If anyone was ever able to calculate the number of musical sequences that occur in film in the classic movie-musical tradition, the Indian film industry would almost surely be responsible for a ...

Following a chilling performance from Rihanna of “Lift Me Up” — the last best original song contender to be performed at the 2023 Oscars — it was finally time to announce the award. Together, Janelle ...

The song “Naatu Naatu” from the global crossover hit film “RRR” apparently made Academy members want to put on their dancing shoes, as the tune became the first number from a fully homegrown Indian ...

Composer M. M. Keeravani, who shares the win with lyricist Chandrabose, accepted the award for the Indian Telugu-language song. By Mesfin Fekadu “Naatu Naatu,” the Indian Telugu-language song from the ...

RRR‘s “Naatu Naatu” songwriter M.M. Keeravani celebrated his Oscar win Sunday for Best Original Song, well, in song. “I grew up listening to The Carpenters and now here I am with the Oscars.” he said ...

These words, said during the show-stopping number “Naatu Naatu” from the epic Indian blockbuster “RRR,” have reached the ears of audiences and have sparked dance-offs in theaters from Chennai all the ...

Despite being snubbed for India’s Best International Feature submission, “RRR” got its well-deserved moment in the Oscar spotlight on Sunday night when M.M. Keeravani’s song “Naatu Naatu” received the ...

After a milestone night for Asian and Asian American inclusion at the 95th Academy Awards, one community is still feeling the sting of being left out. Sunday’s performance of the viral heel-tapping ...

“Naatu Naatu,” the musical centerpiece of the Telugu-language blockbuster RRR, made history this year as the first song from any Asian country’s film industry to win a Golden Globe, and it may make ...

At Sunday’s Academy Awards show, many South Asian viewers will be anxiously awaiting “Naatu Naatu,” the musical sequence from that blockbuster movie “RRR” that is both being performed at the ceremony ...

Do you know ... naatu? The academy proved it does Sunday night when the heel-tapping “Naatu Naatu,” from Indian blockbuster “RRR,” won the Oscar for original song, making history in the process. With ...

Composer-songwriter M.M. Keeravani and director S.S. Rajamouli talk about the making of the musical number that has enraptured international filmgoers, with a Golden Globes win and Oscar shortlist nod ...