After bagging 3 awards at the Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, RRR has also bagged the Best International Film award! Beaming with joy and pride, director SS Rajamouli and actor Ram Charan accepted the award. Ram Charan started his address by saying, "I didn't expect to come up (on the) stage, because I was told by my director to accompany him, so...thank you so much for giving us all this love, it's just a great response, so we're going to come back with better films and entertain you all. Thank you so much, thank you HCA!"
SS Rajamouli dedicated this award to the Indian filmmakers and said, "Aaah! The best International film...again to all my fellow filmmakers in India, it is for all of us to believe we can truly make International films! Thank you HCA for that...it means a lot. Thank you very much...a lot. Jai Hind!" HCA Film Awards 2023 Winners: Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Six Trophies, SS Rajamouli’s RRR Bags Four; Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh Score Best Actor Awards – See Full List.
Before bagging the Best International Film award, RRR won three awards at HCA - Best Action Film, Best Stunts, and Best Original Song. With the win, fans have all their hopes pinned on an Oscar. Team RRR is currently in Los Angeles and will be attending the Oscars on March 12. RRR song "Naatu Naatu" has been nominated for the Oscars in Original Song category. In January this year, ''Naatu Naatu'' won the Golden Globes in the Best Original Song category.
''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. 5 days later, RRR bagged two more awards at the 28th edition of the Critics Choice Awards.RRR starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan bagged the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song for its track ''Naatu Naatu''. It also picked up the Critics' choice award for Best Foreign language film in a ceremony held in Los Angeles. HCA Film Awards 2023: RRR Wins Best International Film; Ram Charan and SS Rajamouli Accept the Trophy (Watch Video).
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And the HCA Award for Best International Film goes to…
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— Hollywood Critics Association (@HCAcritics) February 25, 2023
RRR is a fictional story based on the lives of two Telugu freedom fighters, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem. Ram Charan and Jr NTR played lead roles, respectively. The film collected over Rs 1,200 crore worldwide. Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran also starred in the film. This lyrical composition of ''Naatu Naatu'' by MM Keeravani, high energy rendition by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, unique choreography by Prem Rakshith, and lyrics by Chandrabose are all the elements that make this RRR mass anthem a perfect dance craze.