Vijayendra Prasad Exclusive Interview With Anupama Chopra | RRR | SS Rajamouli | Film Companion
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Ahead of the release of the hugely anticipated RRR, writer Vijayendra Prasad talks to Anupama Chopra about how he conceptualised the magnum opus, the rules of engagement with his filmmaker son SS Rajamouli, what we can expect from his next project with Mahesh Babu and the Hindi filmmakers he would like to collaborate with.
#RRR #RRRMovie #VijayendraPrasad
00:00 - Writer Vijayendra Prasad talks to Anupama Chopra.
01:02 - Vijayendra on the idea of RRR.
03:05 - On casting Ram Charan and N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
03:49 - On not diluting the story because of big stars.
05:06 - On emotional action sequences in the film.
06:39 - On story sessions with S S Rajamouli.
08:03 - On arguing with Rajamouli.
08:40 - On not getting mad on his son.
09:20 - On RRR controversies and objections.
11:37 - On intolerance and freedom.
12:58 - On Rajamouli's career graph.
17:10 - On Rajamouli's pet name.
18:05 - On narration's.
18:56 - On different interpretations being made for his narrations.
19:56 - On Rajamouli's commitment and being grounded.
21:29 - On Rajamouli directing Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
22:45 - On Rajamouli's next project with Mahesh Babu.
23:52 - On ideas coming to him.
24:42 - On becoming more successful than Rajamouli.
25:25 - On paychecks.
25:56 - On the love for writing stories.
26:47 - On story and ideas.
27:44 - On the relationship with money.
28:57 - On Rajamouli's simplicity.
30:16 - On writing a story for Pawan Kalyan.
31:05 - On writing a story for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rajkumar Hirani.
31:32 - On seeing Sholay before writing any story.
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I mean look, just look at the panache of this man at 80years of age! He is truly a teacher par excellence for story telling in India cinema.
Both father & son are down to the ground. No doubt that Rajamauli sir got his father's values inbuilt genetically.
He is so humourous.
Ya...SSR down out side... Not while direction
@@enigma533 if he is down to earth while direction, movie would flop
African forest backdrop
for SSMB - SSR Film ...
Omg!!! Very excited already.. bring it ON!!!
💯
Bro where he is telling time tell
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@shivam4870 watch the full video 🤪
Super vuntadi movie
Rajamouli and his father Vijayendra Prasad great combination in Indian cinema, They are game changer.
Waiting for RRR & Mahesh Babu film 🔥
Vijayendra Sir looks and speaks like some Cinema Guruji, if there is any word like that.
Baahubali, Mersal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan... 3 massive blockbusters across different languages.. Man is truly genius...
He even wrote scripts all SS Rajamouli films[vikramarkudu (original version of rowdy Rathore), Chatrapati (being remade in hindi with bellamkonda Srinivas),maryada Ramanna (original version of son of sardar) etc] and he wrote bollywood scripts like bajarangi bhaijaan,Manikarnika,thalaivi etc.yes he is a legendary script writer
@@chandrahasvemuri4841
Yes
Anupama looks just Awestruck interviewing him!!From his writing process to his simplicity!! Can't believe he gave highest grossers of all time... People from Bollywood have so much to learn from him
I like how he steered clear of controversy, about the intolerance question. Very professional.
He's over 70yrs old so obviously he has wisdom of decades to bounce over such questions
But why media keeps asking these questions? Media itself wants to cause controversy
He ducked well..
Where was that?
@@arpitpatra Because it is their job to ask questions.
22:45
Tollywood will overtake all industries if this happens 🔥
Future of Telugu Cinema is in safe hands with many great projects
Already overtaken with BB2 now its time to make UNANIMOUS
😏😏
already has.and truthfully and for a good fkn reason might i add🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Prince will take over India and Africa!!!
He was unmatchable in his wits, charm , sensibility and humility. And I guess Anupama ma’am enjoyed this interview like never before, as I can see she laughing throughout, shooting her questions. Great interview ma’am and very insightful for many of us filmmaking aspirants. Thank you film companion.
