New Delhi: After winning the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice Award, 'Naatu Naatu' from filmmaker SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' on Monday (March 13, 2023) bagged the Oscar in the Best Original Song category. Composed by MM Keeravaani and penned by Chandrabose, the Telugu chartbuster has now become the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the Best Original Song category. 


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Director Rajamouli had also recently revealed in an interview that choreographer Prem Rakshith came up with over "100 variations" of the hook step for the song.


"RRR" (Rise Roar Revolt) is a pre-independence fictional story and follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries -- Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) -- in the 1920s.


RRR's 'Naatu Naatu' Is First Song From Indian Film To Bag Oscar


"Naatu Naatu" is now the first song from an Indian film to win an Oscar.



In 2008, composer AR Rahman won the Oscar for the Hindi song "Jai Ho", but that was for the US-British production of "Slumdog Millionaire", which was set in India.