AvataRRR: James Cameron invites SS Rajamouli 'to talk' about making a movie in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: At the recent Critics' Choice Awards, RRR director SS Rajamouli had a conversation with 'Avatar' director James Cameron. A short glimpse of this conversation was seen on social media when Rajamouli posted a couple of delightful pictures on his Twitter handle, which soon went gone viral.
'RRR', one of the most celebrated movies in recent times, is set in pre-Independence India and follows the story of two revolutionaries and their fight for their country.
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The great James Cameron watched RRR.. He liked it so much that he recommended to his wife Suzy and watched it again with her.🙏🏻🙏🏻
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) January 16, 2023
Sir I still cannot believe you spent a whole 10 minutes with us analyzing our movie. As you said I AM ON TOP OF THE WORLD... Thank you both 🥰🥰🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/0EvZeoVrVa
The official Twitter page of RRR Movie has now released the extended edition of the conversation that took place between Rajamouli and Cameron. This 3:23 seconds video gives us a full insight into what went down during the conversation between these two legendary directors.
Both directors shared their love for each other's work and James Cameron expressed his love for 'RRR' by sharing all the things he liked about the film. He said he liked the setup, the fire, the friendship and the story. He also praised the reveal and the backstory and noted the homely setup of the film. Rajamouli thanked him by saying that his words were more than an award for him, and added that he was surprised that Cameron had seen the film and analysed it.
Suzie Amis Cameron then chimed into the conversation and added that her husband had seen the movie twice. She said Cameron watched the movie alone at first and then persuaded her to watch it and hinted at the big reveals and twists without directly spoiling the plot.
The conversation then went on to the number of days of the shoot, and Rajamouli revealed that it took 320 days. He then went on to praise the film's music composer MM Keeravani for the amazing music that builds on the themes of the movie in a different way. Cameron remarked that there were moments in the film that made him get up.
Later Cameron said that he could only imagine what it must have been like to see the film as an Indian. And finally, Cameron told Rajamouli that if he ever want to make a film in Hollywood, he was open for a talk.
"And one thing, if you ever wanna make a movie over here, let's talk," he said.
"If you ever wanna make a movie over here, let's talk"- #JamesCameron to #SSRajamouli. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 21, 2023
Here’s the longer version of the two legendary directors talking to each other. #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/q0COMnyyg2
'RRR' has recently won several accolades, including Best Original Song - Motion Picture for Naatu Naatu and two Critics Choice Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Song
for Naatu Naatu.
'RRR' is now available on Netflix to stream.