‘Naatu Naatu’ picturised on Ram Charan and NTR Jr from the film ‘RRR’ made India proud again as it won the Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Award.
Leaving behind names such as Lady Gaga, Diane Warren and Rihanna, ‘Naatu Naatu’ made history after contending against songs such as ‘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’.
‘Naatu Naatu’ has already won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award this year.
‘RRR’ stars NTR Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt and Shriya Saran and tells the fictional story of two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem and their fight against the British Raj.
Set in the 1920s, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before they began the fight for their country.
India continued their celebrations as their win continued in the form of The Elephant Whisperers, which is a short documentary made on two Indian women, winning Best Documentary Short Film
Many stars from both the Bollywood and Telugu film industries took to social media to congratulate the RRR team.
Ajay, who played actor Ram Charan’s father in ‘RRR’, took to Instagram and wrote “As it is often said, cinema speaks a universal language. Congratulations to the teams of #RRR and #TheElephantWhisperers for their #Oscar wins. It’s a proud (Indian flag emoji) moment.”
Sachin Tendulkar also shared his thoughts. He tweeted: “The Elephant Whispers, India roars. Congratulations to the entire team of the newest Oscar winning Documentary Short Film from India and to the makers of the song Naatu Naatu for winning the Best Original Song. Both are huge achievements!”
Hrithik Roshan also tweeted: “Such a historic, proud & happy moment for Indian Cinema at #Oscars95 ! Many congratulations to the team of Best Documentary Short Film #TheElephantWhisperers & Team RRR for Best Original Song #NaatuNaatu !! More power to you all
