95th Academy Award, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the award ceremony. At the Oscars, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava received a standing ovation after their performance of the song Naatu Naatu.
Naatu Naatu is the first Telugu song to be nominated in the ‘Original Song’ category at the Oscars from the movie ‘RRR’.
A video got viral on social from the award ceremony where netizens lashes out at Jimmy Kimmel for introducing ‘ Naatu Naatu’ a bollywood movie.
“Why are they stating as a Bollywood Film when #RRR is actually a Tollywood film? There is a lack of representation in the Western world, unfortunately. Shame on #TheAcademy!” a twitter user said.
RRR, a Telugu language film, stars Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Shriya Sara, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn among others.
