The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt and Olivia Morris while Samuthirakani, Alison Doody and Ray Stevenson play supporting roles.

RRR is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), who fought against the British Raj and Nizam of Hyderabad respectively.

Rajamouli scripted the film from the original story written by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.

Rajamouli came across reading stories about the incidents happened in the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem, and connected the coincidence between them.

The film was formally announced in March 2018, with the launch and the principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad.

The film was shot extensively across India, with few sequences and Ukraine and Bulgaria.

The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

Sabu Cyril is the film's production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.

RRR was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which has been deferred due to production delays and followed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film is scheduled to be released theatrically on 7 January 2022.