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Take 81 | Rise! Roar! Review!


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This week we're using the power of friendship to overthrow a sadistic regime and throw a spotlight on Indian Telugu-language epic action drama R.R.R. (Rise! Roar! Revolt!).

Set in 1920s India, the film follows two historical figures in the resistance to the British empire: Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem. They never met in real life, but this film asks, what if they did?... and what if their intimate friendship, their almost super human fighting skills and their desire for freedom lit the spark of rebellion?

It's a film that goes toe to toe with the biggest Hollywood can offer, and like its two central characters, although you might think that the odds aren't in their favour, you' just might be surprised.

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