Chennai: S S Rajamouli’s period movie ‘RRR’ is going great guns.
Having won a handful of awards in international film festivals, including the Best Music Score (Original) at Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards on Sunday, ‘RRR’ has bagged two nominations at the prestigious Golden Globe Awards.
The film, starring Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran, has found a place in Best Non-English Language Film and Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’.
The other nominees for Non-English Language Film are — All Quiet On The Western Front (Germany), Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Close (Belgium) and Decision To Leave (South Korea).
As for Best Original Song, ‘Naatu Naatu’ will be competing with – ‘Carolina’ from Where the Crawdad Sing, ‘Ciao Papa’ from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, ‘Hold My Hand’ from Top Gun: Maverick and ‘Lift Me Up’ from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
‘Naatu Naatu’, sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, has been composed by MM Keeravani.
‘RRR’, based on lives of real-life revolutionaries Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju, is the only Indian film to make the cut from a clutch of other entries like ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, ‘Kantara’ and ‘Chhello Show’.
‘Chhello Show’ is India’s official entry for Oscar 2023, while ‘RRR’ has submitted independently for consideration in various categories.
