Filmmaker SS Rajamouli has received a major international honour after being recognised with a plaque on the prestigious Mur des Cinéastes at the Lumière Museum in Lyon, France.
Visited the Lumière Museum and the screening room where Eega and RRR was screened to a full house in Lyon, France.
Thierry Frémaux, the director of the Institut Lumière and the Cannes Film Festival, was gracious enough to introduce me. Then he said he had planned a surprise and… pic.twitter.com/2ZA8UT7Zxf
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) July 2, 2026
During his visit, Rajamouli toured the museum and the screening room where Eega and RRR were previously shown to a full audience. He shared the experience on social media, saying Thierry Frémaux, director of the Institut Lumière and the Cannes Film Festival, personally guided him through the birthplace of cinema before revealing the surprise.
Recalling the moment, Rajamouli wrote, “And there is this wall full of plaques. Names of legends like Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola… and then I noticed a plate covered with a red cloth. My mind went blank.”
Expressing his gratitude, he added, “I don’t even know what to say for the honour of having my name permanently placed on the Mur des Cineastes, along with the greats. Only gratitude. Deeply, deeply humbled.”
He also thanked the Institut Lumière for the recognition. Earlier, Rajamouli unveiled the first glimpse of his upcoming film Varanasi, starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
