‘RRR’ bags two Golden Globe Award nominations
SS Rajamouli's period action film 'RRR' bagged nominations in two categories at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards.
SS Rajamouli’s period action film ‘RRR’ bagged nominations in two categories at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards.
The film which stars Ram Charan and Jr NTR in the lead earned nods in the Best Picture – Non-English and Best Original Song – Motion Picture categories, Times of India reported.
Shortly after the big announcement, Rajamouli thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which conducts the Golden Globe Awards, for recognising the movie.
Taking to Twitter, Rajamouli also expressed his gratitude towards the fans for their unwavering support. “Thanks to the jury at @goldenglobes for nominating #RRRMovie in two categories. Congratulations to the entire team… Thanks to all the fans and audience for your unconditional love and support throughout,” the filmmaker wrote.
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In a statement shared on the official Twitter page of ‘RRR’, the makers of the film said, “We are very grateful to share that #RRRMovie made it to the nominations of #GoldenGlobes for the Best Picture – Non-English Language & the Best Original Song.”
Jr NTR said he is happy that the film has received two nods at the Golden Globe Awards, the precursor to the Oscars. “Delighted that #RRRMovie has been nominated in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards! Congratulations to all of us… Looking forward,” the actor tweeted.
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, on the other hand, said that securing this nomination meant that the film’s road to the Oscars has only become ‘clearer’. In a tweet, he wrote, “The path to the Oscars for RRR becomes clearer. But I still don’t get why the Golden Globes hold on to a category called ‘Best film in a non English language??RRR deserves to be in the best film category. Period. Congratulations @ssrajamouli.”
The path to the Oscars for RRR becomes clearer. But I still don’t get why the Golden Globes hold on to a category c…
“RRR” follows a pre-Independence fictional story woven around two real-life Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem – in the 1920s.
The film was released worldwide in March in five languages – Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. It also stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in key roles.
A pan-India blockbuster, ‘RRR’ will face off with Korean romantic mystery ‘Decision To Leave’, German anti-war drama ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Argentine historical drama ‘Argentina, 1985’, and French-Dutch coming-of-age drama ‘Close’ in the Best Picture – Non-English segment, formerly called foreign language film category.
‘RRR’, which emerged as a massive box office success even overseas with reported earnings of Rs 1,200 crore, has been praised for Rajamouli’s grand vision, high-octane fight sequences and Keeravaani’s rousing musical soundtrack.
