did you notice the scene when Raju is snake bitten and before applying the medicine Bheem prays at a place of worship. Well that's not a mosque, its a Hindu temple (I mention this in my vid). And then you see Raju's eyes flare and the musical notes hit with perfection. Well that's the first time Raju realises that Bheem's been lying to him.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Helpful information about the real Bheem (about whom I am entirely unfamiliar, and thus am unable to determine fact from fiction). I caught the reaction and the musical cue as Raju sees Bheem at the shrine, and your comments were helpful in understanding it, but the writer embeds two other instances of explaining his pretense in the script (so that even if you missed it, you can figure it out anyway). So much of this story is so visually well-told that I suspect one could follow it even with the sound off! 😀
@@bruceblakeslee2751 Apparently Rajamouli has a 'show, don't tell' mantra.
It's not about going 180 degrees opposite to finesse...what would they achieve by going opposite?? They just want to showcase the natural, rustic, rural if you will kind of dance and prove that great dance comes out when you really feel it in your heart...all those lyrics give reference to how you should feel...various examples...and that kind of dance is more natural & organic than your dance filled with finesse...that's the point they're trying to make.
Hi Sudheer. As I mentioned its a parody. Its meant to be light and humorous (and surprisingly well intertwined with the plot). Tango, Flamenco are considered 'classical' European dances. RC doesn't retort with classical Indian dance like Kathakali or Bharatnatyam. He says do you know Desi, or Naatu (or rustic). There is no dance called Desi or Naatu. This is NOT rural dance, which is folk dance and is highly structured and traditional (Lok Nritya). Naatu is not a representation of Indian dance in any form (Indian music YES, but not dance). As I mentioned, any great choreographer can make it, and we saw it in the Oscars.
See it like this. Imagine that English dude Jake did two steps of Kathakali, and then of Odissi and then Bharatnatyam. And then said can you do any of these? And then RC says 'not Bharatnatyam, not Kathakali my friend. Do you know Naatu?'. From an Indian perspective it would be much easier to see the parody.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis It’s not a frivolous parody is what I mean. Yes it’s not any particular established dance form big or small but the intention of the heroes is to show a kind of dance of the streets of India, a more natural dance form that comes from the heart. It’s not a dance off between finesse and frivolous parody, it’s a dance off between finesse and natural…think of it as a dance on the streets during Ganesh procession…it’s not a dance form per se but it’s kind of impromptu that comes from the hearts when they’re filled with Ganesh festive spirit.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Probably there is no equivalent to Naatu in Hindi…in Telugu it means hardcore local/original/no adulteration …we call natural Chicken as Naatu Kodi(hen)…on the menu we have Chicken curry and then Naatu Chicken curry as a separate item
The word is 'Desi'. In Hindi we also have Desi Murga (Desi Chicken). As opposed to Broiler chicken or farmed chicken.
Well I didn't call the dance frivolous. But thanks for the comment and hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysisI hope this comment reaches you..
Brilliant job on th video.. people need to know the nuances...
However, There is one point I don't agree on.
You telling that Naatu is a parody dance and it doesn't represent any dance form, but a random choreography.
Yes, it might feel disgusting because we ourselves are from urban areas and so we have a certain negative perception about folk arts. But that doesn't mean they are disgusting. This Naatu Naatu song is actually trying to normalise the folk arts as well in the eyes of general Indian populous, as we are more and more going away from our culture and we are neither interested in the sophisticated classical arts nor we are interested in the "over the top folk arts".
At least it has to make us appreciate them for what they are without judging them as uncivilized, just because they are not sophisticated enough.
The NAATU NAATU dance is based in a specific dance form from Telangana region called "Teenmaar" which has been around for more than 100 years... It is a village folk dance form,... And it is performed in every occasion, festivals, village goddess procession etc... even till today in rural areas.
And also, the lyrics were not random and nonsensical. You might've lost the meaning in Hindi translation... Or subtitles.
