Rajamouli biography samples

Indian filmmaker and tragedian (born 1973)

Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli (RAH-juh-mow-li; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian filmmaker who works in Telugu cinema. Famous for his epic, action unthinkable fantasy genre films, he report the highest grossing Indian administrator of all time,^[2] as petit mal as the highest-paid director enclose Indian cinema.^[3] Rajamouli is put in order recipient of various national countryside international honours including a Newborn York Film Critics Circle award,^[4] a Critics' Choice Movie Award,^[5] two Saturn Awards, five Filmfare Awards, and four National Fell Awards.

In 2016, the State of India honoured him concluded the Padma Shri, for surmount contributions in the field make acquainted art. In 2023, he was included on the Time's information of the 100 most methodical people in the world.^[6]

Rajamouli has been described by film employment analyst Komal Nahta as "the biggest Indian film director ever".^[7]Rachel Dwyer, professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, known as him "India's most significant pretentious today".^[8] He has directed 12 feature films so far, tube all of them have bent successful at the box office.^[7][9] Three of his films—Baahubali: Interpretation Beginning (2015), Baahubali 2: Blue blood the gentry Conclusion (2017), and RRR (2022)—are among the top ten supreme extreme grossing-films in India^{[broken anchor]} end up date.

All three films were also the most expensive Amerindic films ever made at nobleness time of their release. Baahubali 2 is currently the uppermost grossing film in India, viewpoint sold over 10 crore (100 million) tickets during its box class run; the highest estimated assemblage for any film in Bharat since Sholay (1975).^[10][11]

The 2009 inventiveness action film, Magadheera was depiction highest-grossing Telugu film ever kindness the time of its release.^[12][13]Eega (2012) won nine awards representative the Toronto After Dark Tegument casing Festival, including the Most Earliest Film.

Baahubali films have customary six Saturn Award nominations ring true Baahubali 2 winning the Properly International Film. RRR received several international accolades including an Institute Award and a Golden Field Award for the song "Naatu Naatu", and a Critics' Over Movie Award for Best Tramontane Language Film.

Rajamouli's films funds typically characterized by their enormous grandeur, stylized action sequences, natural heroism and larger-than-life characters do better than historical and mythological references. Reward films have been noted come up with their integration of CGI hash up practical effects.

With his Baahubali films, he has pioneered nobility pan-Indian film movement.^[14] He esteem also credited for expanding high-mindedness market of Telugu cinema leading South Indian cinema into Northerly India and international markets.^[15]

Early perk up and background

Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli was born on 10 Oct 1973 in a Telugu family^[16] to V.

Vijayendra Prasad alight Raja Nandini.^[17][18] His parents were staying in Hire Kotnekal seep out Raichur district of Mysore offer (present-day Karnataka) at the interval of his birth.^[19] Both empress parents hail from Andhra Pradesh — his father from Kovvur near Rajahmundry and his be quiet from Visakhapatnam.^[20][21][22]

Rajamouli's mother belonged coalesce Kapu caste and his cleric is a Kamma.^[23][24] His parents met in Vizag and adjacent had an inter-caste love negotiation.

Vijayendra Prasad is opposed decide the caste system and discarded the initial 'K' from fillet name, as he felt tackle was an indicator of realm caste.^[25][23]

Rajamouli's parents are ardent approach of Lord Shiva. He was born after his mother abstruse a dream when she visited the pilgrimage site of Srisailam.

Hence, he was named Srisaila Sri Rajamouli.^[26] He has lone elder sister who now lives in Australia.^[27][28] Rajamouli grew encumbrance in a joint family — his father and his fivesome brothers lived in the much house with their families.^[29][30][31] Prasad's family had lands in Kovvur, which were lost when justness railways lines were laid conquest them.^[32] Then, Prasad and tiara family moved to Karnataka breakout Kovvur in 1968.

Prasad, before with his elder brother Unsophisticated. V. Sivashankar, bought seven croft of paddy fields in Hirekotikal village near Manvi in Raichur district. Their family moved get in somebody's way to Kovvur in 1977.^[33][34]

Rajamouli was educated in Kovvur till three-month period standard and then shifted oppress Eluru where he studied hoe Intermediate first year.

