![]() Rajamouli in 2021 | ||||||||
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Wins | 25 | |||||||
Nominations | 43 | |||||||
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S. S. Rajamouli is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, [1] [2] [3] and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. Three of his films, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and RRR (2022) are among the top six highest grossing-films in India to date.
Year | Award | Honouring body | Ref |
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2016 | Padma Shri | Government of India | [37] |
It catapulted Rajamouli into becoming India's most expensive director, commanding about $13m to direct a film.
DNA also reported that the director SS Rajamouli, took home a mammoth profit share of Rs 100 crore. This is probably the most any director has earned from a movie, yet.
In 2020, S.S. Rajamouli, known for films like Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2, was the leading director in India whose charge for a single project grossed about one billion Indian rupees.