Oscar awardee ‘RRR’ special screening held in Japan 83 year old fan gifts Rajamouli

Oscar awardee ‘RRR’ special screening held in Japan
83 year old fan gifts Rajamouli

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli, who attended a special screening of his blockbuster film ‘RRR’ in Japan, expresses his gratitude to the audience for continuing to shower love on the movie even after almost two years of its release.

The special screening was held by the Japanese film distribution outlet Twin Company, at multiplex theatres Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema and Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on Monday 18 March.

Markedly, Filmmaker SS Rajamouli, was in for a surprise when he received a Gift of 1,000 origami cranes from an 83 year old Japanese woman, a fan.

Taking to his X, the filmmaker wrote that in Japan, they make origami cranes & gift them to their loved ones for good luck & health. This 83yr old woman made 1000 of them to bless us because RRR made her happy. She just sent the gift and was waiting outside in the cold. Some gestures can never be repaid. Just grateful,’ the filmmaker captioned his post.

Twin Company distributed ‘RRR’ in Japan on October 21, 2022, months after its release in India. The film, featuring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, grossed over 410 million yen (approximately Rs 23 crore) at the Japanese box office.

In an X post, the distribution studio said as Rajamouli was unable to interact with ‘RRR’ fans the last time he visited Japan due to infection control measures in the wake of the pandemic, they honoured his wish to watch the film with ‘a cheering crowd’.

A PAN-India film, ‘RRR’ followed a pre-independence fictional story woven around two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) — in the 1920s.

The film raised over Rs 1,200 crore at the global box office and went on to win the best original song Oscar for its track ‘Naatu Naatu’.

News Edit K.V.Raman