#rambheem

[flandrepudding]

watched rrr for 17th time this weekend. this is not a joke caption I have fr watched it 17 times now. Let’s naatu!!

#myart #rrr #rambheem

[storja-historja]

Ram & Bheem!

#RRR #komuram bheem #alluri sitarama raju #rambheem #coretangaguna

[littledozerdraws]

#rrr #rrr fanart #rambheem #komaram bheem #alluri sitarama raju #ipad art #procreate #dozerdraws

[ren-nolasco]

#RRR #Komuram Bheem #Alluri Sitarama Raju #s.s. rajamouli #NTR Jr #Ram Charam #RamBheem #my fanart

[pariaritzia]

Queerness in Indian Media

↳Film: RRR (2022, Telugu), dir. S.S. RAJAMOULI

RRR is a historical fantasy action drama that follows Bheem (NTR Jr), a Gond warrior who is in search of a Gond girl who was taken away from their home, and Ram (Ram Charan), the British Army officer assigned to catch him. Ram and Bheem meet under false identities and quickly grow closer, but everything is thrown into chaos once the truth is revealed and Ram is forced to choose between his ambitions and his attachment to Bheem.

Long before any white person had ever heard of RRR, queer Indians were cautiously optimistic that there would be something for us in this movie. There was the song Dosti, which felt more romantic than the average song about friendship; Bheem's intense declaration toward Ram in the trailer; Rajamouli explaining that there is no boy-girl romantic song (a staple of masala Indian cinema in any language) because "the romance angle is between these two guys only...bromance...they are the heroes, they are the hero and heroine, and they are the hero and villain"; the lead actors repeatedly questioning interviewers who referred to Jenny and Seetha as Bheem and Ram's love interests; and the writer, V. Vijayendra Prasad, being a huge fan of Salim-Javed movies, particularly Sholay, whose homosocial pairing has been read as queer by queer Indians for decades.

The movie itself gave us more than we could have hoped for from a project made on such a huge scale. Ram and Bheem mimic many of the "hero and heroine" pairings in so many masala movies, doing everything from the "slow-mo staring" for the first meeting, to getting a whole montage song for the progression of their bond, to dressing each other up, to dancing together at a party, to carrying each other, to rescuing each other.

The final rescue scene is perhaps the most telling, as it twists a well-known myth from the Ramayana by putting Ram and Bheem in the position of heroine and hero. It is not Hanuman who tells Rama where to find Sita in Lanka, but instead Seetha who tells Bheem where to find Ram. Bheem, upon finding him, promises to get him out 'even if [he has] to burn this Lanka down to do it'--then promptly carries him on his shoulders the way Hanuman carried Rama, to do away with any suspicions from homophobic audiences.

Those homophobic audiences still made their complaints--a glance at the oldest comments on any clip or behind the scenes video for RRR will make that clear--but they were drowned out by the many fans of the movie. Ultimately, like with any coded movie, the interpretation is up to the individual, but it is undeniable that a number of queer Indians felt that there was a romantic bond between Ram and Bheem. To dismiss that would do a disservice to the many queer people who have, are, and always will work quietly behind the scenes to write our stories, even if they can never say so directly.

#rrr #tollywood #rambheem #this was the hardest post to make simply bc every time I talk about rrr I feel very #'this article contains excessive information' dot wikipedia warning. #thank you to my beloved ivy who has heard all my Excessive Information. ur a real one. #anyway I really had to restrain myself with this one and still it is the longest post for this series. rip. #anyway. wanted to do this one before pride month ends and before I take a break from this series #to make other gifs for a while bc quite frankly these take a long time to put together and I need. a break. #queerness in indian media #long post

[satturn]

RRR studies from today

#zows draws #rrr #rambheem #im fine and normal don't worry about it

[nyatche]

RamBheem  sticker sheet

Available on my shop!

#RamBheem #rrr #ram rrr #komuram bheem #my art

[spookypeacephantom]

#rrr movie #rrr #rambheem #tollywood #ntr jr #komaram bheem #bheem rrr #ram charan #ss rajamouli #text posts #it's either not posting for days or having total obsession over this new thing

[charcubed]

Watched RRR for the first time a week ago and I'm continuing to be veryyyy normal about it.

So in the spirit of sharing some good stuff, I'm gonna put this in the tag for the small fandom...

