Washington [US]: ‘RRR’ is truly unstoppable!
Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” has now been defeated by “RRR” in the Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards after winning the Critics’ Choice and Golden Globes. Not just that, ‘RRR’ bagged two other awards in the ‘Best Original Song’ and ‘Best Stunts’ categories.
SS Rajamouli, film director, ecstatically accepted the award on behalf of the team and made quite an impressive address.
He said, “I think I need to go backstage and check…I think I’ll be starting growing wings already…with the second one! Thank you so much it means a lot! I can’t express in words how much it means…”
He continued, “This is the ‘Best Action Film’ (award), we won the ‘Best Stunts’ (award), but probably the ‘Best Stunt’ (award) was for the best stunt choreographer…and…I really would have loved to have the stunt choreographers here to see this because I think that is the team that works so hard and puts their life on the line to entertain us. I think I’ll take this opportunity to ask all the major awards to make a special category for the stunt guys….stunt choreographers, they really, really deserve that! This is for all the stunt choreographers, not only in my country but across the world who really work hard to entertain us all.”
He concluded by thanking the Association – “Thank you HCA again! This really means a lot to me…thank you. Now, I’m flying!
Check out his acceptance speech here:
‘RRR’ superstar Ram Charan was also present at the Awards ceremony and even presented an award.
With the win, fans have all their hopes pinned on an Oscar. Team ‘RRR’ is currently in Los Angeles and will attend the Oscars on March 12. The “RRR” song “Naatu Naatu” has been nominated for an Oscar in the category of “Original Song.”
Naatu Naatu received the Golden Globe for “Best Original Song” in January of this year.
‘Naatu Naatu’ was nominated alongside 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 Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.
At the 28th edition of the Critics Choice Awards, ‘RRR’ won two more prizes five days later.
The Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song went to “RRR,” starring Jr. NTR and Ram Charan, for the song “Naatu Naatu”. It also picked up the ‘Critics’ choice award for ‘Best Foreign language film’ in a ceremony held in Los Angeles.
The fictional story RRR is based on the experiences of Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem, two Telugu freedom fighters. The film collected over Rs 1,200 crore worldwide. Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran also starred in the film.
This “RRR” mass anthem’s lyrical composition by MM Keeravani, high-energy performance by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, original choreography by Prem Rakshith, and lyrics by Chandrabose are all the elements that make it the perfect dance craze.
