And The Oscar Goes To RRR! Naatu Naatu Becomes First Song From Indian Film To Win An Academy Award

Let's Naacho Naatu Naatu!

It’s the big win that our country restlessly awaited. RRR’s Naatu Naatu song finally bags an Oscar in the Best Music (Original Song) category. After leaving a remarkable impression in several global spaces, this SS Rajamouli directorial has created history with its feat at the esteemed 95th Academy Awards.

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To receive the award, composer MM Keeravani and lyricist Chandrashekhar were seen gracing the historic stage.

In his acceptance speech, Keeravani expressed, “Thank you, Academy! I grew up listening to carpenters and now, here I am with the Oscars. ‘There was only one wish on my mind, So was Rajamouli’s and my family’s! RRR has to win, the pride of every Indian! And must put me on top of the world!” Thank You, Karthikeya and Variance films for making this possible. Love you all! Thank you!’

For the unversed, Naatu Naatu defeated hit songs like APPLAUSE from Tell It like a Woman, HOLD MY HAND from Top Gun: Maverick, LIFT ME UP from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and THIS IS A LIFE from Everything Everywhere All at Once to win an Oscar for India after a long time.

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Congratulating the RRR team, India’s Prime Minister called it ‘exceptional’.

PM Modi took to Twitter and wrote, “Exceptional! The popularity of ‘Naatu Naatu’ is global. It will be a song that will be remembered for years to come. Congratulations to @mmkeeravaani, @boselyricist and the entire team for this prestigious honour. India is elated and proud.”

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Well, India also bagged an Oscar for The Elephant Whisperers in the Best Documentary Short Film category.

Tweeting about this feat, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to @EarthSpectrum, @guneetm and the entire team of ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for this honour. Their work wonderfully highlights the importance of sustainable development and living in harmony with nature.”

Interestingly The Elephant Whisperers is a directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves. India’s one other nomination All That Breathes failed to win an Oscar but definitely made us proud in all other shades. Other than the representatives of all three nominees, actress Deepika Padukone also made her debut at the Oscars this year.

An Academy winner himself, AR Rahman recently hoped for the song to win and it luckily happened gloriously.

Rahman told in an interview with ANI, "I want Naatu Naatu to win, I wanted them to win the Grammy also because any award for any of us is going to lift India up...and the zone, the concentration of our culture will become higher. I thought it (India getting a nomination) would start ten years back. It’s 12 years late.”

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