Angst? What Angst?: Jenny has no reaction to Ram and Bheem killing her aunt and uncle, but this is probably the result of witnessing their cruelty first-hand and realizing that Friends Are Chosen, Family Aren't.
Awesome Music: The soundtrack by M. M. Keeravani is a blend of traditional Indian instrumentation and modern electronic beats to epic effect. The most notable example is the Golden Globe and Oscar-winning "Naatu Naatu", but the title song "Dosti", Bheem's Tear Jerker anthem "Komuram Bheemudo", and the upbeat patriotic finale "Etthara Jenda" are all highlights as well.
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: While the movie adds context to many of the bombastic moments, we never really learn just why Ram stormed into the party to apprehend Bheem with a burning horse carriage.
Captain Obvious Reveal: If you're familiar with the historical figure of Indian resistance fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, then it should come as no surprise when it's revealed halfway through the film that he's a member of the Indian revolutionaries.
Catharsis Factor: The scene where Bheem and Rama kill Scott with "a single bullet", right after trashing his fort and killing his equally awful wife by blowing her into barbed wire, is extremely satisfying given how nasty and downright reprehensible they act throughout the film. His blood splattering on a sign reading "The sun never sets on the English Empire" is just icing on the cake.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Lacchu plays a significant role in the story, but he's still a minor character. Yet the fandom loves him, and usually portrays him as a Deadpan Snarker.
Ho Yay: Bheem and Raju get some merely due their relationship being that intimate, and for the two always having each other on their mind, traits often associated with romance rather than just friendship. The relationship between Ram and Bheem is such an extreme example of this trope, that the film has been reintrepreted as a gay romance by many audiences.
Hype Backlash: While not as much as other films like 3 Idiots, many Indians and foreigners have criticized this film for its popularity internationally as they find it more of a generic Indian film rather than a newer experimental type film. The fact that Indians are more likely to interfere and spam in foreigners' comments about the film could also be a factor due to how annoying the fanbase is.
Magnificent Bastard: Alluri Sitarama Raju is an ambitious police officer secretly building a rebellion against the British Raj. Moved by his father's Heroic Sacrifice during a battle against British forces, Raju aims to supply his village so they may start an uprising. To accomplish this, he joins the Indian Imperial Police in Delhi, rising the ranks over 15 years, hoping to be promoted to a position where he can smuggle weapons out of police inventory and to his village. Raju finds this opportunity in Komaran Bheem and arrests him during Bheem's attempt to break into state administrator Scott Buxton's mansion and rescue Malli, a village girl Buxton kidnapped. After giving Bheem a public flogging that incites a riot amongst a crowd of Indian onlookers, Raju becomes guilt-ridden and devises an escape plan for Bheem and Malli under the guise of a secret execution. While Buxton deduces Raju's plot and arrests him, Bheem and Malli manage to successfully escape. Bheem later returns to rescue Raju and together, they fight off the British forces sent after them and personally take the fight to Buxton, executing the administrator and stealing a cache of weapons to send to Raju's village.
Give him the speech!note Several viewers anticipated the moment when Ram would have a chance to repeat Buxton's "cost of a bullet" speech back at him.
Olivia Morris's awed face at Ram and Bheem's dance-off is a popular reaction GIF.
The hook-step during the second chorus of "Naatu Naatu" has its own viral dance status; director Rajamouli credits this with the film reaching an international audience.
Moral Event Horizon: Within the first five minutes, we watch Catherine, who was just treated to a song and a decorative hand painting by a young girl, wordlessly take the girl away from her family for a measly amount of money and then order one her soldiers to shoot the girl's mother when she begs for her daughter back. This moment sets the bar for the oppressive governance of the British.
Legendary action star Ajay Devgn plays a character who is absent for most of the story but he steals the show during his arc, as a One-Man Army who holds off an entire British company with one rifle and good cover and concealment.
Jake, the pompous Englishman who gets thrashed by Ram and Bheem in a dance battle during the "Naatu Naatu" sequence. While an arrogant bigot, he's the only British character in the scene who can keep up with Ram and Bheem in dancing.
Signature Scene: While the trailers spoil a few of them, it doesn't reduce the impact due to the movie adding much needed context:
The end of the bridge rescue, where Ram and Bheem just manage to grab each other by the same hand, ending the chaos and serving as their victory dance. This one's even turned into a logo for the movie.
The Dance-Off where Bheem and Ram school the racist British dancers, a scene which won the film an Academy Award.
Special Effect Failure: The scene with the spiked whip - anyone using it ends up touching the spiky parts with their other hand way too often, revealing it to be a prop.
Visual Effects of Awesome: The CGI effects look tremendous to say the least, and even if some of the effects look quite cartoonish (due to being animated on Blender or by Moving Picture Company), the CGI is comparable to that of a Marvel film.
Woolseyism: Due to the significance of the title in reference to the Indian film industry being lost to those not familiar with the sub-culture, foreign localization instead renders the acronym as Roar, Rise, Revolt. Fortunately, this fits the film's bombastic tone perfectly.
, instead going with Last Film Show. It did however still break new ground by winning Best Original Song for "Naatu Naatu", making it the first Indian film to win an Academy Award.