The song is portraying the daily routine activities of a village person in the rural India... And using them as similes to how their outlook should be and their mindset should be... While singing, dancing and enjoying without any constraints, using their native rural local dance form. (Which is nothing but Naatu) And all the lyrics is written by the lyricist based on his own childhood village experiences.
LYRICS:
-Like An Ox which jumps into the paddy field
-Like the folk celebration of the dancers participating in the procession of annual village goddess festival
-Like the fast but accurate stick fighting martial artist trained in the local stick fight art called "karra saamu"
-Like how the village youth come and gather under the Banyan tree to spend their days and evenings, hanging out, playing games, and enjoying with the innocent childlike joyfulness.
-Like the thrill we get while eating Jowar roti with Mirchi paste, a staple food in rural areas
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
The nativity embodies the craziness as a Mirchi, and it's as whimsical as a sharp dagger
-Like the vibrations of the rural drum beats (dindora) that shakes the heart beat leaving it thumping hard
-Like the shrill sounds of the loud village birds that poke holes in your ears
-Like the gracious rhythm that makes everyone flick their fingers
-Like the legs automatically start hopping lifting the dust up
-Like the overwhelming hyper energetic dance of "Veerangam" (done on Shivaratri) that make stge while body sweaty
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
Like how deep it goes when you pierce a crowbar into the field, and like as mental as one gets on a sultry day
-Dance fulfledgedly
-as if sending tremours through the ground... When the blood rushes and boils like a thunder in our body
-by jumping and hopping, as the very life force is about to come out ... Lifting the dust in the air with its force
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This lyrics just memorizes all the rural India activities, experiences, their mindset, carefreeness, innocence, and leading a joyful life with whatever they've got... And embodying all that emotion while dancing, displaying the heart of the rural India through their rustic dance form (Naatu) as a juxtaposition to the so-called sophisticated flamenco, salsa.. which the Britishers feel as superior... and defeating them in their native rural art form itself.
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Just to clarify, there are broadly two types of arts in India throughout the country at different levels.
1. There are the classical arts : classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, odissi, etc... And classical music like Carnatic and hindustani... Etc.
2. There are folk arts as well in our country. These are more prevalent with tribals, as well as in villages.
For example : Dappu, Lambadi, tappeta, veeranatyam, garba, kajari, kolaatam, Naga dance, Garhwali, Teenmaar, chaarmaar, Domaar, etc... And these folk arts are not about finesse but they are celebration of life.. which become part of the celebration for any event ir festival or occasion by thise people.
Here specifically, NAATU dance they are referring to is a form of rustic village folk dance form based on the "Teenmar" of Andhrapradesh/Telangana... And it does have pelvic thrusts in it as well... FYI.
It is a structure-free style of high energy dancing based on folk music that generally is composed in the 6 8 time signature.
So even though Naatu dance is not a classical finesse dance of India, it is still a distinctive Indian village dance form .. and it's not a random choreographed dance... Which is meant to be a parody. This Naatu dance is something which is as much local as it gets.... Absolute village rustic local dance art.
What I feel is that in the song NAATU NAATU, they are exhibiting the most primitive unpolished product of that region they come from and are challenging the Colonial Britishers showing they can't even keep up with such an unpolished art form of India... Then what to speak of the actual structured dance disciplines which can get as much intricate as any art form can get.
The purpose of the song is that "we are unapologetically embracing the nativity, our villlage background and this crude folk dance form is enough of a weapon for us to prove our superiority in arts and challenge the stereotype of Indians being very primitive uncultured people who doesn't know art..." And hence achieving an ideological win over the Colonial Britishers.
Because ultimately any art whether classical or folk art everything is ultimately an art and every art has its own beauty. Ofc the classical arts have more finesse, structure and polish but that doesn't mean folk art is to be considered something inferior.
Anyway great video. This was the only point I don't agree with... Hence I explained it here about it.
