Oscar nominations: 'RRR' song 'Naatu Naatu' bags Best Original Song nod

S.S. Rajamouli's 'RRR' has bagged nomination in the Best Original Song category at the 95th Oscar Awards for its livewire track 'Naatu Naatu'.

The hosts for the nomination event, Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams, announced the nominations on Tuesday. The song, which has become an international phenomenon, had earlier bagged the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, besides winning at the Critics' Choice Awards in the same category.

'RRR' tells the fictional story of India's freedome fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju (played by Ram Charan) and Komaran Bheem (played by NTR Jr). It also stars Bollywood actors such as Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt.

Meanwhile, Kartiki Gonsalves' directorial 'The Elephant Whisperer' has made it into the Oscar race by getting nominated in the Documentary Short Film category.

The short documentary will be contending alongside 'Haulout', 'How Do You Measure a Year?' (Jay Rosenblatt Films), 'The Martha Mitchell Effect" (Netflix)' and 'Stranger at the Gate'.

'The Elephant Whisperer' talks about a Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, who devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.

The short documentary marks the directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves and is produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain under the banner of Sikhya Entertainment.

The documentary will landed on OTT platform Netflix on December 8, 2022.

The 95th Academy Awards is set to be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.