NEW DELHI, Jan 11: The blockbuster RRR has won the Golden Globes award for Best Original Song, one of the two categories the film was nominated for. SS Rajamouli’s film won the award for the song Naatu Naatu. It missed out in the Best Non-English Language Film category which was won by Argentina, 1985 from Argentina.
The prime minister Narendra Modi congratulated the RRR team for winning the prestigious award for India.
RRR is being represented at the Golden Globe Awards by its director and stars – SS Rajamouli, Jr NTR and Ram Charan who is accompanied by wife Upasana Kamineni. Jr NTR and Ram Charan play freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetharamaraju in the period drama, set in the British-occupied India of the 1920s. The cast includes Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn as well as British actors Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris.
RRR, which made over ₹ 1,200 crore globally, has already won a slew of international honours including Best Director for Rajamouli at the New York Film Critics Circle awards. RRR has submitted itself for consideration in various Oscar categories as well and is expected to be nominated in at least one category if not more
The 80th Golden Globes are being held in Los Angeles with comedian Jerrod Carmichael as host. The awards return to the Hollywood mainstream after making internal reforms. The award show spent a year in the wilderness after grave allegations of racism and misconduct in their voting processes. In 2022, the Golden Globes were boycotted by NBC, which airs the awards ceremony, as well as big Hollywood stars including Tom Cruise who returned his three Globes.
The Golden Globes are divided up by film and television. Among the other major award winners in this year’s Golden Globes: Steven Spielberg’s film The Fabelmans won two of the biggest awards of the show – Best Film (Drama) and Best Director. The Banshees Of Inisherin triumphed as well with Best Film (Musical/Comedy), Best Film Actor (Musical/Comedy) for Colin Farrell and Best Screenplay. Everything Everywhere All At Once scored two thrilling wins – Best Film Actress (Musical/Comedy) for the iconic Michelle Yeoh and Best Supporting Actor (Film) for Ke Huy Quan.
(Manas Dasgupta)
