Entire nation came together to congratulate Director SS Rajamouli and Music Director MM Keeravani after 'Naatu Naatu' song from period epic-drama 'RRR' won the Golden Globe Award 2023 in the Best Original song category. 'Naatu Naatu' has become the first ever Asian song to win the title of the Best Original Song in the Motion Picture category at the Golden Globe Awards.
Speaking about the achievement on the international stage, Chandrabose, lyric writer of the song, thanked director and music director of the film. "This is the most memorable day of my life. As a lyric writer of 'Naatu Naatu' song, I feel very happy and proud of the achievement. My special thanks to Director SS Rajamouli and Music Director MM Keeravani."
He shared about his journey in the industry in a video he released to thank everyone related to the film after the song won at 80th Golden Globe award. "9. Starting from the first song In Taj Mahal to the recently written song for Waltair Veerayya, every song has been special to me and have equally toiled for each and every song.
"This award has been possible after toiling for over 3,600 times," Chandrabose said.
As reported earlier, 'Naatu Naatu' was in competition with 'Carolina' from "Where the Crawdads Sing", "Ciao Papa" from "Guillermo del Toro's "Pinocchio", "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick," "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". However, Rajamouli's 'RRR' lost the Best Motion Picture Non-English award to the Argentine film 'Argentina, 1985'.
'RRR' stars NTR Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris. The movie 'RRR' released on March 24, 2022, has collected over Rs 1200 crore worldwide. This movie, which came in the background of the freedom struggle, got audiences cheering for many emotional scenes across the globe.