Only two things I disagree are females being the reason for the conflicts. Shurpanaka was the reason definitely but she didn't instigate Ravana citing her insult. She tried to instigate him by luring him to get Seeta to be with him. And Sitaji wanting Rama to come & rescue her wasn't out of her ego but out of her concern & care for the reputation of Ramji. I feel this podcast by Ami Ganatraji on her book on Ramayana is great reference for these points. ua-cam.com/video/RnQKlOuAvas/v-deo.html
Fair enough. We always have moral justifications in our epics, but I was just looking at this dispassionately. Just the historical facts and actions. And once we get into dozens of more instances in our ancient epics we will see the common thread of extreme women entitlement and empowerment. All I was saying is that the team did a good job of having the governess fit that mould. Thank you.
You forget about yajnopavita which ram is wearing which looks so cool. Btw nice analysis.
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Firstly, I really appreciate the amount of analysis you did and efforts in making this beautiful video. Thanks. I'm also happy to find a thinkalike!
BTW, Bheem dressed up like a muslim (pseudonym Akhtar) to avoid persecution by nizams at that time, and also to stay with the muslim family that helped him stay with them while he was undercover.
Actually... I would say in Delhi, being a muslim is the perfect cover for a Gond undercover. The reason is simply because there are no Gond muslims. That way Ram would never have thought about suspecting Akhtar to be the Gond he is looking for.
@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Actually Vijayendra Prasad garu told that reason in an interview.
@1:49:00 I see so that's why during covid lockdown, you see Indian police "flogging" Indians. it's part of the culture.
Natu is actually a real dance. I mean many call it Teenmar dance in Telangana state. Some also call as Natu dance (RAW dance) or natu steps, just to emphasise the energy of the dance.
It's a real dance style, not just some vague. Traditionally, it called dappankuthu. But no one uses that word anymore.
In Hindi, the translation is obviously missed as they don't know that dance in the first place. So its called Desi Natch which just means Indian Dance. But in telugu, the original language of the movie, the word Natu makes complete sense.
However, many steps in that song are not completely Natu dance. For example, pelvic thrust is not from Natu/Teenmar/Dappankuthu
Naatu means raw as you mentioned, or natural and untrained. The meaning is NOT lost in hindi. Desi Naach here does not mean country dance. Desi kind of means junglee. As you have Naatu chicken in Andhra, in North there is Desi Murga. I've mentioned in another reply calling ANY of indian indigenous regional dances as Naatu is an absolute insult. Indian regional/folk dances are not naatu. They are evolved over centuries and have standard steps and beats. The entire purpose of the director calling the dance Naatu is exactly as a parody to the standardized highly trained western dances that he is challenged to. Now surely there will be some moves that they take from somewhere, after all even choreographers have to get their inspiration from somewhere, but in essence Naatu is Naatu and folk dances are not naatu/untrained/raw etc. They are highly evolved art forms. Thanks.
It is a Telugu movie, song Natu,Natu, refering to planting rice plants, more like a farmers singing while planting paddy.
Hi Tadur. So I don't know Telugu, but I believe Naatu has a rustic or somewhat unsophisticated connotation, which is what Desi Naach also implies.
Mawa Naatu ante vari naatadam kadu mama. Naatu ante rustic, local, urefined ani meaning. Rice plantation tho sambandham ledu.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Hi sir I am a telugu guy as well. Naatu means 'to plant' something in verb form. But it also means 'rustic' ,'unrefined' , 'rough' ,' local', which is the meaning implied in the song. It is totally unrelated to any sort of plantation in this context. This what happens when the society becomes too deracinated, people are not able atleast understand their language properly.
Thank you for that clarification! I too would have found it unbelievable if translations would be so off within Indian languages itself.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis I commented this before watching the entire video. You got it bang on, in fact you used exactly same english words in the video as I used in the comment. You got it absolutely right 👍🏼.
Great review! Gotta give to SSR for making such a film true to bhaarat's roots 🔥
Exactly opposite of the garbage films like OMG and PK
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1:11:00 one of the best parts
I agree with you that nattu nattu is rustic or kind of a street dance but it is not disgusting. The British is talking about finesse but indian actors shows their dance form to convey that to forget about finesse and delicacy and dance for enjoyment. The steps you mentioned in nattu nattu as disgusting are actually quite popular among people doing in marriages or festivals.
