#rise roar revolt

[enigma-the-mysterious]

Me: I don't have a type

Also me: Allow me to introduce you to my favourite characters

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

Ah yes, my favourite trope: homoerotic betrayal

When you got to arrest your best friend/boyfriend because he is an enemy of the oppressive state and you are the state's enforcer :/

[balkanparamo]

Fabian Cháirez: La Revoltosa (2019)

[chemicalarospec]

[idlebirdsparagon]

Musings On Sacrifice And Happiness Regarding Ram & Bheem

@hag-lad this snowballed a bit and took me a few days, but I was not making empty promises in the tags; it is done.

All right folks. This little analysis was inspired by this post by @enigma-the-mysterious and is an exploration of Ram and Bheem's attitudes toward their mortality and potential deaths. Neither of these two knuckleheads (affectionate) seem even the least bit apprehensive at the thought of their own deaths and I want to unpack that.

Content warning for talk of death, and disregard for personal safety, as per the movie.

Bheem: "I'll die with pride."

[Note: this section will be a little less of a deep dive into subtext and deeper meaning/conjecture and more a general explanation of the text, mainly because Bheem, barring the necessity of his Akhtar persona, functions narratively as the "what you see is what you get/I said what I meant" type. But it's fun to talk about him, and I'm making a culminating point at the end of this so I need this here for the sake of ✨️balance✨️]

Given his role as the protector for the Gond people, I would argue that it's reasonable to assume Bheem is, at any given point, ready to sacrifice himself for those he considers to be under his protection, whether directly a part of his tribe or not, especially based on the description of the protector given by Venkat Avadhani; yes Bheem is often likened to a tiger within the fandom (I do this too), but I think the imagery presented of a man willing to break a tiger's teeth and pry open its jaws to save someone is incredibly visceral and indicative of how far Bheem is willing to go as just one person.

Bheem lives with the knowledge that there's always a high chance that he will die as a natural outcome of his role among his people, as evidenced by how he doesn't promise his return when comforting Ram, saying instead "If we get out safely, I'll come meet you again."

And if he dies for the sake of ensuring that others get to live, that's a net positive for him; his purpose as protector fulfilled.

His entire line to Ram before he leaves to rescue Malli is a verbal acknowledgement of how much love he holds for his friend and an assurance to Ram that he'll have comfort in his final moments should they come to pass; he's not actively seeking to die, and he'll do his best to avoid dying, but he won't deem it an untimely tragedy should it happen. And having forged such a close friendship with Ram, that's another net positive he's been party to, so he can die with pride having done his job and holding the memory of Ram in his heart in his final moments.

Ram: "I will die gladly, Uncle."

I'm not gonna ease into this idea, I'm too eager so I'm just going to lay it out: Alluri Rama Raju does not live for himself and does not pursue his mission with his wellbeing in mind. Ram operates under the notion of being an instrument of the revolution and, even in times of his most heinous acts, regards himself as such rather than as a person. This is ultimately a topic for another dissection, but to tie it into the point of this post: when a tool breaks, do you weep? Does the tool?

I'm not going to wax poetic about material loss versus emotional loss; there is a nuance there that begs for a much longer word count. However, I will underline the point I'm making about Ram and how he regards his life.

Ram is given the mantle of being the weapon of the revolution at a very young age and we are told that he has worked for 15 years toward his (and his father's) goal; if you subscribe to the ideology that your life is that of a tool meant to achieve a goal, rather than as evidence of a living being, how will that change how you regard that life? Is it something precious outside of the mission?

Ram has a severe reckless disregard for his personal safety; jumping into a throng of protesters with nothing but a lathi as his weapon/protection being the biggest example of this.

(look at him go. wild. i'm armchair diagnosing him as clinically unwell.)

Ram is well aware of his prowess as a weapon and that gives him the confidence and internal permission to take wild risks without a moment's hesitation; he also knows that, ultimately, a weapon, if broken beyond repair, is replaceable; while he isn't looking to break himself, he certainly isn't being precious with his existence either.

And I would posit that he functions on a day to day basis under the need to accomplish his mission, get the weapons for his people and expel the British; beyond that? I wouldn't put money on Ram having planned for the future, or even having thought of making it to whatever future might be there for him. Though this idea is more of a headcanon than anything else; feel free to agree with or dismiss it as you like.

