Naatu Naatu Wins Oscar For Best Original Song, Keeravani Reacts

The RRR  global  rage  Naatu naatu has done it. It has won an Oscar  for  Best  Original Song defeating such  formidable challengers  as  Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from the  film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Diane Warren’s “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; and David Byrne’s “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once.

This is  the  first  song of India  origin to be thus honoured.

Reacting minutes after the  historic announcement  , composer Keeravani said, “I  told you I was  confident we’d do  it. But I’ve to admit even then, that the  actual announcement is  a different  feeling altogether. I can’t explain it.  I want to say, this Oscar belongs to all of us in the  RRR team: Rajamouli, Ramcharan, NTR Jr, lyricist Chandrabose, singers Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava. Most importantly, we’ve made our country proud. No words to express my gratitude.”