Jr. NTR's RRR turns three: 'Everything I have done so far in my career has prepared me for this project'

Jr. NTR is one of the biggest stars on the Pan-India slate, having achieved remarkable success and stardom across the country.

While he has delivered several mind-blowing performances, he gave a groundbreaking one in SS Rajamouli's RRR.

The film was a massive success, but more importantly, Jr NTR won the hearts of the masses with his flawless acting, electrifying dance, and nail-biting action sequences.

Remarkably, the film also emerged as a box office storm, and as it completes three years, it's worth revisiting the mind-blowing performance that Jr. NTR delivered in it.

As RRR has completed its glorious 3 years, Jr NTR opened up on how he prepped to play such a fierce yet innocent character like Bheem “I've never had a process or recipe that I’ve followed when it comes to acting. No actor can follow a set method for that matter. Rajamouli as a director has always challenged me. This is my fourth collaboration with him. Having worked with him, I’ve realised that an actor has to be naive to understand and deliver what his director wants. In my first three collaborations with Rajamouli, I was very naive. I think all that naivety prepared me to play Bheem in RRR. Everything I have done so far in my career has prepared me for this project,” he said.

Further to this, the director S. S. Rajamouli shared his experience of working with Jr. NTR and said, “With NTR, it felt like I was shooting with not one, but two tigers,”

Playing the character of Komaram Bheem, a Gond tribal leader from Telangana who fought against the Nizam of Hyderabad for the liberation of Hyderabad State, Jr. NTR starred alongside Ram Charan, who portrayed Alluri Sitarama Raju, a revolutionary leader from Andhra Pradesh who waged an armed campaign against the British Raj.

Moreover, RRR became a breakout film for Jr. NTR, adding yet another remarkable role to his filmography. Earning Rs 223 crore worldwide on its first day, RRR recorded the highest opening-day collection for an Indian film at the time. The film also won the prestigious Oscar for the song Naatu Naatu, becoming the first and only Indian feature film to win an Academy Award.