Ram and Bheem, RRR
S. S. Rajamouli’s Tollywood epic rocked the state of cinema on the shoulders of these two, who with guns and arrows and a whole damn zoo stole our hearts. The unlikely friendship between men destined to be foes had us deeply invested in their story and pure bromance. Their meet-cute was saving a child from a train explosion with a horse, a bike, and some rope. And they did it, they really did it. Of course there’s also the Nattu Nattu dance sequence which bonded them even further. Bheem’s earnest and sincere energy didn’t only attract don’t-call-me-memsaab-it’s-just-jenny but melted Ram’s walls of brute strength and charismatic swagger to find kinship in brotherhood. It was only fate that had them on paths that would brutally tear them apart, which is crushing as you spend the rest of the movie hoping they get back together. It’s worth sitting through the three hour movie (with an intermission) to find out if they do. – Sabina Graves
