Oscar for rrr

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) With “RRR” and “The Elephant Whisperers” bringing Oscar glory for India, film personalities from across the country, including Rajinikanth, A R Rahman, Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn, celebrated the historic moment with pride on social media. 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 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. “Naatu Naatu” choreographer Prem Rakshith told PTI from Los Angeles that the song’s win is a “huge proud moment for India”. “We were all sitting together. We shouted like crazy and hugged each other,” he said, describing the euphoric moment when the film’s name was announced. Rajinikanth tweeted, “My hearty congratulations to Shri. Keeravani, Shri. Rajamouli and Shri. Kartiki Gonsalves for getting the prestigious Oscar Award. I salute to the proud Indians.” Rahman greeted the Oscar-winning teams of “RRR” and “The Elephant Whisperers” with “Jai Ho”, the track from 2008 movie “Slumdog Millionaire” that earned the music composer an Academy Award for Original Song. He had also won an Oscar for Original Score. “Congratulations @mmkeeravaani garu and @boselyricist garu… As predicted a...

As film lovers around the world catch up to the irresistible appeal of RRR, the South Indian historical action-drama that's breaking new ground this The Telugu-language film has been breaking records since it was released in March last year. RRR is also one of the most expensive Indian films ever made, with a reported budget of 5.5 billion rupees ($67.6 million), although it's already collected more than 12 billion rupees ($147 million) at the global box office. Dubbed and also released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and other languages, it is now the second-highest-grossing Indian film of 2022 and currently the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film in history — although that is bound to change with its ever-growing international awards haul and What is RRR all about? Rao Jr and Charan play real-life Indian freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju — while the story itself is director Rajamouli and co-writer V Vijayendra Prasad's imagining of what it would have been like had the two revolutionaries been friends. Set in 1920 during the British rule of India, Rao Jr's Bheem is a tribal leader who sets off to rescue a young girl abducted by an evil British officer. Warned of Bheem's plan, the officer's wife enlists Charan's Raju, a member of the Indian Imperial Police, to help diminish the threat. Unknowingly, Bheem and Raju strike up a friendship, their common disdain for their colonial masters affirming their bond. What follows is a tale of friendship, ...