‘RRR’ becomes first Indian film to win Best Original Song at the Oscars

Telugu movie RRR has turn into the first-ever Indian movie to win Greatest Authentic Music on the Academy Awards.

‘Naatu Naatu’, the tune for which RRR was nominated, clinched the Greatest Authentic Music on March 13, beating out the likes of Rihanna‘s ‘Elevate Me Up’ for the Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally soundtrack, Girl Gaga‘s ‘Maintain My Hand’ from Prime Gun: Maverick, Mitski and David Byrne’s ‘This Is A Life’ from The whole lot All over the place All At As soon as and Diane Warren’s ‘Applause’ from Inform It Like A Lady.

The tune’s composer M. M. Keeravani accepted the award, calling the monitor “the satisfaction of each Indian”. He additionally paid homage to one in all his favorite bands, singing his speech within the tune of The Carpenters’ ‘Prime Of The World’. Watch his acceptance speech beneath.

Not solely did ‘Naatu Naatu’ win for Greatest Authentic Music, the tune was additionally honoured on the awards present with a particular efficiency that includes one in all its playback singers Rahul Sipligunj on vocals.

The efficiency obtained a standing ovation from these in attendance. Watch the total efficiency beneath.

This is the energetic efficiency of “Naatu Naatu” from #RRR on the #Oscars. https://t.co/ndiKiHeOT5 pic.twitter.com/Lf2nP826c4

— Selection (@Selection) March 13, 2023

RRR was named NME‘s high Asian movie of 2022 in December. NME‘s Hidzir Junaini wrote of the movie: “That includes among the most breathtaking motion, dazzling musical numbers and supercharged emotion that you just’ll ever see in cinema, RRR is a rip-roaring crowd-pleaser that makes its three-plus hour runtime really feel like half-hour.”

“This fictionalised account of the bromance between legendary Indian freedom fighters, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem who fought towards the British Raj, is an exuberant spectacle in contrast to every other. RRR will wow you with its gargantuan scope, the escalating madness of its bombastic sequences, and its adrenaline-fueled anti-imperial coronary heart.”