'RRR' earns Oscar nomination: Chiranjeevi excited for Academy Awards, Anupam Kher calls it greatest news for Indian Cinema

It's the chance India was waiting for.

Director SS Rajamouli's blockbuster 'RRR' made history when its famous track 'Naatu Naatu', which also won a Golden Globe Award and a Critics Choice Award, earned an Oscar nomination on Tuesday in the Best Original Song category.

The fast-paced song, picturised on superstars NTR Jr and Ram Charan, is competing against Sofia Carson's 'Applause' from 'Tell It Like a Woman', Lady Gaga's 'Hold My Hand' from 'Top Gun: Maverick', Rihanna's 'Lift Me Up' from 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and Son Lux's 'This Is a Life' from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'.


This is the third major international recognition for 'Naatu Naatu', composed by MM Keeravaani and penned by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj. The film also bagged a Critics Choice award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Bollywood A-listers took to social media to congratulate the 'RRR' team for creating history.

South star Chiranjeevi said 'RRR' was one step away from the pinnacle of cinematic glory. "Heartiest Congrats on the Oscar nomination for Best Original Song to Keeravaani and 'visionary' Rajamouli," he tweeted.

Congratulating the entire team of 'RRR', Anupam Kher told news agency ANI, "It's the greatest news for the Indian Cinema. A song from an original Indian cinema has been chosen. I hope this song will win the trophy in this category."

A day before the nod, director Ram Gopal Varma praised Rajamouli in a unique way. He asked the director to increase his security as he is a part of an 'assassination squad' of filmmakers set to kill the 'RRR' helmer. He also said he was jealous of Rajamouli.


Later, he congratulated Keeravani on bagging the Oscar nomination.

Actors Arjun Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar took to Instagram to celebrate the news. While Kapoor said that the 'RRR' duo's dance revolution continues to spread like fire across the globe, Akhtar was thrilled to see 'Naatu Nattu' earn the Best Original Song nomination.

Actress Parineeti Chopra wrote, "Congratulations to our amazing Oscar Nominees Team #NaatuNaatu and Guneet Monga. What an incredible, Amazing achievement."

'RRR' (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries - Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) - in the 1920s.