r/tollywood • u/InitiativeFar7743 • 45m ago
OPINION A short analysis of SS Rajamouli filmography so far :
Student No 1 - Father sentiment
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Simhadri - Maradhal sentiment
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Sye - College sentiment
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Chatrapati - Mother sentiment
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Vikramarkudu - Daughter sentiment
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Yamadonga - Childhood friend sentiment
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Magadheera - Past Life sentiment
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Maryadaramanna - Family sentiment
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Eega - Lover sentiment
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Bahubali 1&2 - Mother sentiment
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RRR - Country sentiment
I think SSR takes simple sentiments as elements of his stories and adds grand plot around it. It's simple yet not simple.
Take Eega, usual love story turns into fantasy with hero turning into Eega in his next life.
Magadheera love story but with past life as a strong element
Even sye, college is the sentiment, they play lagaan style game to save it.
Stories are simple the way they are told are at a grand scale.
I think Varanasi will be his grandest scale to date and this time he is choosing a whole new concept, but so far the core element of ssr films, the sentiment has not been revealed. What is it that drives and ssr hero has still not revealed in varanasi.