Naatu Naatu

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.

“For the world, particularly the Western world, folks are more on India and Asian music. I feel very happy to open doors and the world to embrace my culture.” “This award belongs to every Indian actor, technician and filmgoer,” he wrote. The crew took 15 days to shoot the music video, which featured around 50 dancers and up to 400 extras. “The Elephant Whisperers” was named best short documentary at Sunday’s night’s ceremony in a first for an Indian production. The three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time and pairs two of the country’s biggest stars: N.T.

The award was received by composer M. M. Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose. By winning the Oscar, the duo beat international pop icons like Lady Gaga and ...

M. Before ‘Naatu Naatu’ won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, its singers – Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava – gave an electrifying performance that brought the Dolby Theatre to its feet. It will be a song that will be remembered for years to come. During his acceptance speech, which he sang, music composer M. The award was received by composer M. Actress Deepika Padukone was also seen during his speech, holding back her tears.

RRR wins Best Original Song at the 2023 Oscars, making history as the first Indian film to receive this award, and adding to India's already impressive list ...

It also clinched the Best Song award at the 28th edition of the [Jr NTR](/topic/jr-ntr)in the lead roles. The Oscars 2023 event took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. India has gained several prestigious awards in the film industry, including 'The Elephant Whisperers,' which won the Best Documentary Short Film category at the Oscars. The song was composed by MM Keeravani and performed live by Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj. Twitter was flooded with congratulatory messages and celebratory wishes from all corners of India.

The Telugu-language banger 'Naatu' from S.S. Rajamouli's 'RRR' created history, winning the Best Original Song at Oscars 2023.

This season’s big hit and awards frontrunner ‘Naatu’ from the pan-Indian movie ‘RRR’ picked up the Oscars trophy for the best original song, the first for an Indian film song. [March 13, 2023] ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ wins the Oscar for Best Original Song!

The song made history as the first from an Indian film to win best original music score.

The popularity of ‘Naatu Naatu’ is global. RRR has to win, pride of every Indian, and must put me on top of your world.” After the win was broadcast, Indian prime minister Mr Modi tweeted: “Exceptional!

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.”.

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It also clinched the Best Song award at the 28th edition of the [Jr NTR](/topic/jr-ntr)in the lead roles. The Oscars 2023 event took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. India has gained several prestigious awards in the film industry, including 'The Elephant Whisperers,' which won the Best Documentary Short Film category at the Oscars. The song was composed by MM Keeravani and performed live by Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj. Twitter was flooded with congratulatory messages and celebratory wishes from all corners of India.

The exclusion and passing in the Naatu Naatu Oscar performance have been questioned by South Asian dancers living in Los Angeles.

Divya Jethwani, a music manager and choreographer who works with artists from South Asian diaspora and the sub-continent took to Instagram to pen down a note. Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian in a lead role to win an Oscar with her exceptional performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. And to have a performance at the Academy Awards stage that engages in passing is tone-deaf, to say the least. The film also picked up 11 wins in total, and it is ironic that on a day like this, Naatu Naatu’s performance became the space of exclusion. It had been a truly iconic day for India at the Oscars. In this instance, the two lead dancers, Billy Mustafa and Jason Glover who do not belong to South Asian heritage in any way, were passed off as being Indians, and more specifically, from different communities in South India.

Apart from Hayden, former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta also took part in the Naatu Naatu dance on Monday to celebrate the song's Oscar win.

Dedicating this to all our amazing fans across the world. [Naatu Naatu](https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/hollywood-news/rrr-song-naatu-naatu-clinches-oscar-for-original-song-mm-keeravaani-speech-goes-viral-articleshow.html) dance on Monday to celebrate the song's Oscar win. Thank you Kartikeya and Variance Films for making this possible.” After Naatu Naatu managed to grab the Oscar on Sunday, the entire country celebrated the historic feat. Hayden is part of the star-studded commentary panel for Star Sports. RRR’s Naatu Naatu won the Oscar for 'Best Original Song' at the 95th Academy Awards on March 13, Sunday.

By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press. HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best ...

“For the world, particularly the Western world, folks are more on India and Asian music. I feel very happy to open doors and the world to embrace my culture.” “This award belongs to every Indian actor, technician and filmgoer,” he wrote. The crew took 15 days to shoot the music video, which featured around 50 dancers and up to 400 extras. “The Elephant Whisperers” was named best short documentary at Sunday’s night’s ceremony in a first for an Indian production. The three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time and pairs two of the country’s biggest stars: N.T.

