Friday, March 3, 2023

CelebRRRation at the Ace Hotel Theater!

The start of the CelebRRRation made history with the world’s largest screening of RRR with the Ace Hotel’s 1,647 seats for fans! Director S. S. Rajamouli introduced the film. He started saying that he was told the movie theater about the history of the Ace Hotel Theatre and also the seating capacity. It opened in 1927 as the United Artists Theatre for the United Artists studio formed by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford. The theater is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The theater itself has incredible decor from the lobby with an unknown statue, the ceilings, it feels like Old Hollywood. Rajamouli continued, “I feel so proud and honored to bring you RRR.” 

                                            RRR special guests; K. K. Senthil Kumar, M. M. Keeravani, S. S. Rajamouli, and Ram Charan, photo by the author. 


The audience was very hyped and cheered for every appearance and a good part of the dialogue. They loved the action, romance, every song and actor, and of course the dancing. Once “Naatu Naatu” started, audience members started there way to the pit of the stage, everyone got to their feet to watch the film and the dancing, true spectacle. At the end was a Q&A with Director of Photography K. K. Senthil Kumar, the music by M.M. Keeravani who is nominated for “Naatu Naatu” at the Academy Awards, Rajamouli, and actor, Ram Charan who plays A. Rama Raju. The speakers were interrupted by many cheers. Rajamouli responded about the awards for RRR, “As much as I’m happy with all of the awards, I’m most happiest when I hear the screams of the audience in the theater.” The audience of course burst into cheers. 


RRR at the Ace Hotel Theater, author’s photo. 

Charan was asked about the dance steps, “This style is S. S. Rajamouli style. So nothing can be easy, it has to be complicated, it has to be enjoyable, and it has to reach the Oscars.” I hope M. M. Keeravani and all of the talented cast and crew of RRR take Oscar gold. #RRRForOscars! It was great to see so many of the filmmakers who brought us one of the best movies of 2022 and really any year. Ram Charan later tweeted, “What an overwhelmingly happy response to screening of #RRR at the Ace Hotel! Receiving a standing ovation from you all will be etched in my memory forever!! Thank you all so much.” The RRR Fan CelebRRRation continues with screenings through this weekend to March 8th. It currently streams on Netflix, but watching at home and seeing it on the big screen is like hearing about a concert and being there in the audience. Any theater showing RRR is an event, the audience is required, and I hope everyone catches it before the Academy Awards! 


@RRRMovie, @theatre_acedtla, #acetheatre, #RRRForOscars, #NaatuNaatu, @VarianceFilms, @BeyondFest, @am_cinematheque, @ssrajamouli, @AlwaysRamCharan, @tarak9999, @aliaa08, @DOPSenthilKumar, @mmkeeravaani

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