Oscar Awards 2023: The hit Telugu-language movie RRR‘s song Naatu Naatu made history by becoming the first Indian film song to win an Oscar.
At the 95th Academy Awards, the hit song won Best Original Song, defeating superstars like Lady Gaga and Rihanna.
Audiences all over the world have been enthralled by its entrancing tempo and choreography.
The song is “the pride of every Indian,” composer MM Keeravani said in accepting the award.
The remainder of his speech was delivered in song to the tune of The Carpenters’ hit song Top of the World after he mentioned that he had grown up listening to their music.
The audience burst into laughter and applause as he said that RRR had “put me on the top of the world”.
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Many Indians have taken to Twitter to express their happiness about the song’s win.
N Chandrababu Naidu, an influential politician from the two southern Indian states where Telugu is spoken, said on Twitter that the song had “sealed its place in history”. “This is probably the finest moment for Indian Cinema and Telugus achieving it is even more special,” he wrote.
The movie’s official Twitter handle called the win a “surreal moment” and dedicated it to “all our amazing fans across the world”.
RRR’s Naatu Naatu wins Oscar Awards 2023 best original song.
“That’s the most beautiful part of the Oscars – people from all over the world coming together, representing their own culture and their own art forms and being appreciated by people from other countries and communities,” he said.
Mr. Bhairava and his co-singer Rahul Sipligunj also performed the song at the ceremony. The pulsating performance received a standing ovation from the audience.
When Naatu Naatu won the Golden Globe for best original song in January, it was the first time an Indian song had ever done so. The song also won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song that same month.
After the movie’s US release last year, the upbeat song, which translates to “Dance, Dance” in Telugu, became an international hit.
The video for the song was taken in front of the beautiful Mariinskyi Palace in Ukraine, and it shows Ram Charan and Jr NTR, who plays the film’s lead, dancing hard.
The vivacious choreography served as the inspiration for a number of Instagram reels and social media dance trends.
According to SS Rajamouli, the film’s director, Naatu Naatu was intended to be a “fight scene” in which two freedom fighters use dance to bring a British officer to his knees.
The historical fantasy known by the initials RRR—Rise, Roar, Revolt—tells the tale of two revolutionaries who struggle against British rule in India.
One of the most expensive movies made in India is the dazzling action epic. 150 dancers and a 200-person crew worked 12 hours a day for 15 days to film the song.
The song uses a number of references to the folk music of the Telugu-speaking regions of India.