India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.”

“For the world, particularly the Western world, folks are more on India and Asian music. I feel very happy to open doors and the world to embrace my culture.” “This award belongs to every Indian actor, technician and filmgoer,” he wrote. The crew took 15 days to shoot the music video, which featured around 50 dancers and up to 400 extras. “The Elephant Whisperers” was named best short documentary at Sunday’s night’s ceremony in a first for an Indian production. The three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time and pairs two of the country’s biggest stars: N.T.

RRR has won the Best Orginal Song category for Naatu Naatu, and we can't stay calm. Soon after the foot-tapping track was announced as the winner, the RRR ...

He sang the melody of the 70s pop hit Top Of The World with his own version of the lyrics: "There was only one wish on my mind... Lady Gaga's reaction to Naatu Naatu's win has left the Internet thrilled. RRR has won the Best Orginal Song category for Naatu Naatu, and we can't stay calm.

RRR's "Naatu Naatu" conquered the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles by winning the Best Original Song award.

His fans were pleasantly surprised to see him grooving to the song and matching the signature step in an open field.Click for more The song's terrific tunes had a Los Angeles theatre audience dancing and enjoying immensely. His Indian fans were surprised to see him lip-syncing the upbeat song. We are happy to share with you the Korean Embassy's Naatu Naatu dance cover. It garnered applause and a standing ovation from the crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The electrifying song was also performed at the Oscars ceremony by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava.

It spawned a viral TikTok challenge as people tried to master Naatu Naatu's acrobatic choreography - now the song from Bollywood blockbuster RRR has made ...

RRR has to win, pride of every Indian, and must put me on top of your world." Naatu Naatu from the Telugu-language blockbuster RRR has made history as the first Indian song to win an Academy Award, taking the Oscar for best original song. It spawned a viral TikTok challenge as people tried to master Naatu Naatu's acrobatic choreography - now the song from Bollywood blockbuster RRR has made history as the first Indian song to win an Oscar.

In a field full of heavy hitters, the film's soundtrack to a dance battle won best original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, becoming the first-ever song ...

Unlike its fellow nominees for best original song, "Naatu Naatu" 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 colonizers. Keeravani and Chandrabose received the Oscar statuettes, but the success of "Naatu Naatu" had many authors, from the stars who danced to it in RRR (N.T. and Ram Charan) to the vocalists who performed it (Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava) to the choreographer who helped make its video a viral sensation (Prem Rakshith).

The song Naatu Naatu from the hit Telugu-language film RRR made history at Sunday night's Academy Awards.

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India celebrated its two historic Academy Awards with enthusiasm befitting the high-energy best original song “Naatu Naatu.”

“For the world, particularly the Western world, folks are more on India and Asian music. I feel very happy to open doors and the world to embrace my culture.” “This award belongs to every Indian actor, technician and filmgoer,” he wrote. “The Elephant Whisperers” was named best short documentary at Sunday's night's ceremony in a first for an Indian production. The three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time and pairs two of the country’s biggest stars, N.T. The massively popular song also won a Golden Globe award in January.

The rollicking dance hit beat out two songs featuring American pop megastars.

Written by Diane Warren, the song, [“Applause,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAHorHpPqb4) would have been a major victory for the songwriter after 13 previous nominations in the same category and no wins. The nominated song from “Everything Everywhere” was “This Is a Life,” by the indie-rock band Son Lux, featuring Mitski and David Byrne. [“Tell It Like a Woman,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOREIAfmj_o) which features seven short stories with female protagonists, some of them fictional and some inspired by true events. The hymnlike ballad with a prominent string section was the pop star’s first Rahman’s tune for the British-made “Slumdog Millionaire” — but it is the first from an Indian production. It’s about everything that happened in our own country, in our own village; something you cherish for life.”

With music by composer M.M. Keeravani and lyrics by Chandrabose, the toe tapping Telugu-language dance number from director S.S. Rajamouli's action hit is the ...

It’s hard to deny the power of the song, “Naatu Naatu” and the charisma of the lead actors of “RRR” N.T. At an earlier screening of “RRR” at CAA (Creative Arts Agency) M.M. Rahman’s “Jai Ho” won the original song Oscar for Danny Boyle’s U.K. ‘RRR’ has to win, pride of every Indian, and must put me on the top of the world.” production “Slumdog Millionaire.” Rajamouli’s action hit is the first song from an Indian film to be nominated, and win, in its category.

