- RRR
4/12/25 (Sat)
This Telugu-language film was a massive hit in Japan on its initial run in autumn 2022, quickly becoming the largest-grossing Indian film ever released in the country. It had the distinction of inspiring a stage version by the inimitable all-female Takarazuka troupe, which seems odd under the group’s star system given that the film has two male leads of equal importance. But there was no way to find out since those tickets were impossible to get. Still, it piqued my interest in the film, so I was keen to catch it when it returned for a second run. The theater was impressively full for an old flick. RRR, though never explained in the film, was apparently intended only as a working title using the initials of the producer and two main actors. The producer evidently came to like it and found words that fit, rendered in English as “Rise Roar Revolt”.
sekenbanashi 