I recommend you to watch dhari choodu ( telugu song).
Hi Aniket. I didn't say the whole dance is disgusting. Ofcourse not. Just the pelvic thrust. Tell me any traditional dance form that has pelvic thrusting. Its a new fad started basically by Elvis and MJ. Again please remember the director/choreographer put that there for a reason too, at that very moment. Once again, it is definitely the new normal now, but this is 1920. It would have looked abhorrent back then.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis well actually i am talking about pelvic thrust not considered asdisgusting step atleast by general public here. If you attend any simple marriage or festival in India, you will see two men shaking their chest area from some distance to each other. Now someone from outside India may consider this disgusting but in India it is normal. This pelvic thrust step is quite normal in songs in Tamil and Telugu movies with no se*ual connotation attached to it.
@@aniketgautam9230 I agree. It's normalized now, but you need to take your argument to Rajamouli and the choreographer who decided otherwise. That's why the interjection happened at that time.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Brilliant job on th video.. people need to know the nuances...
However, There is one point I don't agree on.
You telling that Naatu is a parody dance and it doesn't represent any dance form, but a random choreography.
Yes, it might feel disgusting because we ourselves are from urban areas and so we have a certain negative perception about folk arts. But that doesn't mean they are disgusting. This Naatu Naatu song is actually trying to normalise the folk arts as well in the eyes of general Indian populous, as we are more and more going away from our culture and we are neither interested in the sophisticated classical arts nor we are interested in the "over the top folk arts".
At least it has to make us appreciate them for what they are without judging them as uncivilized, just because they are not sophisticated enough.
The NAATU NAATU dance is based in a specific dance form from Telangana region called "Teenmaar" which has been around for more than 100 years... It is a village folk dance form,... And it is performed in every occasion, festivals, village goddess procession etc... even till today in rural areas.
And also, the lyrics were not random and nonsensical. You might've lost the meaning in Hindi translation... Or subtitles.
The song is portraying the daily routine activities of a village person in the rural India... And using them as similes to how their outlook should be and their mindset should be... While singing, dancing and enjoying without any constraints, using their native rural local dance form. (Which is nothing but Naatu) And all the lyrics is written by the lyricist based on his own childhood village experiences.
LYRICS:
-Like An Ox which jumps into the paddy field
-Like the folk celebration of the dancers participating in the procession of annual village goddess festival
-Like the fast but accurate stick fighting martial artist trained in the local stick fight art called "karra saamu"
-Like how the village youth come and gather under the Banyan tree to spend their days and evenings, hanging out, playing games, and enjoying with the innocent childlike joyfulness.
-Like the thrill we get while eating Jowar roti with Mirchi paste, a staple food in rural areas
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
The nativity embodies the craziness as a Mirchi, and it's as whimsical as a sharp dagger
-Like the vibrations of the rural drum beats (dindora) that shakes the heart beat leaving it thumping hard
-Like the shrill sounds of the loud village birds that poke holes in your ears
-Like the gracious rhythm that makes everyone flick their fingers
-Like the legs automatically start hopping lifting the dust up
-Like the overwhelming hyper energetic dance of "Veerangam" (done on Shivaratri) that make stge while body sweaty
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
Like how deep it goes when you pierce a crowbar into the field, and like as mental as one gets on a sultry day
-Dance fulfledgedly
-as if sending tremours through the ground... When the blood rushes and boils like a thunder in our body
-by jumping and hopping, as the very life force is about to come out ... Lifting the dust in the air with its force
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This lyrics just memorizes all the rural India activities, experiences, their mindset, carefreeness, innocence, and leading a joyful life with whatever they've got... And embodying all that emotion while dancing, displaying the heart of the rural India through their rustic dance form (Naatu) as a juxtaposition to the so-called sophisticated flamenco, salsa.. which the Britishers feel as superior... and defeating them in their native rural art form itself.
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Just to clarify, there are broadly two types of arts in India throughout the country at different levels.
1. There are the classical arts : classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, odissi, etc... And classical music like Carnatic and hindustani... Etc.
