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Interview: NT Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan (‘RRR’)
Posted on March 23, 2022
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Baradwaj Rangan 
Crusader Kings
March 24, 2022
Hi BR! Congrats on Galatta Plus. Wishing you all the best. I’m looking forward to you carrying over your inimitable style and meshing with Galatta’s brand.
One feedback i have to share from your FC days is if you really need to be interviewing the actors and filmmakers before the film comes out. I ask this question because pre-release, you really are on the edge to ensure they reveal no spoilers or information about this new movie. So your questions center on the “metaness” of their work itself which works sometimes but gets repetitive after a few.
I’m sure the interviewees themselves are very happy talking to you because you focus the conversation on their work and not on their personal life which is refreshing to them. But, as an audience, if i’ve seen your interview with another big budget filmmaker I know the inevitable questions that are coming.
In my opinion, your strength as an interviewer is in dissecting someone’s recent work and asking questions about decisions and choices they made as an artist which reveals interesting insights (For e.g. the Manikandan’s interview from 2018 in FC). The “Deep Focus” format really works in these type of instances.
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SirLameCoolGuy
March 24, 2022
Hey BR! I am happy to see you still in the YouTube space. Looking forward to more in-depth analysis of movies.
If you are open to any feedback, I would suggest toning down on the memes on Twitter for each video. It seems really tacky and cringey and it doesn’t really fit well with your brand.
Anyway, looking forward to some great content on your new channel.
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H. Prasanna
March 24, 2022
It was interesting to hear that OUATIH did not work for Ram Charan and Tarak. It would have been interesting to know which Hollywood multistarrer worked for them.
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Madan
March 24, 2022
I tried OUATIH for a bit and gave up too. And I have liked Tarantino movies before this one. FWIW I found Once Upon A Time In America very slow going too. I think it’s what somebody in the Youtube comments for this interview said. In India, it’s more the FFC and onwards brand of Hollywood that we love. I for one do find the so called Golden Age of Hollywood a bit stuffy. It’s nice but I can’t bring myself to care about how it all ended.
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TamilThanos
March 24, 2022
@SirLameCoolGuy, I don’t think the memes are cringe at all. The target audience for Galatta Plus is a bit broader than FC and there is nothing wrong with marketing through memes (it certainly works). On a similar note, I remember reading this Baradwaj’s article back when he was at The Hindu lamenting about how movie reviews are being rushed nowadays compromosing on the writing quality. Fast forward a decade later, it is certainly interesting and heartwarming to see Baradwaj experimenting with changing times. Someone of his stature and knowledge can easily turn into a snob degrading other mediums. You are awesome BR and I wish you all the luck.
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Macaulay Perapulla
March 24, 2022
Yes, I remember the days when The Hindu dabbled in videos. Can somebody do a contrast of those old videos with newer ones where BR kicks ass!?
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madhusudhan194
March 24, 2022
I don’t understand what they mean when they say “Once upon a time in Hollywood” didn’t work. It was a box office blockbuster. I had no clue about the milieu the film was set in except for the fact that Roman Polanski’s wife was killed by the Mason cult group. But the film worked for me big time. It’s the only Tarantino film I’ve fully liked. I find his other films too cold for my tastes.
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Kasthuri
March 24, 2022
A lot of ingeniune answers especially from Taarak. Like when you asked if they had been approached by other Indian film makers. A simple answer is not yet. Been busy promoting RRR is a bit of a rubbish answer because everybody is reading scripts simultaneously. Even SS Rajamouli said the break due to the delayed release of the film allowed him to work on his next film idea. Also Taarak kept interrupting Ramcharan.
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H. Prasanna
March 25, 2022
@madhusudhan194 They might have just been referring to themselves (and the Indian audience/box office) when they said it didn’t work.
@Madan If you liked the much-analysed opening sequence in Inglorious Basterds, you might like a similar sequence in OUATIH in which Brad Pitt pays a visit to the Manson family ranch. It was an interesting test of Tarantino’s skill, I thought. The sequence in Inglorious, though done brilliantly, had stakes that were apparent through historical context. In OUATIH the stakes are little less apparent, and involved more “directing” from Tarantino.
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