In a movie by this director, Nani is murdered and reincarnated as a housefly, which doesn’t stop him from protecting his neighbour Bindu. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this director of Eega. In a movie by this director shot in two languages, soldiers form a ball with their shields after being launched over a city’s walls with a catapult.
ANSWER: S. S. Rajamouli (“RAH-juh-mao-lee”) [or Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli] (The latter movie is Baahubali.)
[10m] Rajamouli received international recognition for this Telugu-language movie. This 2022 movie imagines the real-life revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem teaming up to save a girl from Bheem’s village.
ANSWER: RRR [or Roudram Ranam Rudhiram]
[10e] RRR’s musical number “Naatu Naatu” is the second song in an Indian language to win an Oscar for Best Original Song. The first was A. R. Rahman’s song “Jai Ho” from this 2008 film about a game show contestant.
ANSWER: Slumdog Millionaire
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