Globetrotter event highlights: Inside the grand world of Varanasi

SS Rajamoulis next has been titled Varanasi The grand announcement was made at the Globetreotter event in Hyderabad The event saw over 50000 people in attendance Primary cast members Priyanka Chopra Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mahesh Babu also graced the eventMahesh Babu is Rudhra in VaranasiMahesh Babus first look from the film was unveiled at the event along with a teaser glimpse of over 3 minutesTake a lookAll that you wished to seehellip unfolds todayhellip Herersquos Varanasi and its world ssrajamoulipriyankachopra PrithviOfficial mmkeeravaani VaranasiMovie httpstcojfrpDhmmjdmdash Mahesh Babu urstrulyMahesh November 15 2025SS Rajamouli expresses anger over leaked visuals of trailerSS Rajamouli expressed frustration about clips being leaked and captured by drones while LED screen testing was going on He said Let me explain what happened We ambitiously decided to set up this massive LED screen and brought in the best LED panels To power it all we needed more than 45 generators Yesterday we were supposed to test everything the cranes the black cloth the video During the test someone started capturing drone footage and uploaded our content onto social media as if it were from NetflixExpressing his frustration he added That is one year of our hard work thousands of hours from hundreds of people and crores of rupeeshellip all leaked because of one drone flying randomly We couldnrsquot even test our video properly We are scared of more leaks now We took risk and it didnrsquot work Power glitch is happeningPrithviraj about VaranasiAt the event Prithviraj said ldquoThis humongous crowd gathered here today to celebrate a piece of cinema that we all truly believe will eventually become our collective pride Itrsquos truly special to be part of this grand celebration I think it was a couple of years ago when I was in fact the mid of my own directorial when I got a message from Rajamouli Sir lsquoHi Prithvi this is SS Rajamouli The character of the antagonist in my next film has come out exceedingly well and one of the finest characters I have conceived Would you be interested in doing thisrdquoldquoFive minutes into the narration I was blown away and for the rest of the three hours I listen to it not as an actor listening to a narration pitch but more like a little boy whose got his hands on the next edition of his favourite comic book The scale the vision the ambition ndash everything was Indiarsquos greatest contemporary mainstream filmmaker pushing his own limits to never before territory but truly took my breath away was audacity of the imaginationrdquoldquoIt must be on the bucket list of pretty much every actor out there to one day feature in Rajamouli film but little did I know that he was going to trust me with one of the most complex the most emotionally and physically challenging characters that hersquos ever thought ofThank you sir for the trust for the belief and for the absolutely torturous shooting process I wouldnrsquot have it any other wayrdquoSS Rajamouli reveals Varanasi is shot for IMAXSS Rajamouli said ldquoFirstly I would like to thank the Rachakonda Police Department KL Narayan garu thank you for bringing Mahesh and me together Usually before my films I hold a press meet and narrate the story ndash it became a tradition But actually I donrsquot do that for every film For lsquoBaahubalirsquo I didnrsquot If there is scope we will if not we wonrsquot For this film we wonrsquot But we wanted to release an announcement video to set the expectations right We planned it for March but couldnrsquot Then the rains camehellip and now on November 14 we are finally coming with that video Itrsquos becoming difficult to keep referring to it as ldquothis filmrdquo without revealing the titlerdquoLauding Superstar Krishna he said ldquoI didnrsquot know much about the greatness of Superstar Krishna garu earlier I was a fan of NTR garu but after entering the industry I understood Krishna garursquos legacy To introduce a new technology you must break many norms and he did that with multiple films Today I am proud to say we are introducing a new format to Telugu cinema a premium largescale format filmed for IMAX You might think ldquoArenrsquot there already IMAX filmsrdquo The ones we usually watch are blownup versions of the CinemaScope print But a few films like lsquoBaahubalirsquo and lsquoRRRrsquo were actually shot mastered and VFXfinished specifically for the format This film too is being created for IMAX in the truest senserdquoSS Vijayendra Prasad on Mahesh Babus characterWriter SS Vijayendra Prasad said Sometimes you donrsquot know what to talk about and sometimes you have so much to say that you still donrsquot know where to begin When you come across a divine moment like visiting Tirumala Balaji or witnessing the Himalayas words fall short There is a 30minute action portion in this film and while watching it I was stuckhellip it felt like witnessing the Vishwaroopam of Mahesh Babu There is no CG no RR nothing It was just Maheshs performance you will experience it yourselves Is it me and Kanchi who wrote it or Mahesh Priyanka and Prithviraj who performed it or Rajamouli who directed it No It feels like the Gods are making this film happen Lord Hanuman is supporting Mahesh and taking us all forward We are just squirrels contributing our small share