Mumbai: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday expressed his pleasure over ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ and ‘RRR’s’ extraordinarily standard music ‘Naatu Naatu’ successful Oscars on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. Taking to Twitter, Amitabh wrote, “T 4585 – WE WIN ! WE WIN TWO ! WE WIN FOR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE ! WE WIN !! Bharat Ka Jhanda Gaadh Diya, Videsh Mein! OSCAR 95.”
T 4585 – WE WIN ! WE WIN TWO ! WE WIN FOR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE ! WE WIN !! भारत का झंडा गाड़ दिया, विदेश में !
OSCAR 95
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 13, 2023
‘Naatu Naatu’, the irrepressible and power-packed enjoyable quantity from famous filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster ‘RRR’, and documentary brief movie ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ made Oscar historical past for India on Monday with one Academy Award every. Their victory not solely showcased the Indian cinema past Bollywood but additionally the rising would possibly of India’s non-feature section. The presence of Indian cinema on the world stage with two such various topics – one a mass entertainer and the opposite a documentary with an emotional message – made each Indian elated and beaming with satisfaction.
This was additionally the primary time that the 2 India-made productions bagged the cinema world’s greatest prize. Dancers took over the stage at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, recreating the vastly standard hook steps from the four-minute Telugu observe, and actor Deepika Padukone launched the vastly standard music amid loud cheers.
While many anticipated an Oscar for ‘Naatu Naatu’ that gained within the Best Original Song class, ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ – successful the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject – was a landmark second and an enormous bonanza for Indian cinema.
While the Academy Awards ceremony noticed ‘Naaru Naatu’ efficiency getting a standing ovation, it was the second to hail two Indian ladies – Guneet Monga and director Kartiki Gonsalves – who made the unimaginable potential. “The Elephant Whisperers”, by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, which explores the bond between people and an deserted elephant calf in a Tamil Nadu sanctuary, is India’s first win within the Documentary Short class. “Smile Pinki” and “Period. End of Sentence”, each set in India, had additionally gained in the identical class however they had been international productions.
However, it was not only a night time for India. the ninety fifth Academy Awards will even be remembered for recognizing Asian expertise with ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ bagging seven awards, together with Best Film, Best Director for Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Best Actress for Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh and Best Supporting Actor for Vietnamese American Ke Huy Quan. ‘All That Breathes’, Shaunak Sen’s local weather change documentary set in Delhi, misplaced out to Canada’s ‘Navalny’ on Russian dissident chief Alexei Navalny within the Documentary Feature class.
The win for ‘Naatu Naatu’, ‘Naacho Naacho’ in Hindi, composed by M M Keeravaani and penned by Chandrabose in SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster movie, is the fourth non-English music to win an Oscar within the class and the primary music in a international language since ‘Jai Ho’ in 2009 to bag the prize.
‘Naatu Naatu’ is as a lot a jubilant refrain as was ‘Jai Ho’, the foot-tapping quantity by A R Rahman and Gulzar from the British movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. The trophy for Original Song was introduced to Keeravaani and Chandrabose by “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” co-stars Janelle Monae and Kate Hudson. ‘Naatu Naatu’ was competing in opposition to ‘Applause’ (sung by Sofia Carson) from ‘Tell It Like a Woman’, “Hold My Hand” (Lady Gaga) from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, “Lift Me Up” (Rihanna) from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and “This Is a Life” (Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne) from ”Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
An overwhelmed Keeravaani broke into music to explain his feeling. “I grew up listening to The Carpenters and now here I am with the Oscars. There was only one wish on my mind, so was Rajamouli’s and our families’ – ‘RRR’ has to win, Pride of every Indian must put me on the top of the world,” Keeravani mentioned in tune to The Carpenters’ a lot beloved Seventies music ”Top of the World’. Chandrabose merely signed off with a ”Namaste.”
Producer Guneet Monga and director Kartiki Gonsalves’ Netflix challenge ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ offers with the topic of deserted elephants being taken care of by a pair, Bomman and Bellie in Madumalai National Park, Tamilnadu. Monga, who grew up in Delhi, the founding father of Sikhya Entertainment, has produced notable movies like Gangs of Wasseypur, Peddlers, The Lunchbox, Masaan, Zubaan and Pagglait.
Gonsalves devoted her win to ‘motherland India’. Her producer Monga didn’t converse however struck an exultant pose, lifting the coveted golden statuette excessive within the air. “… To all the ladies watching”. The future is audacious and the long run is right here. Let’s go! Jai hind,” Monga wrote in an Instagram submit moments later.
This is the third main worldwide recognition for the Telugu music after Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards win. “RRR” (Rise Roar Revolt), a pre-independence fictional story, follows two real-life Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) – within the Twenties. It was launched in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and a bunch of showbiz celebs, together with Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan hailed the dual Oscar wins.
