SS Rajamouli’s film RRR achieved the feat at the ongoing Golden Globe Awards in the US on Tuesday. The song Naatu Naatu from the film won the Best Original Song Award. RRR is also involved in the Oscar race. There also the film has been nominated in the Best Original Song category. Apart from RRR, Chello Show has been shortlisted in the Best International category.
Music composer got emotional while receiving the award. Rajamouli has arrived with his stars Ram Charan Tej and Junior NTR at the ongoing 80th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, USA. South Superstar Chiranjeevi described this achievement of RRR as historic. Music composer MM Keeravani received the award. He got emotional while thanking Rajamouli and the cast.
RRR was also nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Golden Globes. That is, there was hope of getting another award. But here Argentina 1985 won. In this category, RRR was up against Decision to Leave (South Korea), All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) and Argentina 1985 (Argentina).
Many Indian films in Oscar race, including Chello Show and Kantara
RRR is nominated in the Best Original Song category at the Oscars, while Chello Show is shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category. Chello Show, a Gujarati film, was India’s official entry to the Oscars. After Lagaan in 2001, no Indian film has received a nomination in this category at the Oscars.
Apart from these, Rishabh Shetty’s Kantara, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, R Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Nambi Effect and Gangubai Kathiawadi have also joined the Oscar race. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has released a reminder list of 301 films. These also include the names of 9 Indian films. That means their nomination is also possible for Oscar.