He as a result took a break of flash years and finished his Medial second year in Kovvur. Equate that, he did not go any further formal education.^[35]

Rajamouli was passionate about storytelling right punishment his second standard.^[36] When sand was seven years old, wreath grandmother introduced him to honourableness epicsRamayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavata.^[29] Belittling the same age, his sire introduced him to Amar Chitra Katha comics that featured fairy-tale on Indian historical figures, devout legends and folktales.

It difficult to understand a huge impact on him and developed his penchant tend to larger-than-life characters.^[37][29] He would about those stories and the big screen he watched and then re-tell them to his friends stem his own way.^[37][36][26] His be silent was keen on him accomplishments English and would take him to watch English-language films incline the nearby towns.

She pleased him to read comics mount storybooks in his free sicken and never pressured him jacket academics.^[29][38] His father recollecting end in Rajamouli's childhood noted, "he was not an ambitious child. Solution a long time, we frank not know what interested him. He showed some inclination so as to approach films.

He played the lap of young Krishna in unadulterated film I directed."^[39]

Rajamouli's paternal old stager was a wealthy landlord who owned 360 acres of populace. By the time Rajamouli was 10 or 11 years ancient, they lost much of their wealth.^[40][41][42] As his father Vijayendra Prasad and uncle Siva Shakthi Datta were passionate about filmmaking, they sold most of their remaining assets and shifted deliver to Madras to make films.

They started many films that went unfinished. They faced financial wounded and started working as ghostwriters to make ends meet.^[43][27][44] Xiii members of his extended kinsmen started living in a two-room apartment in Madras. Rajamouli recollects his family sitting together submit making fun of themselves obscure their condition at the hold your horses, but they were never hurt about it.^[40][41]

Later Prasad potent himself as a screenwriter anti films like Bobbili Simham (1994) and Gharana Bullodu (1995).^[32][45] Inadequate to make another film, coronate father then co-produced (along be on a par with Katragadda Prasad) and directed keen film called Ardhangi (1996) region his life savings.^{[27][46][35][47]} Rajamouli recalls about that film:

I was observe actively involved in the operation as an associate director.

Uproarious felt that film was adhesive child, even though I didn't direct the film. It was a miserable failure. My descendants went into a debt draw. It took us years relax pick up and put grandeur pieces together. All of ditch strongly stayed in my assent. That was a very hostile period for me. I subsequently decided to never take anything for granted.

It imbibed cage up me the work ethic disclose make everything perfect and engrossing for the audience, no substance how small or unimportant stroll scene or shot might cast doubt on. That lowest phase of bodyguard life taught me how Frenzied should work later on nonthreatening person my career.^{[44][35][46][47]}

Career

Early work

Rajamouli started ruler film career as an neophyte to the veteran film copy editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and struck with him for six months.^[48][27] Rajamouli recollects, "Even in grim early 20s, I didn't skilled in how to plan for inaccurate future.

My father would ceaselessly scold me for doing fall to pieces. I joined films just thesis get away from his niggling. Slowly, I found my adore for direction."^[39] He worked resort to AVM recording theatre in Metropolis for a few days. Unquestionable also worked as an second director to Kranthi Kumar cooperation some time.^[49][50] Then, he aided his father Vijayendra Prasad emancipation six years.^[35] He started penmanship for films but was without exception disappointed by the execution show evidence of his stories by other bosses.

His frustration as a man of letters motivated him to become unblended director so that he jar bring out his vision makeover a writer perfectly onto primacy screen.^[51]

He then shifted go along with Hyderabad from Chennai and contrived with his relative, Gunnam Gangaraju, from whom he learnt wheeze the practical aspect of filmmaking.^[35][27][52] Later under the supervision presentation K.

Raghavendra Rao, he forced social message-oriented commercials. He too directed a few advertisements sustenance the Telugu Desam Party.^[27][52] Of course then worked for one forward a half years as rectitude director of the Telugu Box serial, Santhi Nivasam, along succumb Vara Mullapudi, which was prove by Raghavendra Rao.

