INDIA SHINES IN OSCAR NOMS, BAGS 3
Ajay Sura & Sandeep Rai (THE TIMES OF INDIA; January 25, 2023)

India clinched three nominations for the 95th Academy Awards, including for ‘Naatu Naatu’ from S S Rajamouli’s blockbuster ‘RRR’ for best original song. The Telugu hit dance track won a Golden Globe earlier this month.

The other Indian nominations for the Oscars are ‘All That Breathes’for documentary feature and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for documentary short.

India’s official entry—Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’— failed to make the final five. The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led with 11 nominations.
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INDIA SHINES IN OSCAR NOMS, BAGS 3

Chandigarh/Meerut : Nominated for the Oscars for best original song, ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ is set tocompete with others such as ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It Like a Woman’, ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Lift Me Up’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘This Is a Life’ from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.

“WE CREATED HISTORY!! Proud and privileged to share that #NaatuNaatu has been nominated for Best Original song at the 95th Academy Awards,” the film’s official Twitter handle posted. Composer Keeravani tweeted, “Congratulations to my team!! Big hugs to all.”

Nominated for documentary feature, ‘All That Breathes’, set in Delhi, follows two siblings, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites. It has also been nominated for a Bafta Award. It previously won the ‘World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary’ at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and the Golden Eye award at Cannes.
Tamil documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’, nominated for documentary short, captures the bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers. Director Kartiki Gonsalves termed it an honour.
Besides ourselves with joy, says Sen

“We’re utterly besides ourselves with joy and a bit lost for words,” Shaunak Sen, whose documentary ‘All That Breathes’ has been nominated for the Oscars, told TOI.
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HINDUSTAN TIMES (January 26, 2023)

History has been created. RRR, directed by S S Rajamouli, has bagged a nomination at the prestigious Academy Awards for Naatu Naatu (Best Original Song category). And as far as cherries on the cake go, there is not one but two — Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes (Best Documentary Feature) and Guneet Monga Kapoor-produced The Elephant Whisperers (Documentary Short Subject), too, bagged nods.

In a celebratory note, Rajamouli wrote, “The main reason is Taarak (Jr NTR) and (Ram) Charan’s sync and style.” He acknowledged Naatu Naatu’s dance routine, which people have tried to recreate all over the world. “Sorry for the torture but I will not hesitate to do it again,” he further wrote about the song, which will compete against Applause from Tell It Like A Woman (2022), starring Jacqueline Fernandez.

M M Keeravaani, who composed the song, told Deadline, “The Oscars involve the dreams of artistes from all over the world, which is not a joke. I’m very proud to be nominated for the first time from [South] Asia in this music category. I’m thrilled.”

Kapoor tweeted, “This film is an ode to devotion and love..an ode to selfless love for the beautiful baby ellie Raghu who felt all the emotions like us humans but only two could hear his whispers - Bomman and Bellie (sic).”

The awards show will take place on March 13, and fans will look forward to seeing the golden statuette (or statuettes!) home this time.

INDIA SHINES IN OSCAR NOMS, BAGS 3