The most recent film by SS Rajamouli, RRR, starring Ram Charan and Jr. NTR, has garnered a lot of attention since it was released and continues to do so. Recently, the Baahubali director claimed that he is upset with Netflix for just taking up the Hindi version of the historical action epic and leaving out the remainder of it during a meeting the streaming giant planned with the filmmaker combo Russo Brothers.
He was quoted saying, “First of all, I am actually angry with Netflix because they took only the Hindi version, not the rest of the four. So that is, I have a complaint against them. Second thing is, yes, I was surprised with the reception from the West.”
He continued, “A good story is a good story for everyone. But I didn’t think I could make films for Western sensibilities. I never believed myself. So when it came out on Netflix and people started watching it and the word of mouth started spreading and the critics started giving out good reviews for that.”
On the other hand, the maker said that he did not expect such a response to the film from the West, “Yes, I was surprised with the reception from the West. A good story is a good story for everyone, but I didn’t think I could make films for Western sensibilities. I never believed myself. So when it came out on Netflix and people started watching it, and word of mouth started spreading, when the critics started giving out good reviews, yes I was really, really surprised.”