12:59, Rajamouli does not repeat himself, truly as Karan Johan said Rajamouli is the greatest showman of 21st century Indian cinema.
6:12 this means ramaraju and bheem will fight with each other and that will be hella emotional. omggg can't wait i'm crying already
Fellow ldr fan I see....
South Indians are rooted to culture , traditions and reflect the same in movies unlike bollywood
bollywood also same but their roots belong to Islam😒
@@dgopalsuri and also frm the so called Western Culture 😐
@@vipinrane6802 yeh in every movies they got to Church or Mosque but fear to add Mandir to thier story
South films are also no different . They also mock Hindu mythology .
States like Tamilnadu & Kerala has strong anti brahmin centiments it reflects in their movies too.
@@Karthik-mw8kn there are exceptions everywhere brother. Let's talk about majority
Pride of Indian cinema 🔥🔥
The way he scripts his interval bangs are out of this world..damn
A born script/concept maker and fantastically juggles and play with words. Proud father and at the same time fiercely independent and competitive. Hats off .
Its SSR's strategy to reveal few aspects of the story line to set the audience mind.
Correct bro 👍👍👌👌
It's a good thing to do, otherwise audience expects too much.
By revealing some aspects, it works among audience to talk and thus it also creates hype. 🔥🌊
I do that sometimes
She is so curious and liked the interview
Rajamouli father always tell the sneak peak of the story before release. We have to break down it
He’s so eloquent and sharp.
Yes he is a living legend.
WOW, VIJAYANDRA PRASAD JI. SUCH A GREAT WRITER...THE LEGEND, THE ONE AND ONLY
Vijayendra Prasad 👌point by point answers. Proper explanations. Just like a class, a teacher teaching is student.
Mahesh - SSR Combo🤩🤩💥💥
Hope it’s a MI or JAMES BOND
Can't wait For Superstar Mahesh Babu - Rajamouli Movie !!!
Indiana Jones Type African Adventures Movie !! 🔥🔥😭🔥
Yes, these kinds of scripts suits Babu to the T....
Always wanted to see him in an action adventure flick!
Is that ilbasmith novels?what he said
@@anushadasineni146
Ibalsmith! 🤣😅
He meant Wilbur Smith.... South African novelist
@@050138 oh okay thank you
@@anushadasineni146 ilbasmith sounds like basmathi😅
The chemistry between father and son is amazing both love and respect each other for who they are...there are so much pride when he is talking about his son and his work... their relationship is a goal
That moment when interviewer became interviewee 26:36 and It looks like Anupama Ji got a flash of nostalgia and throughly enjoyed the whole interaction.
This man is legend ❤️❤️❤️ in story writing
Anupam ji Rajamouli didn't loose a chance , infact Salma Khan lost the chance being directed by SSR
Father is talking so proudly about his Son!
SUPERSTAR MAHESH BABU - SSRajamouli 🔥🔥 African forest adventure film
Another visual extravagant from TFI in world cinematic scale.. bring it on 🤝🤝
This was a great interview, a lot of Insights
Now i wil complete this thank u
vijayendra sir nicely avoided the trap question from ms.chopra
Sholay is the Biggest masterpiece of the country that we can be proud of - coming from a legend himself. Wow! What a compliment for Salim Javed and Ramesh Sippy.
What about mughl-e-azam?
Only if Patherpanjali wasnt there
Sholay was shameless ripoff of clint eastwoods cowboy movies scenes and even bgm. Its a materpiece in copt maar bullywood !