Then comes his ideological shift in the face of Bheem's rousing defiance of the Empire, and Ram's participation in it, in front of the people of Delhi at the whipping post.

Ram is forced to reckon with the fact that in his bid to be the weapon that brings about the downfall of the British Empire, he has effectively put that weapon into the hands of the enemy and allowed it to be wielded against the people he has been trying to liberate, and he knows this. The thought has been building for some time, as evidenced by his letter to Sita, but being ordered to flog Bheem expedited the process of cementing it as truth, with the final acknowledgement of that truth happening during Komuram Bheemudo.

But what to do with that realization?

What do you do when your purpose is thrown at your feet and you're forced to look at the culmination of your life's efforts as something that has been horribly corrupted and been rendered ultimately impotent? Let's me be specific with this rhetorical bit: What is Ram meant to do when looking at his guilt made manifest in the wounds littering Bheem's body, put there by his hand? Guilt that has been looming over his actions since his final shot in his village at his father's back?

(do you ever think about the fact that they show us the moment Ram stopped genuinely smiling until the day he met Bheem?...i do)

After the flogging Ram says Bheem is a volcano; I want to take that metaphor and turn it in my hands a bit to say I'd regard Bheem more as the catalyst for the eruption of people in Delhi, the introduction of magma into the chamber that triggers the previous buildup to come rushing forth; again another analysis for another time. Suffice it to say Bheem's actions and defiance in the face of the British and his torture incite immediate and tangible results in a way that Ram's methods from the inside never have and never would have been able to.

Here's where I'm going to bring it back to the idea of Ram and his happiness to potentially die for Bheem

Ram pins his hopes of a successful revolution onto Bheem. He doesn't seem the type to excuse failure in any capacity in regard to himself, and he has just been made painfully and undeniably aware that what he has been doing for the past 4 years has not been working; time to effectively decommission himself as the weapon. And if he dies, well, such is the way of things, no? Ram is beyond skilled in a great many things, especially combat, but I doubt he's ever regarded himself as invincible, he gets hurt too badly and far too often for that to make sense. Luck eventually runs out. He can do what needs to be done, he has every confidence in that, but he's aware of the possibility that doing so will come at the cost of his life. And with all that he has done up to the point of his about face after Bheem's flogging, he's more than ready to pay that price in his own blood.

Ram's life is not his, at least not by his estimation, and if he can keep Bheem alive, his own life is fine to be forfeit. He can die happy knowing Bheem still lives, with the added bonus of knowing the revolution will continue in his absence. At least in death he will have successfully done something good for his people and country.

To Summarize:

Both men are at peace with the idea of their respective deaths: Ram ultimately because he doesn't see his death as a loss if Bheem is still alive, and Bheem because he doesn't see his death as a tragedy if it means saving the life of another, especially with the knowledge that he can hold his friendship with Ram in his heart as he dies.

Though of course, within the context of the movie, neither of them has to die for the other, and I like to think that after the events of the movie they will gladly keep each other alive and never even think to regard doing so as a burden.

And that's where I'll end this analysis. If you made it this far, or just skipped to the summary, thank you for reading!

[dasakuryo]

you all thought that the South Asian 🤝 Argentinean solidarity ended with the World Cup? THINK AGAIN!

The RRR team congratulates Argentina 1985 on our Golden Globe win! Bear in mind both movies were shortlisted for the same award, and guess what happened in the latest Critics Choice Awards? 😍

RRR 🤝 Argentina 1985

A movie about rising up against British imperialism🤝A movie about rising up against dictators and their political power

[le-paondu]

" Between a tiger and a hunter. Between a wildfire and a storm.(...) This is an unforeseen turn of fate, which has culminated in this friendship. It's yet to be seen if this will end in bloodshed." 

 R.R.R by  S. S. Rajamouli (2022) 

Please watch this movie, it'll be worth it ~

[doreymifasolo]

Everyone loves Ram, okay, but here’s why Bheem’s best man:

Puppy dog eyes ◕ ◡ ◕

“This bracelet goes with that dress.” Bro is working overtime as a spy AND a trend-setter. Did you see his crash the party makeup??

When picking between the boys’ and girls’ game of tug of war, he went to the girls’ side. And won.

