So I think people were expecting Dragon to be NTR's name or at least nickname. But I think Neel has done something very smart and interesting but also spoilerish.

The term The Dragon is a storytelling trope made popular by Joseph Campbell, who wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces. It described how a physically weak boss might have a dragon that they can unleash on the enemies. Basically a right hand man. Biggest example is Darth Vader, who is the Dragon to the Emperor.

Neel made us think of the traditional term of dragon, while in actuality he's using the storytelling term.

As for theory, we can see NTR is the assassin in chief, and there is obviously someone above him who gives him the orders. My guess is the chief dies, his son the new chief takes over and create chaos, Luger is either revealed to be illegitimate son or his family gets hurt, and rebels against his own people with Anil Kapoor's help - just like how Darth Vader rebelled against the emperor.

VILLAINS GETTING SCARED AND RUNNING AWAY FROM HEROES

Imagine you're some guy working for a villain and you have to fight a dude. It's fine he's just one person, you've got like 15 of your boys, it'll be fine. So one of the boys rush in to finish this fight quick.

And then your friend genuinely gets his shit wrecked with one hit

Ok maybe it's because it's 1v1. If we rush him, we ca- oh he's flipping our guys in the air. And he's aurafarming, great...

If this was a generic mass fight, the henchmen would keep on attacking to no avail until they become bankrupt with hospital bills. Not some henchmen from 3V's celluloids, no no.

They are smart henchmen.
They know their insurance don't cover falling 8ft from the air, so they runnnnnn

Athadu fights, Khaleja petrol pump fight, AD train station fight, ASVR, AVPL chunni and port fight, all of the villains know to run away or hide from the heroes or at the very least, apologize to them.

And it's funny and also relatable cause yeah man, I'd run too if I saw a guy just bending wrenches like rubber, don't get paid enough for that shit.

Before Magadheera, every single one of SSR's movies had scenes of perversion and crassness but this has got to take the cake man, holyyyyyy. The whole sequence adds literally nothing to the plot too.

EDIT : Just remembered now. Even in Magadheera, he still had that water scene in Jorse song.... It's not as bad as this though.

Another Edit : Oh yeahhh, Bangaru Kodipetta. I take it back, Bahubali 2 is where the perversion stopped

Here's the link to the troupe

The same troupe had a previous musical that had more emphasis on Bheem's character. Now the same actresses are returning for a story that is reconstructed with Rama as the main character.

The costumes kicks ass so much. I wonder where in the story they're gonna wear it in.

TL;DR - China is now a domestic dominated market, with the audience favouring relatable dramas and comedies as opposed to visual spectacles

So I see lots of discussions about China and the potential of the box office if Varanasi or Ramayana or whatever movie releases there. Idk where that sentiment comes from because China is just not a good market for a release.

Chinese audience's tastes have shifted. Years back, Chinese mainstream movies were chasing that Hollywood blockbuster. They put out Monkey King 1&2, Monster Hunt 1&2, etc full VFX slops that were trying to copy Hollywood. These movies were hits sure, but they were also mocked for their bad acting, bad CGI and bad plots.

But then around 2017, among the Hollywood military movie copies like Wolf Warrior 2 or CGI slops, were two comedy movies, and two extremely great drama movies - Youth and Duckweed.

And starting from there, the CGI blockbusters dominance weaned. 2018, Monster Hunt 2, the sequel to a movie that was once the highest grossing movie in China, was beaten by Detective Chinatown 2, a sequel to a comedy movie. 2019, 7 out of 10 movies in the HGOTY were dramas or comedies, one was even that Drishyam remake with that bad climax.

And now currently, Hollywood and foreign film only accounts for 9% of the entire box office. The biggest movie running right now is Dear You, an indie drama that pulls on the people's heartstrings and nostalgia. Creation of the Gods 2, a movie with Hollywood level VFX, grossed lesser than the first movie.

Here's a great video by Accented Cinema on just how this shift happened - yep, it's families.

So that's why releasing in China is not the big box office cheat code that people think it is. Dangal and Secret Superstar succeeded because the experiences were relatable to even foreign viewers and it attracted the female audience. Even Aamir couldn't replicate it.

Best would be to release another family thriller like Drishyam. Vijay Sethupathi's Maharaja was actually well reviewed and well liked in China.

This was the film festival where one year, the audience shouted Bahubali during the start of every movie screening

End of June, SSR will be going to events at 

-La Cinémathèque, an institution on movie history, restoration and screening

-Institut Lumière, an institution on preserving and promoting French filmmaking 

-Le Grande Rex, a theater and concert hall

And Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

French translation is not perfect, someone who actually knows French please correct in the comments!

So for context --- This is a public recording episode of Sakura Meets, a variety show featuring Sakurazaka46 members, (Yep it's a whole show for just ONE group, and yes they had 46 members before, currently 32).

Pairs of members secretly write down answers to questions about their shared memories, then reveal simultaneously to see if they match.

For the "most exciting topic" question, they both instantly wrote RRR. Apparently they were on the same overseas work trip, both watched it on the plane without knowing the other was watching it. And when they found out they talked about it nonstop for around 12 hours.

And of course they did a live-reenactment of the bridge scene on stage.