Director SS Rajamouli who has been extensively promoting his movie RRR for the Oscars has something to cheer about. The star director SS won the Best Director Award for RRR at the New York Film Critics Circle. The group is one of the first critics’ groups to weigh in on the awards season. Rajamouli’s win surprised many as his competitors included Steven Spielberg, Darron Aronofsky, Sarah Polley, and Gina Prince-Blythewood.
RRR is a fictional tale set in the 1920s pre-independence era that featured NTR as Komaram Bheem and Ram Charan as Alluri Seetaramaraju with Alia Bhatt playing Sita. The movie has collected over 1200 crores in its full run.
Despite being a massive blockbuster, the movie wasn’t selected for the official entry at the Oscars 2023. Hence, the filmmakers applied RRR in 14 categories under ‘For your consideration’ campaign. The producers applied to The Academy For the Oscars in main categories. RRR team has asked for consideration in categories including– Best Picture (DVV Danayya), Best Director (SS Rajamouli), Best Actor (Jr NTR and Ram Charan), Best Supporting Actor (Ajay Devgn), Best Supporting Actress (Alia Bhatt) and more.
On the work front, Rajamouli will be directing Mahesh Babu for an adventure entertainer and the movie will hit the sets next year or in 2024. Rajamouli is also in plans to direct a sequel to RRR.