Lesser Known facts about SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR

The budget of the upcoming film RRR, directed by SS Rajamouli, is ₹336 crore, according to Andhra Pradesh minister Perni Nani

The budget for RRR also exceeds that of SS Rajamouli's last film Baahubali: The Conclusion by ₹100 crore.

SS Rajamouli's RRR will be released in theatres on March 25, after it was delayed several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic

The film is based on the fictional tale of the younger days of freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetharamaraju.

The cast of RRR includes Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Jr NTR, and Ajay Devgn among many others.

The film was formally announced in March 2018, with the launch and the principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad. The film was shot extensively across India, with a few sequences in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film's production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.

Prior to the start of film production,both Rama Rao and Charan had attended a special workshop during mid-October 2018, in order to train physically and intensively for their roles in the film

The film marks the Telugu debut of Ajay Devgan and Alia Bhatt.Bhatt was paired opposite Charan in the role of Sita,while Devgn would have an extended cameo

On 22 October 2020 a teaser trailer was released, titled "Ramaraju for Bheem", coinciding with Komaram Bheem's 119th birth anniversary A controversy was sparked over portrayal of Bheem's character. In the video, Rama Rao was seen wearing a skull cap, applying kohl on to his eyes and appearing dressed as a Muslim man.Members from the tribal community of Adilabad and a few netizens have opposed this representation of an Adivasi leader from the Gond tribe, as a Muslim man.

In January 2022, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Telangana High Court to restrain the film for being released, alleging that the film distorts history of Alluri Sita Rama Raju and Komaram Bheem.The High Court quashed the petition in March, observing that film did not tarnish the reputation of two revolutionaries as claimed.