Naatu Naatu wins an Oscar! All the big awards SS Rajamouli's RRR has won

A historic win! 'RRR's smash hit song 'Naatu Naatu' has won an Academy Award in the Best Song category. Indian composer, MM Keeravani and musician Chandrabose accepted the trophy. In his speech, MM Keeravani dedicated the award to the film director SS Rajamouli, the film's team and his motherland, India. 

The most splendid win for India! At the Golden Globes this year, 'RRR' made history as it picked up the Best Original song trophy for its smash hit  'Naatu Naatu', The song featuring the film’s leads, Ram Charan and Jr NTR, is a huge hit with thousands of people from around the world have shouted, whistled, and danced to the super hit song as they tried to do the hook step of the song. 

After the Golden Globes, SS Rajamouli and his film 'RRR; won big at the Critics Choice Awards 2022. The magnum opus has won two awards at the prestigious award ceremony: the Best Foreign Film Award and the Best Song Award for the smash hit 'Naatu Naatu.' Rajamouli went on stage to take the trophy, where he took a moment to praise his country. "Mera Bharat Mahaan (My country, India, is the greatest)," said Rajamouli, who added "Jai Hind" before exiting the stage.

The craze around 'RRR' refuses to die down, especially in the United States. As one of the first major wins for the movie, Indian filmmaker SS Rajamouli won the 'Best Director' trophy at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. After his historic win, Indian filmmaker SS Rajamouli addressed the crowd at the New York Film Critics Circle, where he thanked his family, the film’s cast and crew, and the jury during his acceptance speech.

At the event, Rajamouli said, "Receiving this award from you is a great honor. I really appreciate it. You have honoured my whole cast and crew and have made a lot of people take notice of a small film from the south of India. Many people don't know that such a field exists, but because of this, I am sure many people will look at it."

He added, "With RRR, I saw the same kind of reception in the West. They were reacting the same way that the Indians did. The look on the audience's faces... It was pure joy and awe. We could look at their faces and know what they were thinking. Like, What in the hell did we just witness? This is exactly what I want from my audience—the pure joy of watching the film in the theatre."

RRR's smash hit song 'Naatu Naatu' is the frontrunner of this season. After winning the Best Original Song award at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards last week, the song has fetched another big award for composer MM Keeravani. This time, it was at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards.

Keeravani was present at the event to receive the honour. In his acceptance speech, he thanked 'RRR' filmmaker SS Rajamouli for always giving him the creative freedom to create music.

'RRR' craze in the west is unmatchable. The film which was released in theatres in March of last year, won the Best Non-English Feature award at Utah Film Critics Association Awards.

In December, SS Rajamouli directorial bagged the spotlight Award at the Hollywood Critics Association (HCA). SS Rajamouli's epic action-drama become the first-ever Indian film to be nominated in Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Awards. 

Continuing its winning spree in West, the Telugu actioner starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, won Best International Picture at the 2022 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards.