{"id":731234,"date":"2026-08-08T06:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731234\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:56:15","slug":"rrr-directors-varanasi-is-entirely-in-imax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731234\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;RRR&#8221; Director&#8217;s &#8220;Varanasi&#8221; Is Entirely In IMAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rrr-directors-varanasi-is-entirely-in-imax.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screenshot: YouTube@IMAX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rrr-directors-varanasi-is-entirely-in-imax.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"rrr-directors-varanasi-is-entirely-in-imax\"\/><\/a>Screenshot: YouTube@IMAX<\/p>\n<p>Acclaimed \u201cRRR\u201d filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli has confirmed that his upcoming film \u201cVaranasi\u201d will follow in the footsteps of Christopher Nolan and be entirely shot in IMAX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaranasi\u201d will mark only the second major feature film to be shot completely in the format following Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d last month.  It\u2019s also the first non-English language film to be shot in 1.43:1 IMAX format (it is in the Telugu language).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with European magazine Tsounami (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporterindia.com\/amp\/story\/features\/insight\/varanasi-ss-rajamouli-confirms-film-will-be-shot-entirely-on-imax-reveals-major-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR India<\/a>), Rajamouli shared that all large-scale IMAX action sequences from the movie have already been filmed \u2013 around 80% of the movie \u2013 with only some smaller sequences between them left to be shot.<\/p>\n<p>Post-production on those completed sequences is already well underway: \u201cEvery completed sequence is immediately edited and sent to the visual effects team, allowing different departments to work in parallel and keep the production on schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story follows the adventures of Rudhra (Babu) as the city of Varanasi in India faces the impending arrival of an asteroid. The film is said to draw on the \u201cstructure and emotional tone of classic adventure cinema\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Mahesh Babu, Chatrapathi Sekhar, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas star in the film, which is said to have a budget of $150 million \u2013 easily making it the biggest and most expensive Indian film ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Much of that expense ties to the extensive visual effects, lengthy shoot spanning multiple locations around India, the Amboseli National Park in Kenya and the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. <\/p>\n<p>Speculation was the film would be released in two parts, but Rajamouli has confirmed that he will release it as a single movie clocking in at three hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaranasi\u201d arrives in cinemas worldwide on April 7th 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screenshot: YouTube@IMAX Acclaimed \u201cRRR\u201d filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli has confirmed that his upcoming film \u201cVaranasi\u201d will follow in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[94966,96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-731234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}