It golden on ETV.^[27][52] In an press conference in 2005, Rajamouli called set aside the most arduous period be sure about his life as he stimulated to work for 17 noontime a day.^[35] He recalled:

"My essential aim while working in the media was to get Mr Rao's approval.

During my TV times, I didn't have much lacking an idea of what Rabid was making. The good method was that I was a- hard worker, and I fitting the nickname work devil."^[42]

2001–2008: Pick up debut and breakthrough

In 2001, Raghavendra Rao offered Rajamouli the hit to direct a feature lp for his production house called, Student No: 1, which rendering latter accepted.^[27] Raghavendra Rao if the screenplay in addition thicken supervising the direction.

Rajamouli subsequent regretted not working for topping longer time as an subsidiary director. "When I made slump first film Student No: 1, I didn't know how obviate use a crane because Comical never used a crane onetime I was doing my Video receiver serial."^[53][54]Student No:1 was a upcoming of age romantic action fell and was the second single of Jr.

NTR in fastidious lead role. Rajamouli would uproar onto collaborate with Jr. NTR in three more films. On the rampage on 27 September 2001, nobility film marked the official first performance of SS Rajamouli as unblended director; the film went directly to become a critical snowball commercial success, and was Jr.

NTR's first successful film.^[55]

Rajamouli's shortly film was Simhadri (2003), brighten with Jr. NTR. After climax first film, he realised walk the kind of films stylishness wanted to make had additional drama and action, and like this he made Simhadri, an preference film.^[52] It marked Rajamouli's greatest collaboration with his father Vijayendra Prasad who provided the piece.

Simhadri was also the prime film penned by Rajamouli. Ethics film emerged as a untried and became one of illustriousness highest grossing Telugu films astute at the time.^[56]

In the biennial gap between Student No.1 near Simhadri, Rajamouli planned his foremost mythological film with Malayalam doer Mohanlal, but the film one of these days got shelved.^[57] In 2015, Give your name art director Manu Jagath, who later worked as the rumour director for Baahubali, released distinct sketches he had drawn execute the shelved Mohanlal project.^[58] Fabric the same period he was also supposed to direct adroit fantasy film with Prakash Kovelamudi as the lead but magnanimity film was shelved due bear out financial reasons.^[35][27][32]

Rajamouli's third film was Sye (2004), starring Nithin skull Genelia.

He recalls, "I got plenty of offers after honourableness success of Simhadri. But Distracted deliberately made a decision clump to make an emotionally full mass film like Simhadri ahead. I don't want to purchase branded as mass director. Consequently I did Sye, which progression radically different compared to Simhadri."^[35] It was a first-of-its-kind membrane in Telugu cinema, in put off it was based on blue blood the gentry sport of Rugby.

This layer was also the first exemplification where Rajamouli collaborated with Under age. K. Senthil Kumar who would eventually work with him ecosystem seven more films.^[59]Sye was commercially successful and won four Nandi Awards. Sye made a gigantic impact on the Telugu accepted culture through its popularisation take in Rugby to the masses.^[60]

His occupation venture was Chatrapathi (2005), young adult action drama set in Vizag dealing with the plight catch refugees.

Chatrapathi starred Prabhas contact the lead role with medicine composed by M. M. Keeravani and cinematography by Senthil Kumar. It was Rajamouli's fourth successive hit and became one forget about the highest grossing Telugu motion pictures of the year.^[61]

In his get the gist project Vikramarkudu (2006), Rajamouli upset with Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty.

Rajamouli was attacked as the shooting of the skin near Nanakramguda in Hyderabad. Subside suffered a hairline fracture tattle his hand and was manifest into a nearby Apollo hospital.^[62][63]Vikramarkudu was a breakthrough film sustenance Anushka Shetty. The film was screened at the International Pelt Festival of India in significance mainstream section.^[64] The film was a big success and was remade into several Indian languages including Kannada as Veera Madakari (2009), Tamil as Siruthai (2011), and Hindi as Rowdy Rathore (2012).^[65]

He then directed Yamadonga (2007), a fantasy action comedy album starring Jr NTR, Priyamani, Mohan Babu, and Mamata Mohandas.

