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OUR BUREAU
Vienna/Dubai/New Delhi Thanks to Indian diaspora,
his is the year of ‘Naatu Naatu’
and the craze around it refuses
Tto die soon. ‘Naatu, Naatu’ continues
The Indian community in Vienna
recently performed on Oscar-winning
‘Naatu Naatu’ as a part of flash mob to rock the world
presentation. Supported by the Indian
Embassy, this is a celebration of Indi-
an culture and music in Vienna.
The official account of the Indian Oscar-winning song’s music composer MM Keeravaani was awarded
embassy in Vienna shared the video
on Twitter, in which, women across the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri, by President Draupadi
age groups are seen dancing to the
tunes. Not only women, but kids have Murmu at a gilded ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
also joined them in this gala celebra-
tion.
The cross-cultural hit ‘Naatu
Naatu’ bagged the prestigious Oscar
for India beating “This Is A Life”
from “Everything Everywhere All at
Once,” “Applause” from “Tell It Like
a Woman,” and “Lift Me Up” from
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
Its Hindi version was sung by Ra-
hul Sipligunj and Vishal Mishra. The
hook steps, performed by Jr NTR
and Ram Charan, went viral on social
media and their energetic synchroni-
sation made the song a treat to watch.
‘Naatu Naatu’ fever continues
in other parts of the world too. The
UAE residents have got the opportu-
nity to show off their dance skills on
the Oscar-winning song at the Indian
embassy. The Embassy of India in
UAE, on Monday, started a contest
encouraging the citizens to share their
dance clips on RRR’s song ‘Naatu
Naatu’ before April 16 and the win-
ners will get a chance to perform at
the mission.
Taking to Twitter, the Embassy of
India, UAE tweeted, “Look out. 30
seconds of #NaatuNaatu can get you
a chance to perform at the Embassy President Droupadi Murmu confers the Padma Shri to music composer MM Keeravani at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II, Rashtrapati Bhavan
of India. 3 Simple steps. in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh)
The cross-cultural hit ‘Naatu
Naatu’ bagged the prestigious Oscar
for India beating “This Is A Life” ‘Naattu Koothu’, in Kannada as ‘Hal- and Union Home Minister Amit RRR’s upbeat music, also performs
from “Everything Everywhere All at li Naatu’ and in Malayalam as ‘Kar- Shah were in attendance during the under the name MM Kreem and is
Once,” “Applause” from “Tell It Like inthol’. Its Hindi version was sung by presentation ceremony. MM Keer- responsible for a number of enduring
a Woman,” and “Lift Me Up” from Rahul Sipligunj and Vishal Mishra. avaani is the composer behind ‘RRR’s melodies from the Hindi film indus-
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. The hook steps, performed by Jr widely popular number ‘Naatu Naatu’ try’s 1990s and early 2000s, including
Before winning the Oscars, the NTR and Ram Charan, went viral on who won the prestigious Oscar and a ‘Tum mile dil khile’ from Criminal
song bagged awards on the global social media and their energetic syn- Golden Globe award this year in the (1995), which is frequently mistak-
stage. In January, ‘Naatu Naatu’ won chronisation made the song a treat to ‘Best Original Song’ category. en for an AR Rahman composition.
the Golden Globes in the ‘Best Origi- watch. This lyrical composition of ‘Naatu Additionally, there was ‘Gali mein
nal Song’ category. Also on Wednesday, Oscar-win- Naatu’ by Keeravaani, high energy aaj chand nikla’ in Mahesh Bhatt’s
Five days later, ‘RRR’ bagged ning song Naatu Naatu’s music com- rendition by singers Rahul Sipligunj ‘Zakhm’ (1998), ‘Sur’ (2002), and
two more awards at the 28th edition poser MM Keeravaani, was awarded and Kaala Bhairava, unique choreog- ‘Jism’ (2003), as well as in Sudhir
of the Critics Choice Awards. One is the fourth highest civilian award, raphy by Prem Rakshith, and lyrics by Mishra’s ‘Iss Raat ki Subah Nahi’
for the best song and another is for Padma Shri, by President Draupadi Chandrabose are all the elements that (1996) and ‘O saathiya’ from ‘Saaya’
‘best foreign language film.’ Murmu at a gilded ceremony at the make this ‘RRR’ mass anthem a per- (2003). Paheli in 2005 and Sur in 2002
The song was also released in Rashtrapati Bhavan. fect dance craze. were two other masterpieces he pro-
Hindi as ‘Naacho Naacho’, in Tamil as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Keeravaani, the composer of duced.

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