SS Rajamouli Thanks The Women In His Life While Accepting Critics’ Choice Award For ‘RRR’!
As they say, behind every successful man, there is a woman!
The RRR team is currently riding high on the immense success of the film. The SS Rajamouli directorial had a record-breaking win at the Golden Globe Awards 2023 and now, it has gone on to win two Critics Choice Awards 2023! RRR won in the Best Foreign Language Film category and the ‘Naatu Naatu’ won in the Best Song category. SS Rajamouli had gone on the stage to accept the award and the video of his acceptance speech has been shared by the film’s official Twitter handle. In his speech, the ace director thanked the women in his life for his success. Aww, how sweet! As they say, behind every successful man, there is a woman!
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The 49-year-old director wore a kurta and pyjama, and also draped a shawl around his neck as he went to accept the award. He started his acceptance speech by thanking his mother, Rajanandini, who encouraged him to read story books and comics to increase his creativity as she thought the school education was overrated.
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He also thanked his sister-in-law, Sreevalli for encouraging him to do his best. Rajamouli also went ahead to thank his wife, Rama, who is also the costume designer of his films. He called her the ‘designer’ of his life as well. SS Rajamouli, then, showered love on his daughters and said that their smiles are enough to light up his life. He ended his speech by taking pride in being an Indian and said, “Mera Bharat Mahan. Jai Hind.”
RRR won the BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM award at the #CritcsChoiceawards 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Here’s @ssrajamouli acceptance speech!!
MERA BHARATH MAHAAN 🇮🇳 #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/dzTEkAaKeD
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 16, 2023
SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR has garnered raving reviews both from national and international cinema lovers. Journalist Anne Thompson tweeted on January 16, 2023, that even Avatar director James Cameron admired the film.
RRR wins best foreign film at CCA — every bit of awareness helps get more folks to watch it! I introed myself to S.S. Rajamouli and my tablemate Jim Cameron admires the movie too.
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) January 16, 2023
Also read: SS Rajamouli Accepts Best Director For ‘RRR’ At NYFCC In A Kurta
The cast of RRR includes Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Ajay Devgn and others. If you haven’t watched the film, it is available for streaming on Netflix.
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