Oscars 2023: Indian film RRR creates history, ‘Naatu Naatu’ wins Best Original Song
In the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, India’s ‘Naatu Naatu song’ from SS Rajamouli’s film RRR made history by becoming the first Indian film to win an Oscar for best original song.
Composer of the song M. M. Keeravani along with lyricist Chandrabose collected the award. Playback singers of the Naatu Naatu song, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava performed the song at the Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in USA.
RRR is the first Indian film in over two decades to be nominated for the Academy Awards while ‘Naatu Naatu’ was the first Indian song to be nominated at the Oscars.
Another Indian entry in the Academy Awards ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ also won an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category.
This 41 minutes short documentary movie of filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga, explores the bond between Raghu, an orphaned baby elephant, and his caretakers.
It is the second Indian song to win this prestigious award, after ‘Jai Ho’, composed by AR Rahman and penned by Gulzar from Slumdog Millionaire (British drama film) won one in 2009 in the same category.
The song already made history in January when it won a Golden Globe for the best original song – a first for India. The same month, it also won the Critics’ Choice award for the best song.
Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor Oscar for ‘The Whale’, while Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won Best Directing award for ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, which also won Best Picture.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Film Editing: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Original Song: “Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Animated Feature Film: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Best Documentary Feature Film: ‘Navalny’ by Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best Live Action Short Film: ‘An Irish Goodbye’ by Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Best Cinematography: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by James Friend
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley for ‘The Whale’
Best Costume Design: Ruth Carter for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Best International Feature Film: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – Germany
Best Documentary Short Film: ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Best Animated Short Film: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Best Original Score: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Production Design: All Quiet on the Western Front
India’s ‘Naatu Naatu song’ from which film made history by becoming the first Indian film to win an Oscar for best original song? RRR