@@Critique007 😂😂... Sholay>>>>
Well Pather Patanjali is a good and one of the best film in Bengali and may be even in India.... (Remember I used MAY BE as we don't watch each every released Indian film).... And coming to your comment.... Sholay is the biggest masterpiece film of Indian cinema..... No denial.... Almost each and every person have accepted it so who are you say no.... Your comment wouldn't have changed the fact but I thought I could just try n tell something if you could understand... May be no one will see negative comments on India's biggest masterpiece
@@TreBonjour what a shameless guy you are to spread negativity about the biggest masterpiece of our nation.... Even though it was inspired from Hollywood films it is certainly not the one you mentioned.... Just getting a rough idea isn't copying and yeah even SS Rajamouli admitted he copies from Hollywood which doesn't mean he doesn't have creativity or he is a copycater.... Also you if you get a rough idea from somewhere remember it takes too much of hard work to adapt the film into the culture followed by industry and its audience.... You will know this only when you start writing scripts.....
very proud Father,,..God bless the Duo
I always relate to south actors and director whenever i was thier interviews unlike bollywood actors..
Anupama Chopra does great research before every interview she does. She always throws interesting filmmaking questions. Proper Journalism ethics!
Agreed!
That's really precious.
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What nonsense. Half of the questions were politically motivated and had nothing to do with film
@@arpitpatra tfym? lmao dont just use words u know just beacuse you do lmfaoo
Salute you sir both you and your son are the true legends of Telugu cinema. You both have certainly put Telugu cinema in the world map and as long as you people are there Tollywood will be s big as Hollywood. Telugu people are blessed to have you as movie makers
Mb ssr combo African adventure 🤩🤷♂️🤩
Whats the film
Dnt get too excited mahesh can't act in jungle based kind of film's
Naku nammakam ledhu dora
@@newp1851what do u mean ????
He is good actor but he won't change getups that's the problem ..
I think it's not like pushpa with mass beard deglamorous look..
I know he won't accept deglamorous look rajamouli know who is suitable for his story just wait and see bro 😀👍
@@newp1851 he was perfect in Indiana Jones style movie takkari donga, why can't he for this?
Brilliant interview by Anupama ma'am in talking with one of the most prominent commerical writers. She beautifully gets into the mind of Mr Prasad very well. A lot of time we don't give credit to good commercial cinema, I think it's important to understand that even they are hard to make. Powerful interview!
Very well said....
While art films are only for film festivals and Multiplex/Parralel cinema for more urban and intelligent audiences are generally genre specific and innovative, they fail to target masses and only target niche markets....
It's only commercial and big budget films that can result in huge box office revenues and bring money flow to the industry....
We forget this.... there should be good mix of commercial films and parallel/art cinema in any industry
While Big ticket entertainers in South are made by Rajamouli, Sukumar, Prashant Neel etc.... In Bollywood they are being made by subpar directors like Farah Khan, Vijay Krishna Acharya, Prabhu Deva, Remo Dsouza....
Bollywood has lost the charm of making good engaging commercial entertainers (except Hirani)
Most of them are either remakes, biopics or duds like Radhe....
Waiting eagerly for Adipurush!
@@050138 so true! We need good commercial cinema which we love and celebrate. Cant weit for rrr. Cheers!
@@050138 heloo! After a brief gap...Been seeing you around since Baahubali days!
@@IAMCHETANSAMEER Hi there 👋 but sorry don't remember you 😁
Yeah Chaman got split into Charlie roughly around the time when Baahubali released! 🤣😅
Down to earth the words which fit for all the south stars
One of the most honest interviews
22:45 🔥❤️
Puli
He seems supremely confident.
I can't do Movies without Action scenes - S.S.Rajamouli 😎
SSMB-SSR combo waiting🔥🔥 22:45
One of the best interviews in FC
Only For SSMB SSR COMBO🔥🔥🔥
SSMB - SSR get ready WORLDWIDE box-office
Finally, interview of a telugu guy!
They already did with many telugites
Allu Arjun(Ala Vaikunthampuramulo)
Mahesh Babu(Spyder)
Prabhas(Baahubali 2)
All gave interview to this channel.
@@vivekk9232 well, that was long back
@@rahulshukla5111
Big movies don't come that frequently. So yes now you will see
Ram
Jr.Ntr
When they will promote this movie RRR in entire India.
She recently interviewed Raj and DK (and RGV) too, though they are not technically Telugu cinema, they are Telugu guys....
