Winning the first Golden Globes award for India is no mean feat !! RRR has created history not just with sheer numbers at box office but now roaring internationally too.
10 unknown and truly interesting facts about Naatu-Naatu are here to explain what went into making this song truly special.
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1.The award-winning song Naatu-Naatu has been shot on a real set, outside the Presidential Palace of Ukraine. This is the current residence of President Zelensky of Ukraine. There is a parliament right beside the palace. The filmmakers of RRR believe they got the permission to shoot here as the President of Ukraine himself was a television actor once.
2.Naatu-Naatu was to be originally shot at a grand set at a discreet location in Delhi. Director SS Rajamouli had plans to erect a huge set to bring alive the India of 1920’s in Delhi but this plan could not take off.
3.The Choreographer Prem Rakshith and team had to try more than 80 variations for the eye-catching hook step of Naatu-Naatu before the director finally liked one, which is visible on screen.
4.The actors Jr NTR and Ram Charan had to give 18 takes to get the perfect timing and sync together for acing the hook step of Naatu-Naatu, to get OK from the celebrated director in SS Rajamouli. For having perfection in every move, the director froze frames to check the sync the actors had while doing the step. The earlier plan according to the Choreographer was to have 100 dancers in the background but the actors gave a superlative performance and the original plan was shelved.
5.The award-winning music composer, MM Keeravani has a very interesting story. He is the only music composer with three different identities .He lives in Andhra Pradesh and his musical journey is over three decades old. Many do not know that this maestro has regaled Bollywood too long back in the 90’s with his soul-touching magic touch. Jism, Rog, Paheli, Jakhm & Sur are some of his timeless musical hits even popular today. He has been known as MM Kreem to the Hindi film industry. According to stories, once popular Hindi lyricist, Nida Fazli went to meet his music composer, MM Kreem for discussing a song with Kreem in Chennai but could not find anyone with this credential. Fazli lost his cool when he got to know that Keervaani has been using a different identity in Bollywood. He is said to have angrily asked Keeravaani “ do you look at yourself as God to have different names?” Keeravaani spell magic with his melodies in Tamil and Malyalam too, here again with a different name. He is known as Maragatha Mani in these regions. According to some reports, he worked under different names in different film industries to save his life. His guru had warned him of early death if he stayed with his family. A devout Shiva-bhakt, Keeravaani complied with his Guru’s advice and stayed away from his wife, family and led a celibate’s life for many years in the 90’s. MM Keeravaani is the cousin of SS Rajamouli, the director of this blockbuster. Keeravaani has huge number of awards in his kitty before winning the Golden Globes. He has been awarded the coveted national award earlier for best music composition in 1997 for the Telugu film “Annmayya”. He has received the Nandi award 11 times. MM Keervaani is also the recipient of the south filmfare award 7 times in the past.
6.Naatu-naatu caught the imagination of the audience within the 24 hrs of the film release. It became the most watched Telugu song ever on Youtube with over 17 million Telugu views. became an instant hit with the audience within. The hindi version of Naatu-Naatu also went viral on youtube with over 217 million views. This song went on to become one of the most searched videos of 2022 on Google and Youtube.Naatu-naatu caught the imagination of the audience within the 24 hrs of the film release. It became the most watched Telugu song ever on Youtube with over 17 million Telugu views. became an instant hit with the audience within. The hindi version of Naatu-Naatu also went viral on youtube with over 217 million views. This song went on to become one of the most searched videos of 2022 on Google and Youtube.
7.It is the first Asian song to win the prestigious Golden Globes award ever. RRR, an epic drama created huge waves with its rustic appeal.
8.Naatu-Naatu is also the first Indian song to get nominated for the Oscars. It has received the nomination in the category of Best Original Song at the Oscars this time.
9.RRR grossed over 1000 crores worldwide in revenues and became the third highest earning Indian movie ever.
10.The song’s lyricist, Chandra Bose said that he wrote 90 percent of the song in half a day and the rest 10% took 1.7 years.
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