Oscars 2023: 'RRR's 'Naatu Naatu' becomes first Indian film song to win Best Original Song award

The song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘RRR’ made history at the 95th Academy Awards as it won the Best Original Song award. It is the first Indian film song to win the Oscar. Composer MM Keeravani and musician Chandrabose accepted the award. Sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, the foot-tapping track features the film’s lead actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR.

Reacting to the news, the official Twitter handle of ‘RRR’ Movie tweeted, ‘We’re blessed that #RRRMovie is the first feature film to bring INDIA's first ever #Oscar in the Best Song Category with #NaatuNaatu! No words can describe this surreal moment. Dedicating this to all our amazing fans across the world. THANK YOU!!’

Some of the other nominees in the category were ‘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’.

Earlier this year, ‘Naatu Naatu’ won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, making it the first Indian as well as the first Asian song to win the award. It also won Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song.

‘RRR’ is an action drama which is set in 1920. It narrates a fictionalised story of two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitharama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) and shows how they became friends during the freedom struggle.

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