New Delhi: As filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster “RRR” won the Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for “Naatu Naatu”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (March 13, 2023) said the popularity of the hit number is “global”. . Describing the Oscar award as “extraordinary”, Modi said “Naatu Naatu” will be a song that will be remembered for many years to come.
PM Modi said in a tweet, “India is elated and proud.”
Extraordinary!
The popularity of ‘Naatu Naatu’ is global. This will be a song that will be remembered for years to come. Congratulations @mmkeeravaani, @boselyricist And the entire team for this prestigious honour.
India is elated and proud. #Oscar https://t.co/cANG5wHROtNarendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 13, 2023
95th Academy Awards: ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ wins Best Original Song at 95th Academy Awards
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s period action blockbuster “RRR” creates history “Naatu Naatu” became the first Indian track to win an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category.
In the category, the Telugu song was nominated along with ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It Like a Woman’, ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Lift Me Up’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘It’s a Life’. Hai’ from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.
it is Chartbuster ‘Natu Natu’ gets third major international honorComposed by MM Keeravani and written by Chandrabose, following the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards.
“RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt) is a pre-independence fictional story and follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Junior NTR) in the 1920s.
‘Jai Ho’ from the 2008 British film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ directed by Danny Boyle was the first Hindi song to win an Academy Award in the Best Original Score and Original Song categories. It was composed by AR Rahman and written by Gulzar.