Golden Globe Awards: A still from Naatu Naatu. (courtesy: rrrmovie)
It's a big day for the team of RRR. Jr NTR, Ram Charan and the film's director SS Rajamouli witnessed their film create history at the 80th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. Naatu Naatu won the Best Song at the Golden Globes. Jr NTR, who attended the ceremony, shared a picture of the composer MM Keeravani with his Golden Globe trophy and he wrote in his tweet: "Congratulations Sirji on your well-deserved Golden Globes award." Jr NTR, who featured in the brilliantly-choreographed track with Ram Charan, added, "I've danced to many songs throughout my career but Naatu Naatu will forever stay close to my heart..."
Read Jr NTR's tweet here:
Other nominees in the Best Song category were Taylor Swift's Carolina from Where The Crawdads Sing, Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Lady Gaga's Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Meanwhile, RRR director SS Rajamouli shared a video from Naatu Naatu's big win at the Golden Globes and he wrote in an accompanying tweet: "Speechless. Music truly knows no boundaries. Congratulations and thank you PEDDANNA for giving me Naatu Naatu. This one is special. I thank each and every fan across the globe for shaking their leg and making it popular ever since the release.#GoldenGlobes."
RRR released across the globe in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, has submitted itself for consideration in various Oscar categories. The SS Rajamouli-directed magnum opus also features on the recently released longlist of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in the Best Film (Non English) category.
RRR features Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles. The film also stars Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, Ray Stevenson. RRR, set in the 1920's, is a fictitious story based on two legendary freedom fighters - Alluri Seetharamaraju and Komaram Bheem.