Oscars 2023 nominations: RRR, All That Breathes, The Elephant Whisperers make it

Andhellip itrsquos raining awards for the maverick filmmaker SS Rajamoulis magnum opus RRRrsquo It was only a couple of weeks ago when the track created global history when it won the lsquoBest Original Song Motion Picturersquo at the 80th Golden Globes It seems there is no stopping this song as lsquoNaatu Naatursquo just won itself a nomination at the mega prestigious Oscars 2023 awards The bynowcult track lsquoNaatu Naatursquo track has been composed by MM Keeravaani The original Telugu lyrics have been penned by Chandrabose while the song has been sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala BhairavaAlso Read RRR as Indiarsquos lsquoCrouchingrsquo momentAs for the Oscars nominations there were in all four Indian films which were in the running The announcements were done by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences These films include RRR Best Song Chhello Show The Last Film Show in the category of lsquoBest Foreign Filmrsquo the documentary film All That Breathes in the lsquoBest Documentary Feature Filmrsquo section and The Elephant Whisperers in the lsquoBest Documentary Short Filmrsquo category This yearrsquos Oscars nominations were announced by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams at the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills CaliforniaThe ones that made it to the prestigious Oscars nominations include RRRs Naatu Naatu Best Song the documentary film All That Breathes in the lsquoBest Documentary Feature Filmrsquo section and The Elephant Whisperers in the lsquoBest Documentary Short Filmrsquo category While lsquoThe Elephant Whisperersrsquo is a short film which has been directed by filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves lsquoAll That Breathesrsquo has been directed by Shaunak Sen What is remarkable about lsquoAll That Breathesrsquo is the fact that the film left behind 144 eligible films to make it to the prestigious nominationsrsquos listAfter meeting with unprecedented success at the boxoffice in India Ace filmmaker S S Rajamoulis epic action drama lsquoRRRrsquo created a whole new kind of rage with its phenomenal success by grabbing multiple awards and acclamation now it has added one more feather to its success by becoming the highestgrossing Indian Film in Japan with a humongous collection of 410 YenAlso Read Guneet Monga on lsquoThe Elephant Whisperersrsquo It has put an indigenous community on the mapThe film lsquoRRRrsquo was released on 21 October 2022 in Japan by Keizo Kabatas Twin Company in 209 screens and 31 IMAX screens across 44 cities and prefectures the widest release for an Indian film in the country Ever since its release the film has been receiving humongous love from the audience in Japan that subsequently evidenced by its box office success as the film has now become the highestgrossing Indian Film in Japan with a massive collection of 410 Yen while the theaters have witnessed the footfall of around 271 K in 55 daysApart from this RRR has grabbed many awards and acclamation ever since its release RRR is the third Indian film and the first Telugu film to receive nominations at the Golden Globes nominated in the Best NonEnglish Language Film category and for the Best Original Song Ahead of this the film was nominated in three categories at the 47th Saturn Awards and won the Best International Film award RRR was considered to be one of the best films of the year by the National Board of Review making it only the second nonEnglish film ever to make it to the listThe film RRR has been directed by S S Rajamouli while the story is written by V Vijayendra Prasad The film stars N T Rama Rao Jr Ram Charan Ajay Devgn Alia Bhatt Shriya Saran Samuthirakani Ray Stevenson Alison Doody and Olivia Morris