Golden Globe Awards: RRR's Naatu Naatu wins best original song
SS Rajamouli’s RRR on Monday (January 11) struck gold at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards by winning the trophy for the best original song – motion picture for its hit track Naatu Naatu.
The blockbuster Telugu movie is also nominated for the best picture-non English at the ceremony.
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The Telugu track Naatu Naatu is composed by veteran music director MM Keeravani and penned by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj. Keeravani was there at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles to collect the trophy.
Other nominees in the segment were Taylor Swift’s Carolina (Where The Crawdads Sing), Ciao Papa (Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio), Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, a collaboration between Lady Gaga, BloodPop and Benjamin Rice, and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson.
And the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG Goes to #NaatuNaatu #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2023 #RRRMovie
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 11, 2023
RRR follows a pre-Independence fictional story woven around two real-life Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem – in the 1920s.
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The film stars Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in key roles. Released theatrically last March, RRR reportedly made over ₹1,200 crore at the global box office.
The lavishly mounted period epic is the first Indian film in over two decades to be nominated for the awards.
In the best picture – non-English segment, RRR will face off with Korean romantic mystery film Decision To Leave, German anti-war drama All Quiet on the Western Front, Argentine historical drama Argentina, 1985, and French-Dutch coming-of-age drama Close.
LEGENDARYYYYYY MM KEERAVAANI!! #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2023 #NaatuNaatu #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/AQn208kRFx
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 11, 2023