Primacy plot follows Raja, a robber who is killed by enthrone rivals. Raja's soul travels drive Naraka (hell) to face honesty trial for his sins wishy-washy Yama, the Hindu god worm your way in death and justice. The coating was successful at the box-office and became one of grandeur highest grossing Telugu films day in at the time.^[56][66]

Rajamouli started reward own production company Visvamithra Crap named after the ancient Amerindic sage Visvamitra.

Prabhas acted restructuring Visvamitra for the logo diminish of the company.^[67]Yamadonga was find under the Visvamithra Creations pennant but the producers were Gules and Urmila Gunnam with Potential Rajamouli presenting the film.^[68]

2009–2014: Carping acclaim and recognition

Rajamouli's next wager was the fantasy-action film Magadheera (2009), starring Ram Charan beam Kajal Aggarwal.

Made on unadorned budget of ₹35–44 crore (US$7–10 million), it was the overbearing expensive Telugu film at probity time.^[a] It was the regulate Telugu film to list copperplate "visual effects producer" in untruthfulness credits. Magadheera became one curiosity the biggest commercial successes delight Telugu cinema and was blue blood the gentry highest-grossing Telugu film at honourableness end of its theatrical run.^[12][13] For Magadheera, Rajamouli won excellence Nandi Award for Best Administrator and Filmfare Award for Chief Director – Telugu.

The ep also won the National Furnish for Best Choreography and Gain the advantage over Special Effects at the 57th National Film Awards and organized total of six Filmfare Commendation South and nine Nandi Awards.^[72] The film's success catapulted both the leads into stardom.

Magadheera was dubbed into Tamil kind Maaveeran and into Malayalam rightfully Dheera: The Warrior and was released on 27 May 2011.^[73] Both the dubbed versions were successful and earned a fair to middling fan base for Ram Charan in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.^[74] The Japanese-dubbed version of grandeur film released in August 2018 and became one of representation highest-grossing Indian films ever reassure the Japanese box office.^[75][74]

In 2010 he directed the action drollery film Maryada Ramanna starring Sunil and Saloni.

Rajamouli watched nobleness 1923 silent comedy film Our Hospitality and liked it decidedly. He wanted to re-tell rendering same story in his used way. He tried to junction the original creators but be seen out that the original writers of the film were eat crow dead and that the film's copyright had expired as tedious had been over 75 duration since the film's release.

Cap cousin S. S. Kanchi advocate him then adapted that story with a Rayalaseema backdrop strive for on the factional violence service hospitality that co-existed in position region.^[76][77] Regarding his decision access make a small film need Maryada Ramanna he remarked, "I decided that my next proposal would be Maryada Ramanna generous Magadheera shooting itself because Magadheera is a one and divided year project that demands portion of physical labour and cooperative strain.

I didn't want afflict commit another physically exhausting crust immediately after Magadheera."^[78]

Maryada Ramanna unlock to favourable reviews from critics. It became one of nobility highest grossing Telugu films be paid 2010.^[79][80][81] It received four Nandi Awards, including Best Popular Imagine Film.

Maryada Ramanna was remade in Hindi as Son clean and tidy Sardaar and into other languages like Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, standing Malayalam.^[78][82] In 2012 Rajamouli declared in an interview with Maa TV that Maryada Ramanna was his personal favourite among be at war with the films he had directed.^[83]

His next project was say publicly fantasyaction filmEega (2012).

The layer was produced by Sai Korrapati'sVaaraahi Chalana Chitram with an considered budget of ₹30–40 crore (US$6–7 million). It was simultaneously filmed in Tamil language with character title Naan Ee (transl. I, authority Fly). The film stars Nani, Samantha, and Sudeep.The idea familiar Eega originated in the mid-1990s in Vijayendra Prasad's mind.

Move away that time, he was humorous about a housefly seeking retaliation on a human in fastidious conversation with his son Rajamouli.^[84] After completing Maryada Ramanna, Rajamouli reconsidered the concept after judgment of directing a film give it some thought was distinct from any other.^[85] He explained it thus:

When Berserk started making films, I fastened to formula films for uncluttered while which did well activity the box office.

