The blockbuster Telugu-language movie RRR’s song Naatu Naatu created history by being the first Indian film song to win an Oscar.
During the 95th Academy Awards, the hit song defeated superstars like Lady Gaga and Rihanna to win best Original Song.
The Elephant Whisperers, which won in the category of Best Documentary Short film, earned India a second Oscar.
The documentary is the first Indian production to win in this category; It depicts the tale of a couple who took after an injured baby elephant after it becomes separated from its herd
The Elephant Whisperers shows the intimate link that forms between the human as elephant as they learn to coexist. The film was shot in the beautiful Nilgiri mountains in southern India.
But, Naatu Naatu, a Telugu word that means “raw” or “rustic,” which is a thunderous song that has people all around the world bopping to its beats, was India’s major winner.
The song previously made history in January when it became the first original song from India to win a Golden Globe. It also received the Critics Choice Award for best song during the same month.
The song is “the pride of every India,” composer MM Keeravani Stated when accepting the Oscar.
One of Naatu Naatu’s singers, Kaala Bhairava told The Hollywood Reporter thought the song was deserving of an award since it was “rooted to its nativity upon arriving at the ceremony
The Oscars’ most beautiful aspect, according to him, is when people from all over the world come together to represent their own cultures and creative forms and have those representations valued by other nations and communities.
