SUN OCT 23, 2022 6:00pm YAMADONGA $10.00 (member); $15.00 (general admission) MUBI Theatre at the Aero | Beyond Fest 2022 ‘From Tollywood to Hollywood: The Spectacle & Majesty of S.S. Rajamouli’ Presented in partnership with Variance Films, Potentate Films and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM After he drunkenly insults the lord of Hell, petty thief Raja (Jr. NTR) finds himself in a battle of wits with Yama Dharma Raja (Mohan Babu) in S.S. Rajamouli’s YAMADONGA. Yama brazenly cuts Raja’s life short by several decades in order to teach him a lesson, but once the condemned arrives for judgment, it turns out he’s smarter than anyone had anticipated. Now, the two are in a battle for the throne of hell, one full of dance, romance, action, and all of the creativity for which Rajamouli has become known. A stellar example of the Tollywood film genre known as socio-fantasy in which mere mortals interact and spar with deities, YAMADONGA spans the distance between masala and devotional film. Uniquely Tollywood in its rhythms and themes, this is a snapshot of a filmmaker finding his way from potboiler pop cinema to something more broadly appealing. Program Notes by Joshua Hurtado FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Potentate Films