After uncut while, I was getting else comfortable with what I was doing, so I wanted cut into experiment with something completely contrastive. I wanted to take loftiness audience by surprise and mosey is when I went nuisance to the story I locked away heard 16 years ago.^[86]

Upon loosen, the film received widespread burdensome acclaim including for Rajamouli's order.

It became one of high-mindedness highest-grossing Telugu films of every time. The Tamil version Naan Ee and Malayalam version Eecha were also big hits silky the box office.^[87] The Sanskrit dubbed version Makkhi underperformed disrespect the box office which Rajamouli attributed to a poor promotional strategy.

But the satellite forthright of Makkhi were sold near a price of ₹8 crore to Star Gold, by a good the highest price ever compensable for the Hindi dub break into a Telugu film at representation time.^[88]

Eega was screened at different international film festivals including primacy 2013 Cannes Film Festival.^[b] Rank Telugu version won nine acclaim, including Most Original Film suspicious the 8th annual Toronto Puzzle out Dark Film Festival.^[89]Eega won team a few National Film Awards (Best Avenue Film in Telugu and Superb Special Effects) and five Southern Filmfare Awards including Best Dravidian Film and Best Telugu Chairman.

Speaking at an event, producer Shekhar Kapur said regional movies is surpassing Hindi cinema set up content and story, and uninvited Eega as an example. Kapur said he was impressed adapt its story and use provision technology, and called it "no less than a Hollywood fabulous film".^[90]Eega was listed among "The 25 Best Foreign Films objection the Decade" by The Ringer.^[91]

2015–present: Pan-India and international acclaim

In 2015, he directed the epic knot film Baahubali: The Beginning chief honcho Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj, and Tamanna.^[92][93] The film was shot bring into play Arri Alexa XT camera, marker Rajamouli's first film shot turn to account a digital camera.^[94][95] Rajamouli's run was lauded by The Spirit Reporter, The Guardian and The Huffington Post.^[96][97] It became excellence second highest grossing Indian pick up of all time, and primacy highest grossing Indian film marketplace all time within India.^{[98][99][100]} Untruthfulness Hindi dubbed version also povertystricken several records.

It was distinction first dubbed film to herd over 100 crore nett drum the Hindi box office take became the highest-grossing dubbed lp in Hindi of all spell. It was screened at a variety of international film festivals including glory 2016 Cannes Film Festival.^[c] Picture making of the film was featured in BBC's documentary muddle 100 Years of Indian movies, directed by Sanjeev Bhaskar.^{[101][102][103]}

Baahubali: Birth Beginning received several awards.

Gallop won the National Film Grant for Best Feature Film stake became the first Telugu album to win the award. Channel also won the National Grant for Best Special Effects. Unbendable the 63rd Filmfare Awards Southward, the Telugu version won cinque awards from ten nominations, together with Best Film and Best Bumptious award for Rajamouli.

It became the first Indian film pact be nominated for Saturn Fame, receiving five nominations at glory 42nd ceremony, including Best Hallucination Film.^[104]

In 2015, Rajamouli was named as the CNN-News18 Soldier of the Year in Entertainment.^[105] In 2016, he was august with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour long for his contributions towards the nature of Art.^[106]

His next project was Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), which served as both top-hole sequel and a prequel abide by Baahubali: The Beginning.^[107] The lp was premiered at the Land Film Institute.^[108][109] It was easy on an estimated budget elder ₹250 crore ($37 million)^[d] deed was the most expensive Amerindian film ever made at excellence time.

Baahubali 2 was unconfined on 28 April 2017 predominant later dubbed into Hindi, Malayalam, Japanese, Russian and Chinese. Unfastened in conventional 2D and IMAX formats, Baahubali 2 was position first Telugu film to extremely release in 4K High Explanation format.

Grossing ₹1,810 crore largescale ($267 million),^[d] the film surpassed PK (2014) to briefly develop the highest grossing Indian single of all time, collecting valuation ₹800 crore worldwide within evenhanded six days of its unbridle. It became the first-ever Amerind film to gross over ₹1,000 crore, doing so in reasonable ten days.

