It is not an everyday affair that one gets to meet the legends like James Cameron, however, when another critically acclaimed filmmaker SS Rajamouli who is slowly making his work recognized on the global front meets the former, the iconic rendezvous got to be framed for one of the best for years to follow.
The RRR director took to social media to share a glimpse of his meeting with Cameron, moreover, it gets better with what followed thereafter, the legendary Avatar filmmaker, "If you ever wanna make a movie over here, let's talk." The makers of RRR shared a video of James Cameron's conversation with SS Rajamouli on Saturday. The Baahubali director told James Cameron: "I saw all your movies... Big inspiration. From Terminator, Avatar, Titanic...Everything. Loved your work." Replying to which, the Hollywood veteran said, "Thank you. That's right. Now watching your characters...It's just like such a feeling to watch them."
Sharing his input on RRR, Cameron said, "And the setup... Your fire, water story. Reveal after the reveal. And then you show what happened in the back story. It’s like all of them are a homely setup. Why he's doing what he's doing and the twists and turns and the friendship and eventually it gets to a point where he can't even kill him when the other reverses...It's just so, so powerful."
He also took the moment to acknowledge, the composer of Naatu Naatu MM Keeravni, who won the iconic Golden Globe award. Cameron said, “And you composed it, right? Because I saw you at the Golden Globes. The score, it's kind of amazing. Because I like the music to kinda stay out of the way and kinda come on in and support when the audience is already feeling something so it builds the theme. But you are using the music very differently."
All praises for SS Rajamouli by Cameron he further added, "You can only imagine, what it must be like. Everything that goes behind the movie-making process. Because of all the work and the passion you've put in... all that must be yours. All of them must be surprised, your audience back at your home. And I'm sure this must be a bonus one for you. What you must be enjoying today, the world encounters it." SS Rajamouli said this thanking the filmmaker: "These words from you are more than an award for me."
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Posting the pictures of the meeting SS Rajamouli wrote on social media, "The great James Cameron watched RRR... He liked it so much that he recommended to his wife Suzy and watched it again with her. Sir, I still cannot believe you spent a whole 10 minutes with us analyzing our movie. As you said I am on top of the world... Thank you both."
The great James Cameron watched RRR.. He liked it so much that he recommended to his wife Suzy and watched it again with her.🙏🏻🙏🏻
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) January 16, 2023
Sir I still cannot believe you spent a whole 10 minutes with us analyzing our movie. As you said I AM ON TOP OF THE WORLD... Thank you both 🥰🥰🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/0EvZeoVrVa
Adding further from the moment of the meeting, fanboy SS Rajamouli can be heard saying to Cameron, Sir I still cannot believe you spent a whole 10 minutes with us analyzing our movie. As you said I AM ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
It is not the first time Rajamouli have met the legendary filmmaker from Hollywood, he also met Steven Spielberg in Los Angeles, for whom he wrote, "I just met God," posting pictures with him.
Pertinent to mention here that Rajamouli met Cameron at the Critics Choice Awards in LA last month, where RRR received huge accolades by bagging two awards, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu. For best visual effects, Avatar: The Way of Water won the awards, a category for which RRR was also nominated.