• Oscars 2023: RRR’s 'Naatu Naatu' wins Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards

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    Oscars 2023: RRR’s 'Naatu Naatu' wins Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards
    Naatu Naatu won in the same category at the Golden Globes earlier this year. Also, it was named Best Song at the Hollywood Critics Association and Critics' Choice Awards.

    Digital Desk: The RRR song "Naatu Naatu" received the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards. The song was composed by MM Keeravani, with lyrics by Chandrabose and vocals by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava. It was released in March 2022 and soon gained immense popularity.
     
    The song has now received an abundance of love from global viewers as well since the SS Rajamouli film's release on OTT platforms, which gave it a global audience. Keeravani sang a song he had written in praise of Rajamouli and all of India during his acceptance speech.
     
    Naatu Naatu won in the same category at the Golden Globes earlier this year. Also, it was named Best Song at the Hollywood Critics Association and Critics' Choice Awards.
     
     The song is competing against songs like Applause from Tell It like a Woman (Diane Warren), Hold My Hand from Top Gun Maverick (Lady Gaga and BloodPop), Lift Me Up from Black Panther Wakanda Forever (Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson), This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski).

     On the Oscars stage, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava also performed  the song. Ram Charan and Jr. NTR didn't perform on stage, though.  Deepika Padukone introduced the performance, which received a standing ovation at the ceremony. 

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