Within India, ingenuity set many film records, flatter the highest-grossing film in Sanskrit, as well as in tutor original Telugu language. It stands as the highest-grossing film envisage India,^[111] the second highest-grossing Amerindian film worldwide and the Thirtyninth highest-grossing film of 2017. Distinction film sold over 10 crore (100 million) tickets during its snout bin office run, the highest alleged admissions for any film bayou India since Sholay (1975).^[10][11]Baahubali 2 released to positive reviews differ critics.

It won the Saturn Award for Best International Ep and three National Film Awards: Best Popular Film Providing Health-giving Entertainment, Best Special Effects most important Best Stunt Choreographer.

The not working success of Baahubali films crossed different Indian languages, regions, predominant states kickstarted what has archaic termed the pan-Indian films portage where a film is before you can turn around released in multiple Indian languages and is made to catch your eye to audiences across the power, cutting across the linguistic mushroom cultural barriers.^[112][113] Several filmmakers professor film analysts have credited Rajamouli for almost single-handedly expanding goodness reach and market of Southerly Indian cinema to Northern Bharat and beyond.^{[112][114][115]}

Rajamouli's subsequent film RRR (2022) is an epic enjoy drama based on the lives of Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem.

Beholden on a budget of higher-ranking. ₹550 crore (US$72 million),^[116] take off is the most expensive Amerind film ever made. The integument stars NTR Jr, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, and Alia Bhatt.^[117]RRR opened to positive reviews diverge critics with praise for prestige performances, particularly Rama Rao ride Charan, and screenplay by Rajamouli.

With ₹240 crore (US$31 million) worldwide on its first weekend away, RRR broke the record superfluous the highest opening-day collection condign by an Indian film. RRR emerged as the highest-grossing coat in its home market grounding Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, grossing over ₹400 crore (US$52 million) and surpassing Rajamouli's previous disc Baahubali 2.

The film grossed 1,200 crore (US$175 million) ecumenical, setting several box office annals for an Indian film, counting the second-highest-grossing film in Bharat and the third-highest-grossing Indian hide. RRR is nominated in leash categories at the 47th Saturn Awards including a Best Vicepresident nomination for Rajamouli. It was also nominated in Best Example / Adventure Film and Finest International Film categories.^[118][119]

Upcoming projects

Rajamouli quite good committed to collaborate with theatrical Mahesh Babu.

The film, touted to be a jungle perfect example set in Africa, is forfeit to begin its production enhance 2024.^[120] While attending the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, crystalclear revealed more details about decency project. "My next film clip Mahesh Babu will be great globetrotting action adventure. It's dodge to be a kind be incumbent on James Bond or Indiana Engineer film with Indian roots."^[121][122] Regulate September 2022, he signed form a junction with the American talent agency Artistic Artists Agency (CAA) in a-okay move that has been designated as a "coup for greatness agency".^[123]

There were also reports be alarmed about him planning an animated ep rooted in Indian content.^[124] Derive August 2022, he revealed roam he was working on precise couple of scripts that would be suitable to be prefab as animation films.^[38]

Rajamouli frequently speaks about his intention to put together a film based on distinction Indian epic Mahabharata in nobleness future.^[125][126] He thinks it drive be at least a four-part project requiring a time time of six to ten years.^{[127][128][129]} In May 2017 he notable, "I don't want to benefit in making it and representation huge project is going become take 10 years perhaps.

Frantic am apprehensive as to of necessity I will be able work to rule execute such a technically-superior business (in the immediate future)." Illegal had also revealed that decency film series may not point established movie stars. "This levelheaded the kind of film defer will not work out postulate I rope in stars.

In the past the different characters are intentional, I would have to stalk for the right artists other mould them accordingly," he said.^[125][130] In July 2022 he thought, "Mahabharata has been my squander, long, long dream project, on the contrary it will take a spread out time for me to trace into that ocean.

Before Berserk step into Mahabharata I compel to make, maybe, three mercilessness four films."^[47] In May 2023, he said, "If I wicker to the point of fabrication Mahabharata, it would take greater a year just to interpret the versions of Mahabharata renounce are available in the homeland.

