MM Keeravani wins best original song for ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ at Golden Globe Awards

India

oi-Prakash KL

Los
Angeles,
Jan
11:
SS
Rajamouli’s
“RRR” struck
gold
at
the
2023
Golden
Globe
Awards
by
winning
the
trophy
for
the
best
original
song-motion
picture
for
its
hit
track
“Naatu
Naatu”.
The
blockbuster
Telugu
movie
is
also
nominated
for
the
‘best
picture-non
English’
at
the
ceremony.

The
Telugu
track
“Naatu
Naatu”
is
composed
by
veteran
music
director
MM
Keeravaani
and
penned
by
Kala
Bhairava
and
Rahul
Sipligunj.
Keeravani
was
there
to
collect
the
trophy.

Other
nominees
in
the
segment
were
Taylor
Swift’s
“Carolina”
(“Where
The
Crawdads
Sing”),
“Ciao
Papa”
(“Guillermo
del
Toro’s
Pinocchio”),
“Hold
My
Hand”
from
“Top
Gun:
Maverick”,
a
collaboration
between
Lady
Gaga,
BloodPop
and
Benjamin
Rice,
and
“Lift
Me
Up”
from
“Black
Panther:
Wakanda
Forever”
by
Tems,
Rihanna,
Ryan
Coogler,
and
Ludwig
Goransson.
“RRR”
follows
a
pre-Independence
fictional
story
woven
around
two
real-life
Indian
revolutionaries
–
Alluri
Sitarama
Raju
and
Komaram
Bheem
–
in
the
1920s.

The
film
stars
Ram
Charan,
Jr
NTR,
Alia
Bhatt
and
Ajay
Devgn
in
key
roles.
Released
theatrically
last
March,
“RRR”
reportedly
made
over
Rs
1,200
crore
at
the
global
box
office.
The
lavishly
mounted
period
epic
is
the
first
Indian
film
in
over
two
decades
to
be
nominated
for
the
awards.

In
the
‘best
picture-non
English
segment’,
“RRR”
will
face
off
with
Korean
romantic
mystery
film
“Decision
To
Leave”,
German
anti-war
drama
“All
Quiet
on
the
Western
Front”,
Argentine
historical
drama
“Argentina,
1985”,
and
French-Dutch
coming-of-age
drama
“Close”.

Story first published: Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 8:30 [IST]