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

Hyderabad, Jan 11: SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' has bagged the best original song-motion picture for 'Naatu Naatu' track, composed by MM Keeravani and penned by Chandrabose with Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj lending their voice.

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".

While accepting the award at the 2023 Golden Globes, Keeravaani expressed gratitude for his team and also thanked NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan for their performance on the song. He said, "Thank you NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan danced in full stamina on the song."

The 80th Golden Globe Awards honors the best in film and American television of 2022, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is held at Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California with Jerrod Carmichael hosting the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi, father of Ram Charan, congratulated the team on Twitter and said that 'Naatu Naatu' is the celebration of music and dance. "#NaatuNaatu is all about the celebration of Music 🎶 & Dance 🕺 India & the World is dancing with you today!!, [sic]" he wrote.