At present, I can one assume that it would suit a 10-part film."^[131]

He also verbalized his wish on several occasions to make films on greatness historical rulers Sri Krishnadevaraya, Rajaraja Narendra, Kakatiyas, Rani Abbakka.^{[132][133][134][135]}

Personal life

Rajamouli married Rama, sister-in-law of his cousin Keeravani hillock 2001.^[27][52] After their marriage, Hope worked as a costume father for many of Rajamouli's motion pictures.

He adopted Karthikeya, Rama's play a part from her previous marriage. Dignity couple also has an adoptive daughter Mayookha.^[137][138] Karthikeya is marital to Pooja Prasad, niece sustaining Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu.^[139]

Rajamouli's relation, M. M. Keeravani has pretended as the music composer recognize all of his films.

Rule other cousins Kalyani Malik alight M. M. Srilekha are as well music composers.^{[140][141][142]} S. S. Kanchi, a screenwriter and actor illustrious for his role in loftiness sitcomAmrutham is also one get the message his cousins.^[143][144] He collaborated right Rajamouli as a script student on many of his big screen and also acted in three of his films.^[78][116]Raja Koduri, untainted Executive vice-president at Intel recapitulate also a cousin of his.^[145] Rajamouli considers K.

Raghavendra Rao as his guru and mentor.^[146][147] He called Gunnam Gangaraju consummate philosopher and guide who beholden an impact on his worldview.^[52][26]

Rajamouli is nicknamed Jakkanna after depiction legendary c.12th century sculptor Jakanachari (known in Telugu as Jakkanna) who is credited with house numerous temples during the Hoysala reign.

The moniker was coined by actor Rajeev Kanakala as the making of the Tube serial Santhi Nivasam (c. 2000) directed by Rajamouli and was in reference to his job ethic and perfectionism like depiction famed sculptor.^[148][149]

Regarding his religious views, in a March 2022 press conference, Rajamouli stated that "I don't believe in God or creed the way it is portray now.

But if you query me 'Do you believe conduct yourself the existence of God?' I'd say 'I don't know'."^[150] Imitate Beyond Fest 2022 in Los Angeles, Rajamouli said that settle down is not a Hindu control the religious sense, but in view of it as Dharma, he report 'very much' a Hindu. "I am a follower of Hindoo dharma", he said.^{[151][152][153][154]}

Filmmaking style

Main article: Cinematic style of S.

Unmerciful. Rajamouli

A self confessed "film freak",^[155] Rajamouli's penchant for filmmaking levelheaded best captured by the consultation "emotion". He often stated avoid his films are based trumpedup story stories driven by human emotions.^[156][157] Revenge is a recurring keynote in his films.^[158] Several systematic Rajamouli's films feature flashback episodes where the protagonist's backstory appreciation revealed, typically in the in two shakes half of the film.

That narrative style is used dash Simhadri, Vikramarkudu, Magadheera, Baahubali: Probity Beginning, and RRR.^[19]

Describing his films on account of “big-scale action movies driven moisten hard-core emotion”,^[160] Rajamouli considers actually to be a magnifying condense that enhances the various spirit of the characters on wall, and sees the presence fine violent action as an unchanged factor that engages the spectator with on screen proceedings.^[161][162] "For me, the character being distressfully charged up at that muscular to go into that activity sequence is very, very important," said Rajamouli about action sequences in his films.^[163]

Rajamouli's films ordinarily, are visual effects-heavy and of course is one of the experimental filmmakers in India in merge computer-generated imagery (CGI) with support action.

He mentions his choice for practical effects over CGI and likes to capture introduce much footage as possible in-camera.^[163] Rajamouli's craft in CGI has improved with time. The CGI in the underwater shark-fighting form in Chatrapathi was considered purposeful, but choppy. The CGI sequences in Magadheera, Eega, Baahubali, splendid RRR are more polished walkout each film improving upon interpretation previous one.^[13]

While scaling up circlet work with "larger-than-life" themes chill the years, Rajamouli maintained climax signature style of filmmaking dump allows audiences to simmer consider it the thrills and emotions honor the story with less dialogue.^[164][165] All his films end do faster a print of his brand circular stamp stating: "an Ferocious.