They produced a indie film 'Cinema Bandi' in Telugu recently....
Thank you soooooo much for making this interview ... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
King of South India SSMB 💥🔥💪
Entire world is looking towards Rajamouli.. 👌👌🙏
The simplicity of the man wins you over.. fab interview
First video from Film Companion that I liked. Loved the way he remained apolitical.
I love my brothers and sisters from South, so simple and humble and connected to roots... I identify more with them...
I wish more people on earth were like sir 💖🤍💖. Gem of a human
He is also the writer of Bajrangi Bhaijaan..
S
Great fella... Despite being himself in financial troubles he used to do charity in 1990s..
But he is not poor by birth. His father used to pay 1 crore income tax in 1950s and 60s .
Jr ntr - rajamouli bonding are more than brothers and father-son they are soul mates
Is it? In Baahubali beginning Audi function Rajamouli claimed prabhas is his soulmate u just passed the comments like you are observing them so many years u just commented those lines is just your self satisfaction
@@sujithkumar2060 Yeah...Rajamouli said Prabhas as his soulmate.But his all time favorite actor and loved one will be NTR.He told this in across all platforms.
@@kingntr6684 just if u fan of ntr don't come to praise your I just said that is false statement but I didn't said he is not an good actor he is a good actor no one cannot object that ok and one more thing be fan of your family, friends not to be fan of some cinema actor,politician, sports man
@@sujithkumar2060 bruhh not soulmate more than that❤
@@udaynarasimha1234 So what?? He only goes with who, the story demand and gives his 100% efforts thats it.
WOW, This Interview 👌🔥🌊
Very good Talk by Vijayendraprasad. Thank you Anupamaji, for bringing out this. I am very happy. KLPrasad
SS-MB combo vere level pure unpredictable combo
Mahesh Babu can't act for shit. Even Nani is better than him.
@@shravp769 he is the best natural actor in TFI currently and after jr NTR he's the only actor who can act with eyes and finger tips.
@@AgoraDynamoGamingYT agreed but both have their own attitude and acting style which is why we are crazy about them.
@@AgoraDynamoGamingYT again agreed we should have made temper or rangasthalam an industry hit.
@@AgoraDynamoGamingYT absolutely jr NTR is the best actor ever born in tollywood he's also better at many stuffs like dancing,singing etc.
loved the interview...everything is on point
Legend!
Stuck to what he was explaining, never divulged from the question, like many-many MANY! do.
Under him and his great son as rajamouli the indian ancient art of Indian STORYTELLING is getting bigger and prosperous ,I respect from bottom of my heart for showing all artist of Indian film industry a BIG VISION .
SS Rajamouli pride of telugu cinema
Yes, Motorcycle Diaries is the first inspiration for RRR. Rajamouli himself said this in an interview.
Excellent Informative Interview 👍👍 Good job Anupama after a long time. Vijayendra Prasad is witty to the core 😊
One of the greatest movie writers of our time. I hope Prasad Sir keeps writing ✍️ and making epics. 👍
RRR, PUSHPA, RADHESHYAM, SALAAR, KGF 2 GOING TO CRUSH INDIAN BOX OFFICE 🔥🤯🤙💥
Thalaivi
Who is pushpa
@@newp1851 pushparaj 🔥
@@newp1851 nvu telsey adiginav Naku telusu
@@newp1851 Box office husband. 🤙
This was an excellent interview.
Whomever show negativity on SS Rajamouli sir he is god gifted legendary director of this generation no one can match his emotions, actions screenplay and direction cowards clear your way to lion coming soon to roar like never before on Indian screen after Bahubali and kgf. RRR will shows us what patriotism, real emotions, real action with amazing stars by NTR & Ramcharan with mind-blowing cast ....it will be more than epic movie.... waiting to watch on Oct 13th..💪.Hope corona will be disappear soon..pray the god and every one should be healthy and happy soon.... 🙏
What a Man 🙏. Superb. Mind-blowing. Fantabulous. Awesomeness.
A very charming person.