Speaking of girls, this kawaii man emotes like he’s in an anime. He physically cannot keep any feeling secret. The only reason Elite Special Ops-Officer Ram didn’t notice Bheem was lying to him is because he is so in love

HIS WIDDLE HEAD BOBBLES (◠‿◠✿)

cURLY HAIR, curly hair, and MORE curly hair

Man is built like a teddy bear but also a BEAR bear

Anytime he sees a child/woman/man being treated dishonorably: (ง'̀-‘́)ง

Innocently and honestly believes that he won the dance off because of Ram’s “leg cramp.” When he asks Seetha who has smallpox, Seetha looks like she’s explaining what lies are to a small child for the first time

The way he takes Ram’s, Seetha’s, and Malli’s hands in his, giving them one last thing to anchor themselves to before his departure. His love language is physical touch <3

He gives the best hugs in the world and EVERYONE knows it

While enduring Passion of Christ-levels of torture, went, “Welp, there’s a song I’ve been working on. Want to hear it?” It was a banger. You could say the crowd went wild

His first instinct wasn’t to take the shrine’s bow and arrows for Ram. His instinct was to bless him and make his friend a LITERAL deity, LORD RAMA reincarnate!!

He screamed in a tiger’s face then apologized to him

Has definitely worn a flower crown before and will do so again

Bheem looked at white men’s obsession with hunting and really said “You like shooting beautiful creatures, yes? ^^ Murdering my forest friends, yes? ^^

–FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT.” (◣///◢)

He went from weeping into Ram’s hands to ripping the door that separated them off its fucking hinges in like. five seconds.

He thinks he’s not smart like Ram. My dude, you brought a TigER to A GUN FIGHT. You GENIUS. YOU ABSOLUTE MAD LAD

[rizukitikastuff]

super late but whatever, I'll just draw my fav scene of RRR for self-indulgent

[cplmerqury]

[enigma-the-mysterious]

What. What the fuck are the implications here??

[mingot-studios]

ok real talk; we need to organize our own Jan 6th but unlike those mMAGA idiots we need to actually accomplish what they failed to do;

take over the Capitol until we get what we need

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

Yo Goldenheart and Nimona nation, do i ever have good news for you!

Do you like homoerotic betrayals?

Do you like lovers best friends being torn apart upon finding themselves on the opposite sides of a war? Where each is burdened with the responsibilities from their chosen role?

Do you like couples where one half represents the oppressive regime and the other half embodies EVERYTHING the said oppressive regime hates? Where the one half, acting as a tool of violence and subjugation for the oppressive regime, has to HUNT DOWN and ARREST the other half who has sworn to attack the oppressive regime head on?

Do you like couples with opposing colour schemes? Where one half embodies a particular element and the other half embodies a contrasting element? Do you like couples who are each other's foils? DO YOU LIKE COUPLES WHO ARE THEMATIC PARALLELS TO EACH OTHER??

Do you like a story that's rich in symbolism? Rife with metaphors? A movie that you can rewatch again and again and STILL discover new stuff to lose your mind over?

Do you like a story where love shines brighter than the sun? Where love conquers all the hurt, anger, grief, heartbreak, generational trauma and violence? Where love heals? Where the sheer power of love changes the entire course of the narrative? Where love rewrites history itself?

Do you like movies that make you feel THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM of human emotions within its runtime?

Do you like gorgeous, jaw dropping cinematography? Do you like highly stylized action sequences?

Do you like banger music and a soundtrack that slaps HARD? Do you like a wonderful song and dance interlude in a movie as it shifts into the next act?

Do you like a character who is just the sweetest and the best and deserves everything that is good in the world and has BIG BROWN MASSIVE ADORABLE DOE EYES? And then proceeds to go through the literal WORST TIME ever?

Of course, you do! You like Nimona!

And ho boy, are you gonna LOVE RRR. Because this movie has got ALL of that and then some more. It's an epic, it's a war movie, it's a love story, it's highly symbolical, it's going to take your heart and rip it into two. And you will thank it for that.

