A nonetheless from RRR

RRR is inching in direction of Oscar glory – Naatu Naatu has been nominated for Best Original Song on the ninety fifth Academy Awards and Team RRR is celebrating on social media. Ram Charan, Jr NTR and director SS Rajamouli congratulated Team RRR. Jr NTR, one of many film’s two leads, congratulated composer MM Keeravaani and lyricst Chandrabose in a tweet. He wrote, “Congratulations MM Keeravaani Garu and Chandrabose Garu on achieving another well-deserved and monumental feat… This song will forever hold a special place in my heart.” He tagged RRR director SS Rajamouli and co-star Ram Charan, including the hashtags #RRRMovie #NaatuNaatu #Oscars95.

Here is Jr NTR’s tweet:

Congratulations @MMKeeravaani Garu and @boselyricist Garu on attaining one other well-deserved and monumental feat…

This track will eternally maintain a particular place in my coronary heart.@ssrajamouli@alwaysramcharan#RRRMovie#NaatuNaatu#Oscars95pic.twitter.com/YYmtD0kVou

— Jr NTR (@tarak9999) January 24, 2023

Ram Charan, who performed the position of Alluri Seetharama Raju within the film, in his tweet wrote, “What brilliant news! Truly an honour to see “Naatu Naatu” nominated for the Oscars. Another very proud moment for us & India. Well deserved @MMKeeravaani Garu, @SSRajamouli Garu, my brother @tarak9999 and the entire team of #RRR All love.”

What sensible information!
Truly an honour to see “Naatu Naatu” nominated for the Oscars.
Another very proud second for us & India.
Well deserved @MMKeeravaani Garu, @SSRajamouli Garu, my brother @tarak9999 and all the workforce of #RRR🙏
All love ❤️

— Ram Charan (@At all timesRamCharan) January 24, 2023

Director SS Rajamouli shared an extended be aware on bagging the nomination on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. An excerpt from the be aware learn, “The main reason is Tarak (Jr NTR) and Charan’s (Ram Charan) sync and style. They danced their way into the hearts of audiences across the globe. I never dreamt of an Oscar, even in my wildest dream! It is the fans Naatu Naatu and RRR who believed in it. He captioned the tweet as “#NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie” 

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

#NaatuNaatu#RRRMoviepic.twitter.com/Dvy2qK0qDB

— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) January 24, 2023

The official Twitter web page of RRR additionally shared a submit: “WE CREATED HISTORY!!  Proud and privileged to share that #NaatuNaatu has been nominated for Best Original Song on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. #Oscars #RRRMovie.” Earlier this month, Naatu Naatu won the Golden Globe in the same category.

Here’s what RRR‘s official Twitter page posted:

WE CREATED HISTORY!! 🇮🇳

Proud and privileged to share that #NaatuNaatu has been nominated for Best Original Song on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. #Oscars#RRRMoviepic.twitter.com/qzWBiotjSe

— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 24, 2023

Rahul Sipligunj, who sang the song with MM Keeravaani’s son Kaala Bhairava, also tweeted:

Aaaaaaaaaattttttttttt 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 maaaakkkkiiiiii🔥🔥🔥 #naatunaatu nominated for Oscar’s congrats to the workforce @RRRMovie
Thank you @mmkeeravaani sir❤️❤️❤️#premrakshit sir@kaalabhairava7@boselyricist sir@ssrajamouli sir@tarak9999 sir@AlwaysRamCharan sir pic.twitter.com/fu3qWECJlx

— Rahul Sipligunj (@Rahulsipligunj) January 24, 2023

Ram Charan’s father, the legendary Chiranjeevi, tweeted: “One step away from the head of cinematic glory.”

ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE PINNACLE OF CINEMATIC GLORY !!! 🎉🔥🎉👏👏

Heartiest Congrats on THE Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song @mmkeeravaani garu & the visionary @ssrajamouli and the Entire Team behind #NaatuNaatu & @RRRMovie

— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) January 24, 2023

Apart from Naatu Naatu‘s nomination, two Indian documentaries are also competing for Oscars. All That Breathes has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature and The Elephant Whisperers for Best Documentary Short.

Apart from Golden Globe win, RRR won two prizes at the Critics Choice Awards. The movie won Best Song for Naatu Naatu and Best Foreign Language Film. Naatu Naatu also won the Best Music Core Award at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus is based on the lives of two Telugu freedom fighters, Alluri Seetharama Raju (played by Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (played by Jr NTR). The movie also stars Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Alison Doody, Ray Stevenson and Olivia Morris in pivotal roles.

The Oscar nominations were announced by actors Riz Ahmed and Alison Williams. The 95th Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on March 12 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.