RRR's Naatu Naatu wins the Best Original Song category at the Oscars, Twitterati celebrates the historic moment

And history has been made! The dance number ‘ Naatu Naatu ’ from RRR wins the Oscar in the Best Original Song category. The Twitterati went berserk as soon as the news was announced on the official social media handle of the Academy Awards. The track defeated other acclaimed songs like 'This Is A Life' from 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,' 'Applause' from Tell It Like a Woman and 'Raise Me Up' from 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ to win the coveted award.

Talking about the same, a video has also been going viral of music composer MM Keeravani giving his winning speech in a sing-song manner stating how RRR has created history. We can see Lady Gaga who was also one of the nominees in the same category cheering for him. We also see a glimpse of Deepika Padukone who looks super proud of the composer. Take a look at some of the tweets.

Now the foreign people will know wat is #NaatuNaatu @ssrajamouli ✨ @mmkeeravaani 🔥they have done it @tarak9999 @AlwaysRamCharan ⚡

Pride moment for indian cijema1
Tollywood 👌👏 https://t.co/MPa22pEXYB

— Avi_nash (@im_avi_nash_) March 13, 2023

We did it @RRRMovie ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Proud of you hero @tarak9999 🔥🔥🔥 #Oscars https://t.co/Z2Hi8Fc5bL pic.twitter.com/JwMPrQHn7Q

— ph@ణి 😎 (@PhaniRo45) March 13, 2023

RRR WON BEST ORIGINAL SONG 😍💥💥💥 Goosebumps 🌊❤️‍🔥💥 #Oscar #RRRmovie pic.twitter.com/5UmJRzsAmF

— NTR EDITS (@Movies_Ntr) March 13, 2023

'Naatu Naatu' from 'RRR' wins the Oscar for Best Original Song! #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/tLDCh6zwmn

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023

One of the netizens stated, “First ever Academy award for an Indian production. History has been made !! #RRR.” While another user said, “OH HELL YES, DESI PRIDE, PARTY ON THE ROOF, IN THE COURTYARD, IN THE STREETS, EVERYWHERE!.” Another fan went on to say, “Not rihanna not lady gaga my brother..Do you know keeru ..#RRR #RRRForOscars.” Another fan went on to add, “Is there anything Better News rather than this..Fully Naaaaatified.. Hats off to the Team #rrr @RRRMovie. The pride of Indian Cinema @ssrajamouli , Sir u made India Proud with ur works..” A user furthermore added, “Hysterically historical feat. Made Telugu Language & Land of India Proud. Humongous one, Congratulations team @RRRMovie.”

Meanwhile, the Oscars 2023 occasion also saw a mind-boggling performance of the song. The audience went berserk and gave a standing ovation to the performance of ‘Naatu Naatu’ live on stage. The singers of the song Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava performed the track live on stage while dancer Lauren Gottlieb performed in the song. Apart from RRR, Guneet Monga's documentary, The Elephant Whisperers also made India proud and won at the Best Documentary category.