2. There are folk arts as well in our country. These are more prevalent with tribals, as well as in villages.
For example : Dappu, Lambadi, tappeta, veeranatyam, garba, kajari, kolaatam, Naga dance, Garhwali, Teenmaar, chaarmaar, Domaar, etc... And these folk arts are not about finesse but they are celebration of life.. which become part of the celebration for any event ir festival or occasion by thise people.
Here specifically, NAATU dance they are referring to is a form of rustic village folk dance form based on the "Teenmar" of Andhrapradesh/Telangana... And it does have pelvic thrusts in it as well... FYI.
It is a structure-free style of high energy dancing based on folk music that generally is composed in the 6 8 time signature.
So even though Naatu dance is not a classical finesse dance of India, it is still a distinctive Indian village dance form .. and it's not a random choreographed dance... Which is meant to be a parody. This Naatu dance is something which is as much local as it gets.... Absolute village rustic local dance art.
What I feel is that in the song NAATU NAATU, they are exhibiting the most primitive unpolished product of that region they come from and are challenging the Colonial Britishers showing they can't even keep up with such an unpolished art form of India... Then what to speak of the actual structured dance disciplines which can get as much intricate as any art form can get.
The purpose of the song is that "we are unapologetically embracing the nativity, our villlage background and this crude folk dance form is enough of a weapon for us to prove our superiority in arts and challenge the stereotype of Indians being very primitive uncultured people who doesn't know art..." And hence achieving an ideological win over the Colonial Britishers.
Because ultimately any art whether classical or folk art everything is ultimately an art and every art has its own beauty. Ofc the classical arts have more finesse, structure and polish but that doesn't mean folk art is to be considered something inferior.
Anyway great video. This was the only point I don't agree with... Hence I explained it here about it.
Bahubali will be the best thing you can watch after RRR from Indian cinema. It's the all-time highest grosser And SS Rajamouli is the director.
I'm not too sure if Bahubali would be watchable for foreigners. Its very different from RRR.
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@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis You should for sure give Malayalam movies a chance ! 🙌✨
Surely the Malayalam film industry is great. But we're talking Action Epics here, and lets face it they just don't have that kind of money...
56.30 😮 I didn't expected
Not all Kannada movies are catering to that fan culture. There are great movies too. You need to give Kannada movie 'Kantara' a watch.
I've seen Kantara and its excellent. Again, I am speaking of Blockbuster Action Epics here, which only Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and now Kannada can afford to make. Again, I have no issue with fan culture. It is normal. Its the rabid fan culture which is a problem.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis Completely agree
I think there is definitely stereotypes about Indians from southern India in Bollywood and even today they make fun of them in ram setu. The division of Hindi audience and Telugu (not southern cinema) has started getting blurred by bahubali. When bahubali 2 release in Hindi market, it breaks all the box office records and become the most highest grossing film in Hindi market of all time. That's why for the promotion of rrr, ss rajamouli present himself as the director of bahubali. Through i would say cheap rates of internet and hindi dubbing of Southern movies ( specially Telugu movies) make a huge market for pan India movies. A guy from a sub urban area of non southern region actually enjoys and feels connected to its culture through Telugu movies which he missed in Hindi movies
Yes. As I mentioned in the end, the film industries of India in the past 30 years or so played the game of divide and rule, so that they can keep their loyal audiences and feed them crap. The real dirty trick that Bollywood plays is being a mouthpiece for North Indian Hindi belt when it is actually located in a region where Hindi isn't even spoken. In turn it has also destroyed the Marathi film industry. Remember Dadasaheb Phalke was a Marathi film maker.
So Bollywood located in Maharashtra plays the divide and rule between North and South. If Bollywood was located in the Hindi speaking belt region, like UP MP, none of this would have happened.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis though I consider your point but I don't think if hindi film industry is based outside of Maharashtra, they will eventually make forget about good but watchable films because mainly the Bollywood consist of Punjabis who have more love for Urdu, English and Punjabi than hindi. So if you take same people from Mumbai they will make same old sh*t. In my opinion regional industries should emerged as haryana, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and many other states should make their own films in their own language and dialect with nice technicians as malyalam or Telugu are doing.
