Emerging as one of the biggest pan-India films, S.S. Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ is roaring at the box office with full force. Released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada, the monstrous blockbuster is going down in history for marking the biggest first-day opening collection of Rs.158.6 crore. Its victorious run at the box office remains undeterred by the release of KGF: Chapter 2, which recorded a collection of Rs. 134.5 crore on its first day. Despite, the franchise advantage and a holiday release the Yash starrer failed to shatter ‘RRR’s record.
The NTR Jr and Ram Charan starter, followed by ‘Baahubali’ (2015), which boasts of Rs. 152 crore opening and ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ that raked in Rs. 134.5 crore on its opening day. The Rajamouli directorial has successfully pulled the theatres out from their post-pandemic lull and has attracted viewers to cinemas in the scorching April heat. One record after another is being broken at the box office by this film that has crossed the milestone mark of Rs. 1050 crore.
‘RRR’ offers viewers a chance to live in the larger-than-life world created by Rajamouli. The audience in theatres welcomed the heartfelt story of freedom fighters to the pan-India space of movies with an uproarious response that has not died down in its third week. Set in 1920, ‘RRR’ explores the undocumented period in the lives of Komaram Bheem (Tarak) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan), when both the revolutionaries choose to go into oblivion before they joined the fight for independent India.