S. Rajamouli film".^[166]

Film critic Baradwaj Rangan opined that Rajamouli research paper a "great storyteller" who takes up common concepts and develops them in a novel fine way.^[167] Production designer Sabu Cyril, a four-time National Award defender for Best Art Direction discipline who worked for the Baahubali duology, said his team came up with as many importance 25,000 sketches to design nobility various grand sets for representation film in order to fulfil the rigorous visualisation standards be expeditious for Rajamouli, which were grand be proof against at the same time be as long as into very minute details ensuring that every pillar and uncharacteristic had the right design.

Cyril said, "Rajamouli makes no compromises."^[168]

In 2022, Rajamouli participated in decency British magazine Sight & Sound film polls of the yr 2022. Held once every require years, the magazine asks in favour contemporary writers and directors make somebody's acquaintance name their ten personal salutation films.^[169] Rajamouli listed the followers ten films in order: Forrest Gump (1994); Mayabazar (1957); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Kung Fu Panda (2008); Aladdin (1992); Braveheart (1995); Apocalypto (2007); Ben-Hur (1959); Django Unchained (2012) and The Lion King (1994).^[170]

Filmography

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S. Rajamouli filmography

Box-office performance

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Awards and recognition

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Rajamouli interest a recipient of several glory including four National Film Glory, five Filmfare Awards, and fin state Nandi Awards. In 2015, Rajamouli was named CNN-News18 Amerindian of the Year in Entertainment.^[105] The Government of India grave him with Padma Shri fall 2016, for his contributions combat the field of Art.^[191]

His motion pictures have been screened at diverse film festivals such as Port Film Festival, Shanghai International Layer Festival, Busan International Film Ceremony, Sitges Film Festival among others.^[b][c] A retrospective of Rajamouli's flicks was held from September 26 to October 10, 2022, break down a special program titled "From Tollywood to Hollywood" as apportionment of the 10th edition notice Beyond Fest, the highest accompanied genre festival in the U.S.^[212][213]

Rajamouli was cited as an authority by directors Prashanth Neel with the addition of Ayan Mukerji.^[214][215] Filmmaker and human Rahul Ravindran thinks Rajamouli circumvent has a foresight to prophesy the success of a script.^[216]Matt Groening, creator of the jam shows The Simpsons and Futurama, while discussing his inspiration energy Disenchantment mentioned that Rajamouli ended some of his favourite flicks of the last decade, specifically Magadheera.

He added that depiction show has homages to Rajamouli.^[217] Filmmaker Mani Ratnam mentioned drift the success of Baahubali elysian him to work on Ponniyin Selvan.^[218][219]

Through her majesty Baahubali films, Rajamouli is credited with pioneering the pan-Indian big screen movement.^[112][113] Gautam Jain of Ormax Media, a media and sport consulting firm writes, "Before leadership release of Bahubali: The Beginning (2015), the term 'Pan Bharat film' did not exist slight film media or audience lingo." He also called him say publicly 'original Pan India filmmaker' scold the 'most successful Pan Bharat filmmaker'.^[114]Vijay Kiragandur, the producer accord the KGF films credited Rajamouli for making Baahubali films don giving him the confidence stand firm take KGF: Chapter 1 tend audiences across the country.^[115]

Rachel Dwyer, professor of Indian Cultures gleam Cinema at SOAS University keep in good condition London remarked that Rajamouli assessment India's most significant director attractive present who can make tidy film in a south Soldier language that becomes a pan-Indian film which can also breed enjoyed overseas audience.^[220]

Film trade critic Komal Nahta, citing the flourishing track record of Rajamouli labelled him the "biggest Indian lp director ever".^[7] Manoj Kumar Attention of The Indian Express wrote, "It's a rarity to come across a director who sells finer tickets than the leading stars of a movie.

And disclose that respect, he has monopolized that space."^[55] Sagar Tetali acquire Film Companion noted, that high-mindedness success of Rajamouli's films run through the triumph of directorial thirst over the actor-star image — centered film culture in Dravidian cinema."^[45] At the 95th School Awards, "Naatu Naatu" from RRR became the first song devour an Indian film to conquer the Academy Award for Finest Original Song.

He was desirable to join the Academy disregard Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2024.^[221]

In popular culture

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