Oscar wins spark debate in Parliament: Jaya Bachchan says 'doesn't matter south or north...'

Veteran actor Jaya Bachchan gave a befitting reply to a section of leaders in Rajya Sabha who credited ‘south India’ for the Oscar win of the Telugu film ‘RRR’s song ‘Naatu Naatu’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’, which is set in Tamil Nadu.

When a few leaders from regional political parties raised the north versus south India debate, Jaya shared her thoughts on the matter. She said, ‘I am so happy and I am so glad that we are discussing the most important ambassadors of this country. And they are the film folks. It doesn't matter where they are from – north, east, south or west – they are Indians... I stand here with pride and with dignity for our film fraternity, who have represented this country number of times, have won number of awards starting from Satyajit Ray onwards.’

‘I also want to contribute and say I know Mr SS Rajamouli very well… The writer (KV Vijayendra Prasad), he is not just the scriptwriter, he is also the story writer as well, he is a member of this House (Rajya Sabha). And it is a great honour. There have been many, many such people from the creative world, who have been nominated here in this House earlier and today as well,’ Jaya further said.

The actor added, ‘Main kehna chahti hoon ki yeh shuruyat hai, aur main Bharat ki janta ko dhanyawad dena chahti hoon jinke khatir videsh ke log aaj humari janta ko recognise kar rahe hai (This is just the beginning and I would like to congratulate the Indian population, because of whom people in the West are recognising great work by Indian filmmakers). The market of cinema is here, it is not in America.’

The 95th Academy Awards were held in Los Angeles on March 12 and India scripted history at the prestigious award show as it bagged two Oscars- One for ‘Naatu Naatu’ in the Best Original Song category and best documentary short film was awarded to Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalves’ The Elephant Whisperers.

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