RRR heading to the Oscars? Variety ‘shortlists’ Naatu Naatu amongst its favourites to win Best Song Oscar
Even although the blockbuster RRR was not picked as India’s official Oscar entry for 2023, the makers of the hit RRR are selling it in 14 classes as a part of the “For your consideration (FYC)” marketing campaign. Last Friday on the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, RRR’s Oscar marketing campaign was correctly unveiled. Variety has shortlisted the track ‘Naatu Naatu’ as a possible nominee for the Best Original Song Oscar.
Among the various classes wherein RRR has been submitted are Best Picture (DVV Danayya), Best Director (Rajamouli), Best Actor (Jr NTR and Ram Charan), Screenplay, Original Song, Score, Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Production Design, and VFX, to say just a few. Best Supporting Actress nominee Alia Bhatt and Best Supporting Actor nominee Ajay Devgn may also compete. The Best Original Song nominee is “Naatu Naatu.”
#RRRMovie is being campaigned in the most effective authentic track class for “Naatu Naatu” in addition to in the most effective supporting actress class for @aliaa08. https://t.co/N6zwWvqGGA pic.twitter.com/Fd0lgXasUr
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 5, 2022
On October 6, the creators introduced the information to the RRR fanbase by means of Twitter with an emotional assertion. The word reads, “We applied to The Academy of Oscars consideration in the general category. We wish our RRR family the best and thank them from the bottom of our hearts for making this possible. Here is to continue to win hearts and entertain audiences worldwide.”
#RRRForOscars pic.twitter.com/yKzrZ5fPeS
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) October 6, 2022
RRR, directed by SS Rajamouli, is a fictitious narrative based mostly on the lives of two Telugu liberation warriors, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem, respectively performed by Ram Charan and Jr NTR. The epic drama has been effectively appreciated in India and worldwide, notably within the United States, the place famend performers and administrators have flocked to native theatres to take pleasure in it. The movie is now receiving an excessive amount of consideration in Japan. The movie is considered probably the most profitable of the last decade. The field workplace gross for the epic motion drama is estimated to be round Rs 1150 crore.
The movie RRR, which was launched in theatres in March 2022, turned one of many greatest successes in Indian cinema historical past. However, it was not with out criticism from the Indian left, who accused the movie of selling “Hindutva.” The movie’s Hindu iconography and imagery infuriated Indian liberals, as did the most important characters’ names, Ram and Sita. Despite the truth that the names had been chosen after a historic prevalence wherein Rama Raju fell in love with a woman named Sita, lastly including her title to his title after her tragic dying.
