LOS ANGELES — Following the global success of India's hit action blockbuster "RRR," celebrated filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli is heading to Los Angeles this month for a major in-person career retrospective that could also kick-start the film's Oscar hopes.
The monthlong "From Tollywood to Hollywood: The Spectacle & Majesty of S.S. Rajamouli" program is part of the 10th edition of L.A.'s Beyond Fest, the highest attended genre festival in the U.S., where the 48-year-old writer-director will make his first-ever appearance at an American festival with several of his best known films.
It is also the first stateside retrospective for Rajamouli, who's made 12 feature films since 2001 and is considered one of his country's preeminent powerhouse filmmakers.