On dada saheb phalke, i would he is learned man who knows about our history and culture that's why the first film he decided to make on Raja harishchandra.
@@aniketgautam9230 The point I was trying to make is that if Bollywood (or Hindi film industry) is based in a Hindi speaking place then, if say they caricature South Indians or Tamils or Gults, then you can somewhat pin the blame on North Indians. Right now North Indians get a bad rap for something they have no control over. Just reverse it. If Telugu films start making fun of Gujjus then at least one can point to their industry and people, and corrections can take place. Now say the Telugu industry was based out of Kolkatta and started caricaturing others. People all over India would start hating Gults for no fault of theirs. That is essentially how retarded the Bollywood setup is.
Brilliant job on th video.. people need to know the nuances...
However, There is one point I don't agree on.
You telling that Naatu is a parody dance and it doesn't represent any dance form, but a random choreography.
Yes, it might feel disgusting because we ourselves are from urban areas and so we have a certain negative perception about folk arts. But that doesn't mean they are disgusting. This Naatu Naatu song is actually trying to normalise the folk arts as well in the eyes of general Indian populous, as we are more and more going away from our culture and we are neither interested in the sophisticated classical arts nor we are interested in the "over the top folk arts".
At least it has to make us appreciate them for what they are without judging them as uncivilized, just because they are not sophisticated enough.
The NAATU NAATU dance is based in a specific dance form from Telangana region called "Teenmaar" which has been around for more than 100 years... It is a village folk dance form,... And it is performed in every occasion, festivals, village goddess procession etc... even till today in rural areas.
And also, the lyrics were not random and nonsensical. You might've lost the meaning in Hindi translation... Or subtitles.
The song is portraying the daily routine activities of a village person in the rural India... And using them as similes to how their outlook should be and their mindset should be... While singing, dancing and enjoying without any constraints, using their native rural local dance form. (Which is nothing but Naatu) And all the lyrics is written by the lyricist based on his own childhood village experiences.
LYRICS:
-Like An Ox which jumps into the paddy field
-Like the folk celebration of the dancers participating in the procession of annual village goddess festival
-Like the fast but accurate stick fighting martial artist trained in the local stick fight art called "karra saamu"
-Like how the village youth come and gather under the Banyan tree to spend their days and evenings, hanging out, playing games, and enjoying with the innocent childlike joyfulness.
-Like the thrill we get while eating Jowar roti with Mirchi paste, a staple food in rural areas
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
The nativity embodies the craziness as a Mirchi, and it's as whimsical as a sharp dagger
-Like the vibrations of the rural drum beats (dindora) that shakes the heart beat leaving it thumping hard
-Like the shrill sounds of the loud village birds that poke holes in your ears
-Like the gracious rhythm that makes everyone flick their fingers
-Like the legs automatically start hopping lifting the dust up
-Like the overwhelming hyper energetic dance of "Veerangam" (done on Shivaratri) that make stge while body sweaty
See... My song is Naatu (rustic) like that
It's rustic with Bravery (Veera), it's rusticness of our ways,
Like how deep it goes when you pierce a crowbar into the field, and like as mental as one gets on a sultry day
-Dance fulfledgedly
-as if sending tremours through the ground... When the blood rushes and boils like a thunder in our body
-by jumping and hopping, as the very life force is about to come out ... Lifting the dust in the air with its force
**************
This lyrics just memorizes all the rural India activities, experiences, their mindset, carefreeness, innocence, and leading a joyful life with whatever they've got... And embodying all that emotion while dancing, displaying the heart of the rural India through their rustic dance form (Naatu) as a juxtaposition to the so-called sophisticated flamenco, salsa.. which the Britishers feel as superior... and defeating them in their native rural art form itself.
**************
Just to clarify, there are broadly two types of arts in India throughout the country at different levels.
1. There are the classical arts : classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, odissi, etc... And classical music like Carnatic and hindustani... Etc.
