India celebrated and danced to the Naattu Naattu song from the movie RRR directed by S S Rajamouli. This song went on to captivate the overseas audience as well and bagged itself the coveted Golden Globe Award (2023) for Original Score which was received by Music Director M M Keeravani. While many celebrate the RRR Golden Globe win and take pride in the fact that an Indian song has earned worldwide recognition, some lament that Nattu Nattu song is not worthy of such an award and is a huge disservice to Indian music. To understand what this award is about and why this song won, read on..
Most commercially minded Indian movies today have a fast paced song with unique dance steps that make the audience tap their feet. This is a trend that is a compulsion for big budget films today. These songs are released in advance and get the Instagram influencers to dance to it so the song becomes popular among the general mass. RRR Nattu Nattu song falls, probably, in this category. The song is characterised by fast beat and a wonderful dance choreography executed perfectly by Ram Charan Teja and Jr. NTR.
RRR Nattu Nattu song is no doubt a sensational song with great dance but is it worthy of winning the Golden Globe award for Best original song is the question.
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song nominees have to be songs that were specifically made for the movie and should have featured in the movie somewhere. It is not necessary that this song has a video segment and qualifies to be nominated even if it is played at the end credits. Some popular songs that have bagged this award earlier have been 'Skyfall' for the movie Skyfall, 'City of Stars' for La La Land and 'My Heart will go on' for Titanic to name a few.
This is a first time that an Indian origin movie has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and has gone on to win it.
RRR Nattu Nattu song is evidence of India's soft power on the rise
Just like how Indian beauties won a spate on beauty pageants worldwide starting in the 90s, it is now time for Indian movies to make their mark in the world stage. It is no coincidence that large international movie houses and OTT platforms have entered the Indian market when Indian movies have started to win international accolades. You can connect the dots.
Indian movies deserve recognition and we have to be happy that recognition has finally come albeit a bit late. RRR Nattu Nattu song is also tipped to be a hot favourite for winning the Best Song award at the Oscars. It has already been nominated for the same.
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