Here is the original Telugu version of the movie + English audio for the white actors + English subs, combined and shared on Google Drive by someone on Reddit.

Here is a ZIP file of the full soundtrack, including the vocal songs (in Telugu only) and the instrumental OST.

Under the cut are screenshots of how I organized the tracks for myself to slot the vocal songs in story order amidst the OST in case that's helpful for anyone else.

Enjoy :)

#RRR #rambheem #RRR movie #bheem rrr #ram rrr #RRR soundtrack #I'M BEING SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS MOVIE!!!! #'dosti' and 'together we rock' are laced with crack #also for context I'm in America so this stuff isn't available on our streaming!! #do I have a million other things I should be doing right now? yes 👍🏻 #but now I can do things while listening to this and going feral so whatever #also I reordered mine so Load Aim Shoot (Climax) is last because that's story order.... #but for some reason the official tracklist has Raamam Bheemam last instead. it's pretty epic so that's probably why lmao

[lobsterfork]

“You think I’m beautiful?” Raju pressed, coming closer. 

here's a quick doodle from The Tiger And The Snake by RamBheem (Daphne_Bassett) that does not even begin to do this incredible fic justice.

#rrr #ram/bheem #AND IF I CAN JUST QUICKLY SAY #a huge thank you to this beautiful fandom #i watched this film for the first time two months ago and i just about lost my fucking mind #and then i came back on tumblr #for the first time in about 10 years #and there was fic and fanart and a beautiful little community and it made my heart so goddamn full #so this is my way of saying thank you!!! #hope y'all like unfinished art with static poses and expressionless faces xox #komuram bheem #alluri sitarama raju #ramxbheem #rrr fanart #rrr fanfic #ram charan #ntr jr #rambheem

[flandrepudding]

komuram bheemudo

#myart #rrr #rrr fanart #rambheem

[storja-historja]

morrre rrr

#Rrr #komuram bheem #alluri sitarama raju #Rambheem #Coretangaguna #These are all redraws of: stenka sugimoto. family guy death pose. and that SU meme

[rrr-is-gay]

Okay, I know it’s a mosquito net, but there’s something so gay about Ram’s bed canopy, especially with all the romantic, boudoir-style closeup shots that happen around it.

Honestly, Ram’s entire flat looks like some kind of Oscar Wilde level gay dandy professor homo bookworm heaven. No straight man can interior decorate like this!

It just makes me appreciate the attention to detail in RRR. This set was lovingly built and furnished to deepen the viewer’s understanding of Ram, and I feel like that’s something that’s totally gone in modern Hollywood. So many residential sets in American movies are sparse, minimalist, cold, clinical, barren. This set feels so much more REAL! It’s warm, lived in, and it tells me a lot about the man who occupies it. It’s not only more beautiful to look at, it’s more useful to the characterization. ESPECIALLY when you contrast it with Bheem’s intro sequence, what his home looks like. You can really feel how differently the two men had been living before they met in the middle.

Take this shot of Bheem sat comfortably on the floor while Ram stays in his wooden chair. This tells me SO MUCH about Ram’s internalized colonization and Bheem’s enduring connection to his roots.

And this shot of Bheem lovingly gazing at Ram asleep at his desk, with that tiny moment of confusion as Bheem tries to understand the words printed on the pages that surround him. The messy set is essential to my understanding of their dynamic! There are things which consume Ram that Bheem cannot understand.

Back to the canopy: Why is this shot so fucking sexy???? The intimate lighting, the delicate, diaphanous quality of the canopy and how it softens Bheem’s features… The camera treats this canopy like a wedding veil, not a functional mosquito net. It brings us into Ram’s bed with Bheem in such an erotic way… I fucking cannot get over it!!!!!

Anyway, I love Ram, I love his gay flat, and I love his mosquito net princess bed canopy. Fighting malaria AND serving interior design? You love to see it!

#rrr is a romance movie and you can’t change my mind #rrr #rambheem #ram/bheem #analysis

[ren-nolasco]

for @druidfox ♡

#RRR #rrr fanart #rrr movie #komuram bheem #alluri sitarama raju #jr ntr #ram charan #rambheem

[belligerentmistletoe]

#text post meme #RRR #rrr memes #rambheem

[satturn]

can not will not stop thinking about this movie!!

#rrr #rambheem #zows draws #what if we were thematically bonded but i am forced to betray you