The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted the much-awaited ceremony on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to present the 95th Academy Awards. From India, we had three nominations as well out of which two won the Oscars. SS Rajamouli's RRR song Naatu Naatu won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The Elephant Whisperers won Best Documentary Short Subject. All That Breathes was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film but didn’t win.
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The song Naatu Naatufrom SS Rajamouli’s film RRR won the Oscars in the Best Original Song category. The song competed against Applause from the film Tell It Like A Woman, Hold My Hand from the movie Top Gun: Maverick, Lift me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and This Is Life from Everything, Everywhere All At Once.
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On the other hand, India’s short documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ has brought home an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 95th Oscar Awards.
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The award was given by Pedro Pascal. The other competitors in the Best Documentary Short Film category were Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, How Do You Measure a Year? by Jay Rosenblatt, The Martha Mitchell Effect by Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison, and Stranger at the Gate by Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones.
Director of the Tamil documentary Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga in the speech said, "I stand here today to speak on the sacred bond between us and our natural world." They also thanked the Academy Awards for recognising their efforts and appreciating the indigenous people and animals.
Kartiki Gonsalves made her directorial debut with The Elephant Whisperers. The film explores the relationship that forms between a couple and Raghu, an orphaned young elephant who was placed in their care.
Global star Priyanka Chopra shared a video on her Instagram congratulating RRR And The Elephant Whisperers for winning the Oscars.
Filmmaker Karan Johar also shared an Instagram story for both the big wins at the Oscars.
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu too shared an Instagram story congratulating RRR And The Elephant Whisperers for winning the Oscars.
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn also shared an Instagram story and wrote “Cinema speaks a universal language.”
Exceptional!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 13, 2023
The popularity of ‘Naatu Naatu’ is global. It will be a song that will be remembered for years to come. Congratulations to @mmkeeravaani, @boselyricist and the entire team for this prestigious honour.
India is elated and proud. #Oscarshttps://t.co/cANG5wHROt
Congratulations to @EarthSpectrum, @guneetm and the entire team of ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for this honour. Their work wonderfully highlights the importance of sustainable development and living in harmony with nature. #Oscarshttps://t.co/S3J9TbJ0OP
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 13, 2023
PM Narendra Modi also congratulated both the RRR team and The Elephant Whisperers team for winning the awards at the Oscars 2023.
This is a watershed moment for Indian cinema 🇮🇳♥️ India wins big at the Academy Awards with #RRR’s #NaatuNaatu & #TheElephantWhisperers bagging the #Oscars 👏🏼
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) March 13, 2023
Huge congratulations to the entire team of #RRR@ssrajamouli , @mmkeeravaani , @AlwaysRamCharan@tarak9999, @guneetmpic.twitter.com/yBICnzbFA9
Manoj Bajpayee also congratulated both the big wins at the Oscars on Twitter.
It is indeed a very proud moment for the entire nation.
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