10:18 here is the answer for the controversy finally, revealed by the writer himself
And look at anchor face at that point. Then after 2 minutes she ask about intolerance. This shows her agenda.
Ram Charan first movie with SSR (Magadheera) became Industry Hit in Twood...Now He is again working with SSR for RRR, it will become Indian Industry Hit...🔥🔥
He was unmatchable in his wits, charm , sensibility and humility. And I guess Anupama ma’am enjoyed this interview like never before, as I can see she laughing throughout, shooting her questions. Great interview ma’am and very insightful for many of us filmmaking aspirants. Thank you film companion.AND thank you Vijayendra garu -a legendin telugu and indian cinema.SO PROUD TO HAVE A PERSON LIKE YOU IN THIS COUNTRY,MAA SAKSHANGA DHANDALU🙏 i will genuinely want you to stay alive evn for the next 100 years or more,THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU THANK YOU DHANYAFKN VADAALU SIR ANTHE ANTHE SIR
He once again proved that he is the greatest story writer of 🇮🇳, bu thalaivi! No wonder he gave the greatest showman story telling genius like SS Rajamouli for 🇮🇳cinema
Thank you so much 🙏....I am very fan of Vijayendra Prasad sir 🙏....he is the RRR breath 👍👏👏👏👏
SSMB - SSR 🔥🔥🔥
South cinema is way fwd not from bahubali it’s even at the time of ntr,anr and mgr Garu.. pathalabhairavi and mayabazar are examples.. pls watch them
Mayabazar pride of Telugu cinema.
Finally SSMB 🔥🔥🔥
Anupama calling Rajamouli Sir...
I Never seen Anupama calling Bollywood Director's Sir..... 😂
Bahubali changed everything
@@viveksg1020 correct bro that's brilliance of Rajamouli
Birds of the same feathers flock together.
- rajamouli chowdary
Because she is very close to North directors and south directors want to be respected there is no non sensical logic in this they are bigger directors than rajamouli who established themselves over the years like rajuu hirani who is close frnd of her etc etc etc
They are bigger Director's than Rajamouli that's not right bro Raju Hirani I believe he is great director not bigger than Rajamouli
ABOUT MAHESH BABU MOVIE 22:47
Excellent interview with Vijayendra prasad sir , never seen before
Jai SSMB 💥🔥💪
Superb interview :) Loved this!
SSMB - SSR Combo ♥️🤙😈
It's been already three years since Jr NTR meet his fans, Eagerly waiting for him on action.
Best statement... be simple and be on the ground so the fall if any will not be steep/heavy!.. well said sir
🔥🔥🔥RRR
Waiting for RRR , MB SSR AND PK SSR MOVIE
Humble=South
How many members are here after knowing about on Rajamouli next movie project with Mahesh babu 🔥🔥🔥
One of the Greatest Writer of Indian Cinema. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
22:52 wow 🤩 ... Waiting for this type of zonors from Mahesh becoz he can apt to that type of high action thrilllers.... Bored by seeing him message oriented movies... Waiting for MAHESH - RAJaMOULI 🙌
🌟🌟🌟SUPER STAR ✨✨✨ 10 years long contract based movie is going to start after RRR . #MB #SSR # KL NARAYANA COMBO .
LOVE his scripts but couldn't understand most of what he said in the interview - could only grasp the gist for most part.
Grasp the fist? 😂
fist or gist?
It is in English, why you didn’t understand?
Such a humble n simple person... He himself said Sholay is his Guru..
Yenti nannaru story mottam cheppestunnaru🤦♂️
Edi confirm ga rajamouli gari comment
@@kundanivlogs may be rajamoiulis fan account , they dont watch this all i guess , they r busy
@@kundanivlogs lol no 😆 Rajamouli ain't have time to train on PubG
Fake ra ayya idhi 😁
@@thrinadhm2808 last time 30 weds 21 web series ki comments pettadu elage
Amazing interviewee
Very knowledgeable and intelligent man
Two old and brilliant experience people talking.
This video is excellent 👍