South Indian Sensation 'RRR' Wins Oscar For 'Naatu Naatu'
'Naatu Naatu' defeated 'This Is a Life' from 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', among a number of other nominees in the Best Original Song category at the 95th Academy Awards.
Talk about dancing on the world stage?!
Naatu Naatu, a song from RRR, a 2022 Telugu epic action film, has become the first-ever song from an Indian film to win an Oscar.
The Song, Naatu Naatu, which in English means Dance, Let's Dance, is composed by music director M M Keeravani and the lyrics are written by Chandrabose. It has had millions around the world grooving to it.
It is sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava. Originally in Telugu, it was also released in Hindi as Naacho Naacho, in Tamil as Naattu Koothu, in Kannada as Halli Naatu, and in Malayalam as Karinthol.
Naatu Naatu defeated This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All At Once, among a number of other nominees in the Best Original Song category at the 95th Academy Awards
Writing in praise of the song, NPR stated that Naatu Naatu, unlike its fellow nominees for Best Original Song, "was central to the film from which it came; the song pops up an hour into RRR, soundtracking a fierce dance battle between the film's main characters and a group of stuffy British colonisers."
Other nominees included Lady Gaga's Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, Rihanna's Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Sofia Carson's Applause from Tell It Like a Woman, and Son Lux, David Byrne, and Mitski's This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All At Once.
M M Keeravaani and Chandrabose accept the award for Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards.
Image via Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times
Watch the moment Naatu Naatu won the Oscar:
Earlier, the song also won the Golden Globe:
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