“Yes, I was surprised with the reception from the West,” Rajamouli said in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. “A good story is a good story for everyone, but I didn’t think I could make films for Western sensibilities. I never believed myself. So when it came out on Netflix and people started watching it, and word of mouth started spreading, when the critics started giving out good reviews, yes I was really, really surprised.”
The comments were made as part of a conversation between Rajamouli and Joe and Anthony Russo, who recently directed “The Gray Man” for Netflix. The three men are responsible for some of the largest blockbusters of the century so far, and they discussed the challenges and rewards of large scale filmmaking. “I think you’ve seen over the past decade [that] action films have become more popular,” Anthony Russo said. “And sort of things like comedy, sometimes things that are specific to cultural sensitivities or understandings… they haven’t been as popular as they once were. And I think that speaks to the fact that action is a language that connects the global audience in a strong way.” The Russo Brothers clearly think that Rajamouli is pretty good at speaking the global language of action, as they both had nothing but praise for his work on “RRR.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
