The movie earned two Globe nominations for – Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Song- played on the world’s biggest IMAX theatre. Fans, critics and film lovers reportedly flocked to the theatre and stood in long lines just to witness the magic of the film that is tipped to be a hot favourite for the awards season.
According to reports, the tickets for the big screening got sold out in a matter of 98 seconds, the theatre announced. “It’s official and it’s historic. @RRRMovie sold out the @ChineseTheatres @IMAX in 98 seconds. There has never been a screening like this of an Indian film before because there has never been a film like RRR before. Thank you @ssrajamouli @tarak9999 @AlwaysRamCharan @mmkeeravaani,” read the tweet.
Photos from the theatre saw a bunch of Indian fans holding banners and posters as they stood in line to enter the theatre. Some were even seen with ‘RRR For Oscars’ stickers as part of a campaign to have the film nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Film category.
Check out the tweets below:
The Biggest Fanbase at the Largest IMAX screen @ChineseTheatres @tarak9999 #RRR @RRRMoviehttps://t.co/2b18h1LNfk
— (@NTRTheStalwart) 1673314413000
I’ll try to update this for @EvrimErsoy but the general public line is fucking AMPED for #RRR at the… https://t.co/kzoFNGX1d1
— Will Landman (@WillTheLandMan) 1673313253000
Fans are Getting Ready With T-shirts Placards & Flags to welcome our #ManOfMassesNTR To The Land of Hollywood @ TCL… https://t.co/3INXkhZByd
— WORLD NTR FANS (@worldNTRfans) 1673307661000
Finally time to watch #RRR for the first time and what better way than at the @ChineseTheatres in @IMAX and with a… https://t.co/lN6hF51b1R
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) 1673318186000
@ByClaytonDavis @Variety @tarak9999 @Ramcharan @AlwaysRamCharan @VarianceFilms @RRRMovie Jai NTR @tarak9999 … https://t.co/VP8bDBXBlP
— #DADA #NTR (@Dada_NTR) 1673318394000
I have arrived at TCL for #RRR and there’s already three lines. This is what they look like about half an hour ago.… https://t.co/GlbwQYqxot
— doloresquintana (@doloresquintana) 1673313378000
It’s filling up, but the bad weather is wrecking travel havoc. #RRR https://t.co/abQIcWs3Yw
— Simone Cromer (@TheatreofZen) 1673318382000
Literally, the best seat in the house! There are lots of reserved seats!#RRR https://t.co/YRVV9Fxt4r
— Simone Cromer (@TheatreofZen) 1673317346000
It is time #RRR https://t.co/CqE4W7hWKw
— Landon Du (@LandonSDu) 1673318587000
Once in the theatre, fans spotted director Rajamouli at his seat and shared the photo on Twitter for all to see.
S.S.Rajamouli & Keeravani #RRR #RRRMovie #RRRforOscars https://t.co/bZpQqRNMCm
— poorna_choudary (@poornachoudary1) 1673318965000
‘RRR’ which also stars Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris, centres around two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), who form a friendship and fight against the colonialist British crown in the 1920s.
The title ‘RRR’ is short for “Rise Roar Revolt”, as it chronicles the Indian freedom struggle from the British and the Nizam of Hyderabad, which is the title of the monarch of the sovereign state, Hyderabad, in India.
