Ram Charan calls on Amit Shah in Delhi, to meet PM Modi next

Ram Charan, who returned to New Delhi on Friday after attending the Oscars, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with his father and Tollywood Megastar Chiranjeevi.

A picture along with a video of the meeting was first shared by the news agency ANI. Ram Charan greeted the Home Minister with a bouquet of flowers and a traditional silk stole.

Amit Shah then extended his heartiest congratulatory message to Ram Charan and felicitated him with a red silk stole as well.

Earlier, the 37-year-old actor, who was accompanied by his wife, entrepreneur Upasana Kamineni Konidela, was greeted by scores of elated fans at the Delhi airport.

"I am pleased and happy. Thank you, everyone. We are proud of MM Keeravani, SS Rajamouli and Chandrabose. Because of them, we went to the red carpet and brought an Oscar for India.

Charan is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next.

"I thank all the fans and people from North to South and East to West parts of India for watching 'RRR' and making the 'Naatu Naatu' song a superhit. 'Naatu Naatu' was not our song, it was the song of the people of India. It gave us an avenue for the Oscars," Charan told reporters at the airport.

At the 95th Academy Awards, the foot-tapping chartbuster "Naatu Naatu", composed by MM Keeravaani and penned by Chandrabose, made the Telugu feature film the first Indian production to bring home the golden statuette.

The song was also performed at the Oscars ceremony by singers Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj.

Directed by SS Rajamouli, "RRR" is a pre-independence fictional story following two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.

Apart from the Telugu song, Netflix's Tamil documentary "The Elephant Whisperers", directed by debutante Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga, also became the maiden Indian production to win in the Documentary Short Film category.