S.S. Rajamouli, director of the Telugu crossover sensation RRR has confirmed to Variety that a sequel is currently in the works for one of the most expensive movies ever made out of India. Earlier this year, RRR's reported $72 million budget led to a commanding debut in March on Netflix, the fictionalized historical epic mythologizes two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, in their fight against the British Raj.

　　Rajamouli reportedly discussed the sequel at a screening in Chicago over this past weekend. "My father is the story writer for all my films," said the director. "We discussed a bit about [RRR 2] and he's working on the story." However, Variety adds that the sequel is still in too early a form for any concrete details to be shared or reported.

　　RRR was packed with wildly inventive action set pieces across its three-hour runtime, including one in which Bheem unleashes tigers, leopards, and other wild animals from a truck to attack the British. A trailer featuring a clip from that scene went viral around RRR's release, you can check it out above--and really ought to, since words alone hardly do it justice. Aside from over-the-top stunts, the film--like many Bollywood features--packs in multiple extreme tone shifts and genres, which means the movie is also packed with musical sequences and comedy.

　　Earlier this year shortly after the film's release, Variety also reports that N.T. Rama Rao Jr., who portrays Bheem, said, "I've used the word 'franchise' thinking, hoping that there would be another world of RRR again. Sometimes [if] you just hope and you say a few words hoping it would happen, it will happen. It's just a way of positive thinking, wanting for more."

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