New Delhi: SS Rajamouli, who is wrapping up his magnum opus ‘RRR’ after the Golden Globe win of ‘Naatu Naatu’, has set the record straight for American journalists. He has made it clear to them that the film is not a Bollywood film, but “a Telugu film which comes from the south of India”.
Rajamouli was talking to a group of journalists after the screening of his film at the Directors Guild of America.
The director said: “RRR is not a Bollywood film, it is a Telugu film from the south of India where I come from, but I use songs to drive the story forward rather than stopping the film and giving you a piece of music.” I do and dance. I just use those elements to drive the story forward.”
He said: “At the end of the movie, if you say I didn’t feel like it for three hours, then I know I’m a successful filmmaker.”
Rajamouli’s magnum opus is in limelight as the song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ won the Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Song category. The song beat out Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” from “Where the Crowded Sings”.