Hmm, Enigma. But where can I watch it? 🤔

It's available on Netflix but only as the dubbed Hindi version. It's pretty good for a dub as the actors dubbed their characters themselves and the director oversaw the translation but! But! Listen! There is a magic in the original Telugu version and if you want to experience it, then thank @charcubed for this post where you can download the original Telugu version in crisp HD with English subtitles FOR FREE

There is a third option. You can stream it for free in Einthusan here. However, the quality of the Einthusan stream is not good, and if there is one movie that DESERVES to be watched in crisp HD quality? Trust me, it's RRR

So, what are you waiting for? Go watch it, RIGHT NOW. Seriously

[s3znl-gr3znl]

Its been out for a while now but does anyone eanna gush abt RRR with me? Cuz i gush abt RRR with anybody. That movie is my roman empire.

Those men are my fathers.

[desertblessingoceancurse25]

Yet another RRR post because you people are the only ones who understand me

Featuring: another real cake

[reyoftarth]

Jr NTR & Ram Charan Movie Master list for US viewers

I've been attempting to watch all of Tarak and Charan's movies but some of them have been difficult to find with English subtitles, so I put together this list for myself and anyone else who wants to access their movies with English subs in the US!

If you haven’t seen RRR yet, you can watch the original Telugu version here (thank you @charcubed !!), on Einthusan.tv or ZEE5, and the Hindi version on Netflix.

*movies with a question mark (❓) next to them are ones I haven't been able to find. Let me know if you have more luck or if I am missing anything and I'll update this list!

**Updated as of 7/26/24

***I found this list on IMDB so some of the titles may be wrong, I tried to add alternate titles if found.

Jr. NTR

Someone uploaded all of Tarak's filmography to Google Drive at this link, not all have subtitles unfortunately!

Ramayanam (1996) - buy/rent on Amazon

Ninnu Choodalani (2001) - ❓

Student No. 1 (2001) - subbed and archived by @stanleykubricks at this link

Subbu (2001) - ❓

Aadi/Aadhi (2002) - ❓

Allari Ramudu (2002) - ❓

Naaga (2003) - ❓

Simhadri (2003) - buy/rent on Amazon

Andhrawala (2004) - with a premium subscription on Aha

Samba (2004) - Odia version available with a subscription on ZEE5

Narasimhudu (2005) - Einthusan

Naa Alludu (2005) - Einthusan & YouTube

Ashok (2006) - Einthusan

Rakhi/Rakhee (2006) - buy/rent on YouTube

Thief of Yama/Yamadonga (2007) - Einthusan, YouTube & buy/rent on Amazon

Adhurs (2010) - Einthusan & YouTube

Kantri (2008) - Einthusan

Brindaavanam (2010) - Einthusan, with a subscription on SunNXT or buy/rent on Amazon

Sakthi/Shakti (2011) - Einthusan & YouTube

Oosravelli (2011) - Einthusan

Dhammu (2012) - Einthusan & with a subscription on ZEE5

Baadshah (2013) - Einthusan, YouTube & buy/rent on Amazon

Ramayya Vastavayya (2013) - Einthusan, Netflix & buy/rent on Amazon

Rabhasa (2014) - Einthusan & YouTube

Temper (2015) - Einthusan

To Father with Love/Nannaku Prematho (2016) - Buy/rent on Amazon

Janatha Garage (2016) - Einthusan & YouTube

Jai Lava Kusa (2017) - Telugu version with a subscription on SunNXT & Hindi version with a subscription on ZEE5

Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava (2018) - Einthusan & buy/rent on Amazon

Ram Charan

Cirutha (2007) -  Einthusan, YouTube, & with a subscription on ZEE5

Magadheera (2009) - Einthusan

Orange (2010) - Einthusan & YouTube

Rachcha/Racha (2012) - Einthusan

Naayak (2013) - Einthusan, with a subscription on SunNXT & buy/rent on Amazon

Zanjeer (2013) - Einthusan & with a subscription on ZEE5

Toofan/Thoofan (2013) - ❓ Telugu version of Zanjeer

Yevadu (2014) - Einthusan & Netflix

Govindudu Andari Vaadele (2014) - Einthusan & buy/rent on Amazon

Bruce Lee The Fighter (2015) - Einthusan

Dhruva (2016) - DM me! IMDB says Amazon but that brings you to a 2020 movie with the same name.

Rangasthalam 1985 (2018) - with a subscription on Einthusan & Amazon Prime

Viaya Vidheya Rama (2019) - Einthusan & buy/rent on Amazon

Acharya (2022) - Einthusan & Amazon Prime