2. There are folk arts as well in our country. These are more prevalent with tribals, as well as in villages.
For example : Dappu, Lambadi, tappeta, veeranatyam, garba, kajari, kolaatam, Naga dance, Garhwali, Teenmaar, chaarmaar, Domaar, etc... And these folk arts are not about finesse but they are celebration of life.. which become part of the celebration for any event ir festival or occasion by thise people.
Here specifically, NAATU dance they are referring to is a form of rustic village folk dance form based on the "Teenmar" of Andhrapradesh/Telangana... And it does have pelvic thrusts in it as well... FYI.
It is a structure-free style of high energy dancing based on folk music that generally is composed in the 6 8 time signature.
So even though Naatu dance is not a classical finesse dance of India, it is still a distinctive Indian village dance form .. and it's not a random choreographed dance... Which is meant to be a parody. This Naatu dance is something which is as much local as it gets.... Absolute village rustic local dance art.
What I feel is that in the song NAATU NAATU, they are exhibiting the most primitive unpolished product of that region they come from and are challenging the Colonial Britishers showing they can't even keep up with such an unpolished art form of India... Then what to speak of the actual structured dance disciplines which can get as much intricate as any art form can get.
The purpose of the song is that "we are unapologetically embracing the nativity, our villlage background and this crude folk dance form is enough of a weapon for us to prove our superiority in arts and challenge the stereotype of Indians being very primitive uncultured people who doesn't know art..." And hence achieving an ideological win over the Colonial Britishers.
Because ultimately any art whether classical or folk art everything is ultimately an art and every art has its own beauty. Ofc the classical arts have more finesse, structure and polish but that doesn't mean folk art is to be considered something inferior.
Anyway great video. This was the only point I don't agree with... Hence I explained it here about it.
Hi Gautam. Thank you so much for the detailed comment. Learnt a lot of things here.
OK, so when I say its a parody, it does NOT mean its silly. I will attest that this is a MASTERCLASS in parody.
When we follow the scene, RC and NTR counter high traditional dances with Naatu, or Desi, which essentially means 'natural' or untrained, and therein comes the satire. There is little meaning lost in the hindi version. Its essentially the same thing. Now, RC and NTR could well have countered with classical Indian dance forms like Bharatnatyam, but the audience would be bored to tears. Its meant to be fun.
Coming to folk dances, I will have to disagree with your assessment that these are not a form of finesse. Folk dance in India (Lok Nritya) is an evolved dance form and has been so for hundreds of years. These cannot be called Desi or Naatu (which by itself is a frivolous adjective for such an evolved dance form, and surely a lot of proponents of this dance form will be offended by calling it Desi/Naatu). I am Garhwali and one can't just go and go berserk in a folk dance. There are steps set to music which are traditional. Also do the lyrics come off as folk dance? Folk dance music is set to generally village life around festivals or appreciation of the devas. You call Indian folk dance as unpolished. I disagree. The very fact as you mention they have standardised names means they are a specific dance form.
Now about the part 'disgusting'. Please check the video, maybe it didn't come off right. I don't say the dance is disgusting. Only the pelvic thrust. That's why the English guy interjects right there. That's why the director + choreographer decided on the interjection at that point. You need to take your argument to them. And yes, pelvic thrusting is 'disgusting'. You will not find it in any traditional dance form. It was started by Elvis and mastered by Michael Jackson. Its that recent. In the Indian context I would say it was started by Mithun, carried on by Govinda and mastered by Prabhu Deva. Can you show me any old movie dances where guys are pelvic thrusting. Yes, we are used to it now and it looks cool, but this movie is set in 1920, and absolutely, it would be abhorrent to look at back then. And that too in front of women.
Boss, all I'm saying is that Naatu means carefree, freestyle, natural... Its an antithesis to structured trained classical here. RC and NTR get the 'stuck up' crowd to lose their inhibitions, which is the brilliancy of this parody. Naatu cannot mean traditional folk dance style.
Then I did say that any quality choreographer can choreograph this, and I was proved right as we all saw the performance at the Oscars. The original choreographer was not at hand.
