{"id":29955,"date":"2023-03-13T05:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T05:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29955"},"modified":"2023-03-13T06:47:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T06:47:52","slug":"watch-naatu-naatu-performance-bring-explosive-tollywood-energy-to-the-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29955","title":{"rendered":"Watch \u2018Naatu Naatu\u2019 Performance Bring Explosive Tollywood Energy to the Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
Expectations were high for a performance of \u201cNaatu Naatu\u201d sending the Oscars telecast into hyperdrive, and the song-and-dance number did not disappoint the global audience tuned in to see how the \u201chook dance\u201d steps from the Indian film \u201cRRR\u201d translated to the stage. Singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava recreated their vocals from the movie\u2019s soundtrack, as a troupe of more than 20 dancers had their exuberant way with the choreography that became the year\u2019s biggest movie-music meme.<\/p>\n

Introduced by Deepika Padukone as \u201ca total banger,\u201d as well as \u201cthe first song ever from an Indian production to be nominated for an Oscar,\u201d the performance energized the telecast by recreating the dance-till-you-drop narrative of the number as it appears in \u201cRRR,\u201d all the way down to some suspenders-popping \u2014 albeit with even more colorful costuming than appears in the film\u2019s 1920s setting.<\/p>\n

The \u201cNaatu Naatu\u201d performance took place about an hour and a half into the telecast, but viewers didn\u2019t have to wait that long to get a taste of the dancing that captivated audiences in the U.S. as well as back home in India and around the world. Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s opening monolog ended with an \u201cRRR\u201d gag, as Kimmel declared that winners going long in their speeches would not be played off by the orchestra. Rather, he said, \u201cwe have a group of performers who are going to dance you offstage,\u201d as dancers who would later take part in the \u201cNaatu\u201d number gathered around to swarm him.<\/p>\n

\u201cNaatu Naatu\u201d came into the ceremony as an unlikely frontrunner, marking the first time that a Telugu song \u2014 i.e., from \u201cTollywood\u201d \u2014 had been nominated for the best original song Oscar, let along pegged over a host of superstars like Rihanna and Lady Gaga as a favorite. Composer M.M. Keeravani, who scored the film as well as co-writing its many songs, and lyricist Chandrabose are the honorees for their work on the S.S. Rajamouli-directed film. The song previously won the Golden Globe award for best song.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s leads, Ram Charan and NTR Rama Rao Jr., were on hand to celebrate the high profile for \u201cRRR\u201d but did not participate in the telecast\u2019s dancing. There has been plenty of dancing among moviegoers to make up for any that the stars haven\u2019t been doing lately. A recent screening at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in L.A. attended by many key participants in the film had patrons dancing in the aisles and in front of the screen, as did an earlier sold-out showing during the run-up to awards season at the Chinese Theatre.<\/p>\n

Coming at about the one-hour point in the three-hour film, \u201cNaatu Naatu\u201d is a highly light-hearted moment amid otherwise tense action and drama. The scene was filmed on location in front of the Ukrainian palace before war broke out. \u201cRRR\u201d follows two patriotic but philosophically opposed men who team up to rescue a girl from British colonial officials in 1920s Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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