India has made movie history by scooping its first Oscar for the best original song, "Naatu Naatu."

A clip from the movie featuring Telugu superstars Charan and N. Rama Rao Jr., known as Jr NTR, dancing in perfect synchronization to the lyrics has more than 125 million views on Jai Hind,” they wrote, using a popular rallying cry which means “Victory to India.” Keeravani and featuring lyrics by Chandrabose – beat both Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Chandrabose simply added: “Namaste.” Dedicating this to all our amazing fans across the world.

'RRR' took home the Oscar for best original song, "Naatu Naatu". Indians are pointing out that this was a huge win for Telugu cinema.

[an interview on the champagne carpet(Opens in a new tab)](https://www.thejuggernaut.com/oscars-2023-south-asian-indian-wins-deepika-padukone-naatu-naatu-elephant-whisperers), Padukone said that this is "an exciting time for Indian cinema." [The Elephant Whisperers(Opens in a new tab)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/13/elephant-whisperers-director-kartiki-gonsalves-interview) — an Indian-American Tamil-language feature — bagging Best Documentary Short Subject. [celebrated the win(Opens in a new tab)](https://variety.com/2023/awards/asia/rajinikanth-narendra-modi-ajay-devgn-mahesh-babu-oscar-rrr-elephant-whisperers-1235552010/) by composer M. [Indian actress Deepika Padukone](https://mashable.com/article/gehraiyaan-interview-amazon-prime), who presented "Naatu Naatu" before the song's performance on the Oscars stage, was sure to mention that the song is in Telugu and the movie is an Indian production. An immense win for India, indeed, the success of RRR and its Academy Award extravaganza can also be noted for wider representation within the country itself. Rahman for "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire(Opens in a new tab)](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/slumdog-millionaire-sweeps-music-oscars-269365/) in 2009.) Many are condemning the lack of inclusion of South Asian artists for this very moment, given that the song and film were crowned for both their culture and originality. The second annual celebration honored this years Oscar nominees, including RRR, Pakistani film [Joyland(Opens in a new tab)](https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/joyland-review-1235289314/), and Indian documentary All That Breathes. But distinctive ways of storytelling, bodies of work, and productions belong to different regions in the country. [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab)] [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab)] [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab)] This seemingly innocuous comment solicited angry Twitter reactions — but has also resulted in an important distinction being made. Indian cinema has long been conflated as one.

India had a historic day at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony this year when RRR won the Oscar for the Best Original Song "Naatu Naatu"—becoming the ...

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"A lot is lost," he says. "They would be occasionally annoyed" by his devotion to making music "but always are supportive," he says. In many cases, we're driven by passion and just looking to survive," he says. No one talks about the struggle musicians face, he says — the many years where you run after a dream in spite of financial, social and family pressures. Sometimes that's all the fuel a dreamer needs." And to promote his music, he would need to hire a production team—a video editor, a make-up artist, sound and lighting. Back in 2014, after the release of his first album, he was painting a house. "People like me don't usually dare to dream of a career in music," Kadhiravel says. "Poor musicians are forced to sell their original content to bigger companies for peanuts because they cannot afford these production costs," he says. "Wins like 'Naatu Naatu' put us on the world map, which is so fantastic," says Berty Ashley, a musician in Bengaluru, and co-founder of "It was incredibly exciting to see an Indian musical get worldwide recognition," he says. The song shot to viral global fame on TikTok and Instagram.

Calgary-born dancer Billy Mustapha said performing at the 95th Academy Awards was a moment he will never forget.

He’s eyeing as many roles in the entertainment industry as he can, including acting and touring with a musical artist. Rajamouli, Naatu Naatu begins when the two leads, played by Ram Charan and N.T. And he struggled internally with the decision made by the casting department. “I have two brothers, and we did hockey and soccer and kickboxing and wrestling and like all of the things. THANK YOU!!,” the Twitter account for RRR posted. Rama Rao Jr., flaunt their dance skills after being bullied as the only Indian people invited to a British party in colonial times. “No words can describe this surreal moment. Mustapha grew up in Calgary and started dancing at seven years old. “Pushing Jimmy Kimmel was a moment I will never forget,” Mustapha told Global News from Los Angeles. “It was insane. “The celebration after completing that dance (to Naatu Naatu): it was triumphant, just because that dance is like running a sprint that feels like a marathon,” he said, noting the unpredictability that comes with live performances. 10, another first for an Indian film.