And also the lyrics. Not much is lost in the hindi translation. Indian folk music does NOT have crazy lyrics like this.
See, being Indian I wouldn't say something to hurt feelings or belittle any traditions. All I did is follow the script and the plot. In fact its the other way round, I'd say calling folk dances as Desi or Naatu would be a bit insulting.
As Indians we are used to seeing 'anything goes' dances in our movies with no plot context. In older movies most dances are set to festivals or have a good reason to be 'Naatu'. Here the director does an excellent job at finding a plot sequence which allows for this kind of high energy freestyle dance (which we are used to seeing), as a satire to traditional dance forms, giving him the liberty to go Desi/Naatu style, and yet keeping the audience engaged and the storyline intact, which is why I call it a masterclass in parody. Thanks once again for the great comment, and I hope others read it too.
What is over-the-top on top of over-the-top?
1) Car flipping in the air like a spinning top after being hit a single bullet
2) Ram being fed once a week in jail and doing pull-ups.
3) Ram being fighting fit within an hour or two of being unable to speak or walk due to snake bite.
4) No particular ill effects of being punctured in the chest by big-ass stone claws.
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I can find same kind of logics in your fav films 🤣🤡
1) those times when tyers of that particular vehicle burst it released highly pressurized air to topple the vehicle.
2) ya look into intermediate fasting, he is not moving alot his calorie expenditure is less, all his calories is being spent on pull ups... High calorie deficit will make him leaner.. his body will go into catabolic state and ration his muscle protein and nutrients in his arms which he is working out so hard.
3) ram is fit in an hour is your assumption said that he was left in solitude for some time... Plus herbal medicine knowledge of Bheem is impeccable they had knowledge that even the British did not have.
4) again Bheem being a Tarzan aka jungle boy would have applied some herbs equivalent to antiseptic.
I wish you checked the real alluri sitaramaraju Raju and komaram bheem real life looks
Hi Krishna. Ya, I kind of made a decision to not go into the individual histories because this is pure historical fiction and is not based on any historic reality as such. And then, all those interested can always do their own research.
@@rrrmoviereactionreviewanalysis eventhough it's fictional,final Ram getup and bheem getup in the final scenes is their real life looks,so north indians are thinking it is ramavatar but no it is alluri sitaramaraju real life attire,
Rajamouli greatly linked fiction and real life greatly,but some people are thinking as propoganda which is idiotic
Hi Krishna. This is precisely the reason why I avoided individual historicity. See the movie closely, follow the scenes, listen to the music and it is alluding to Lord Ram. Even Alluri Sitaram Raju's attire was inspired from Lord Ram. And please don't worry about propaganda. I've already spoken about propaganda in the video, and by definition I have explained there cannot be any. Thanks.
Are u living in India or America rn ??
Bcz ur accent is not indian
Toronto
Your history of Indian cinema is kind of wrong. It's not politics or whatever, the fannism is because of the competing industries. Imagine Hollywood have another brother industry who is in equal level. As the language of these industries is different, it also makes heros from their industry very personal. That is where fannism comes from. Not politics. If politics, what are their motives?
Also there is nothing like South Indians stopped watching Hindi movies. We never started watching in the first place. Because our language is different, its just not possible to get entertained. But from past few decades we have subtitles, dubbing, etc which made North movies close to South Indians too. Previously, we just know a couple of actors name and that's it. Various Industries in India is not because of politics, rather its because of the langauge and language pride.
We south Indians are language devotes. So we made industries in the language we enjoy the most.
The motives for creating fan culture are very simple and I've outlined them. They allow movie makers to make lots of money with shoddy movies because they know the stupid fans will lap up and shit that is provided. And that is what has happened since the mid 80s. (now it is finally changing). So undeserving movies and people in power are making a shitload of money. Then they have actors joining politics and using that fan base again. Why are so many south indian actors in politics..? Then I also point out that this will not happen if there are pan indian movies dubbed in all languages because then the competition will be real. Sub par movies and actors cannot drive respect due to fannism because they will have to prove their worth to all Indians.
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