SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ bags five nods at Critics Choice Awards 2023

SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’, starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, bagged five nominations at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.

The epic action drama will compete with ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘Babylon’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’, ‘Tár’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Women Talking’ in the Best Picture Category.

Rajamouli has bagged a nomination in the Best Director category and he is competing with James Cameron, Damien Chazelle, Todd Field, Baz Luhrmann, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Martin McDonagh, Sarah Polley, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Steven Spielberg.

‘RRR’ also secured a spot in the Best Visual Effects, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Song (‘Naatu Naatu’) nominations list.

Earlier, ‘RRR’ bagged two 2023 Golden Globe nominations. The film has been on a winning spree, bagging various international awards including Rajamouli’s Best Director award by the New York Film Critics Circle, the Saturn Award for Best International Film, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best music score for MM Keeravani.

The National Board of Review also named ‘RRR’ as one of its ten best films of the year.

‘RRR’ released on March 24 this year and earned over Rs 1200 crore worldwide. It also stars Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris in pivotal roles.

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