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Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli

2024 Indian biographical documentary film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ128376116 ↗
Source-derived summary

Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli is a 2024 Indian English-language documentary film directed by Raghav Khanna and Tanvi Ajinkya. The film revolves around filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli and events related to his film career and also how he created the genre of pan-india film. Produced by Applause Entertainment and Film Companion Studios, it was premiered on Netflix on 2 August 2024.

Cast

S. S. Rajamouli

Anupama Chopra

Special appearances

N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

Prabhas

Ram Charan

Karan Johar

James Cameron

M. M. Keeravani

S. S. Kanchi

V. Vijayendra Prasad

K. Raghavendra Rao

Rama Rajamouli

Shobu Yarlagadda

S. S. Karthikeya

M. M. Srivalli (voice-over only)

Rana Daggubati

Joe Russo

Production

The documentary was announced on Netflix in January 2023. Principal photography took place in Hyderabad, Tokyo and Los Angeles. The teaser was released on 17 January 2023, followed by the trailer on 21 July 2024.

Release and reception

Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli was released on 2 August 2024 on Netflix.

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2.5/5 stars. Arjun Menon of Rediff.com rated the film 4/5 stars.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli” as 2024 Indian biographical documentary film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Modern, Masters and Rajamouli can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2024 Indian biographical documentary film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q128376116. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024 and 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.