Naatu Naatu song from the movie RRR has been nominated in the best original song category in the 2024 Oscars award.
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The song Naatu Naatu from the blockbuster hit Telugu film RRR has been nominated at the Academy Awards this year under the best original song category. It is said to be the first Indian feature film to bag a nomination for anything other than best international film at the Academy awards. The award show will take place in March. The song has received a lot of critical acclaims and also already won a Golden Globe and a Critic’s choice award.
The song will be competing against two very strong nominees, Rihanna and Lady Gaga whose songs are also nominated under the same category. Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams, this year’s Oscar host announced the news at the nomination presentation that took place in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. This year’s Oscar ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on March 12th.
The last time Indian cinema won an Oscar for a film’s music was in 2009 for the song Jai Ho from the movie Slumdog Millionaire. The song won the Oscars for best original song and best original score for the song. AR Rahman won the Oscars for the movie directed by Briton Danny Boyle. Naatu Naatu was a huge hit in India even before it got nominated for the Golden Globe awards. A huge number of audience is hoping for its win at the Oscars.
What are Oscars?
The Academy award also known as the Oscars awards are awards or accolades given for artistic technical worth in the American film industry. Oscars are considered as the highest, most prestigious, and most notable award in the entertainment industry in the United States. The award is given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also known as AMPAS. The Oscars are acknowledgments of brilliance in cinematic accomplishments of mainly American films.
The awards are evaluated and judged by the Academy’s voting membership. All the Academy award winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially known as an Academy Award of Merit, more commonly known as the Oscars. The statuette portrays a knight made in the Art Deco form or style. The trophy was originally carved by George Stanley of Los Angeles from the design sketched by art director Cedric Gibbons.
Indian Cinema at the Oscars
Many Indian individuals and films have won nominations and awards at the Oscars under different categories. Until the last research in 2021, India has been nominated 13 times in the Oscars and has won 8 times, scientific and technical categories included. India’s first submission at the Academy Awards was in 1958 for the film Mother India directed by Mehboob Khan in the year 1957. The film was nominated under the Best International Feature Film category.
The film was nominated with four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria by just one vote. In the year 1982, the National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing the biography of Mahatma Gandhi named Gandhi. In 1983, at the 55th Academy Awards, India won its first Oscar for Gandhi. Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes for the film. Ravi Shankar was also nominated for the same film under the Best Original score nomination.
Until 2022, only two films have been nominated for the Oscars apart from Mother India, that is Salaam Bombay that came in the year 1988 and Lagaan that came in 2001. Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray was acknowledged with an Honorary Academy Award in the year 1992, becoming the only Indian to win that honor till date.
