Karan Johar calls SS Rajamouli ‘true genius and visionary’ at RRR success party

RRR ((Rise Roar Revolt) has exceeded all expectations at the box office and is on its way to earn Rs 1000 crore worldwide. A party celebrating the movie’s success was held in Mumbai on Wednesday which was attended by Karan Johar, Rajamouli, Aamir Khan and many other celebrities of the Hindi industry.

While interacting with the media, Johar only extolled praises for the filmmaker and branded him a “true genius and visionary”.

Here are some photos from the success bash:

“He has the imagination of a genius child. That imagination that children think of, he has the ability to go out there and execute it like a true visionary,” said the producer-filmmaker, according to Pinkvilla.

He added that he had experienced a movie like Baahubali, and was even more impressed with Rajamouli after watching Baahubali 2. He went onto describe RRR as a movie that is “too good to be true.”

Johar said experiencing the work of a “maverick” filmmaker like Rajamouli made him realise that “this kind of talent is real and it can exist.” He also said that everyone in the Indian film industry should strive for the standard set by the filmmaker and his team, and they can just try and execute the kind of cinema he stands for.

RRR is a fictionalised telling of two freedom fighters in the early 20th century — Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Kumram Bheem (Jr NTR). The Telugu-language film produced by DVV Entertainments released in cinemas in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi on March 25.

RRR also features Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in extended cameo appearances. Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson and Olivia Morris are also part of the cast.

Within 12 days of its worldwide theatrical run, the period drama minted a whopping Rs 935 crores across all languages and countries.

Also read – RRR Box Office collection Day 12: Rajamouli’s epic is just one step away from the Rs 1000 crore milestone 

“RRR is an extremely well-made period drama that plays to the galleries and still doesn't forget its purpose of telling a gripping story,” reads OTTplay’s review of the movie.