'We Were Tortured For 65 Nights,' Jr NTR Talks About Shooting 'Naatu Naatu' With Ram Charan

The entire nation danced to Naatu Naatu when Ram Charan and Jr NTR shook a leg on the popular track. The song has caught international attention especially after it bagged a nomination in the Best Original song category at the?Golden Globes 2023. But do you know what went behind the scene to create this iconic number??

Jr NTR and Ram Charan were tortured for 65 nights

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SS Rajamouli wanted Jr NTR and Ram Charan to hate each other in RRR?

At the screening of RRR at Directors Guild of America Theatre, Jr NTR revealed what went behind the scenes when they shot for Naatu Naatu. He said, "We shot it on the last leg of the film. We were tortured for 65 nights. We were beating each other, me and Ram Charan — we were killing each other and then it started with apologising — SS Rajamouli really wanted us to hate each other.?

He added as quoted by The Indian Express, "Finally, by the 21st or 22nd night, we stopped apologising and said let’s get it done. And that’s when he brings his bazooka, called Naatu Naatu. We’ve done complicated steps, but Naatu Naatu is not about the steps being complicated, it was the synchronisation, which Rajamouli stressed on."

About the popular sequence in the movie, Jr NTR said, "The best thing for me is the shot where Bheem jumps out with the animals. I never knew how the shot was supposed to be, he never told me how I was going to jump out with all these animals, he never told me how he’s going to shoot. I only got to watch that when the movie released and I was like woah!"

SS Rajamouli praised Jr NTR and said, "If you place camera only on one small eyebrow of his, he can perform with that eyebrow. He's that good."

The movie got a standing ovation at the Directors Guild of America Theatre.

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