Naatu Naatu, the hit Indian film RRR, has made history after winning the Oscar for best song. This is the first theme from India to earn this distinction.
It should be said that this year the prize was close. Although the song performed by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava and written by Chandra Bose and M.M. Keeravani started as a favorite, since she won the Golden Globe, there were many powerful names that were nominated. Among them Rihanna, whose performance has been one of the stars of the night.
After her spectacular performance at halftime of the Super Bowl, where she took the opportunity to announce that she was pregnant, the Barbadian has once again left the public speechless with the interpretation of Lift Me Up, the main theme of the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , which has earned him his first Oscar nomination and with which he pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played Black Panther in the first film, who died in August 2020 from pancreatic cancer. Composed by Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Temilade Openiyi, it is the first song that Rihanna has released solo in more than six years.
Lady Gaga also aspired to a golden statuette, the second of her career, with Hold my hand, from the movie Top Gun: Maverick. The artist, who in 2019 won this same category for Shallow, has not won the award, but she has received the applause of the public, since at the last minute she has decided to attend the gala and perform. The producer of the ceremony, Glenn Weiss, had said on March 8 that Gaga would not act, as she is currently filming Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to the villain starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Diane Warren is another regular in this category. And it is that this is no less than the 14th nomination for which the American composer is presented, who has never been able to win the statuette. This time she was nominated for Applause, from Tell it like a woman. A hymn performed by Sofia Carson and that talks about female empowerment.
Last but not least, it also aspired to the This is Life award, the main theme of Everything at the same time everywhere, the most nominated film of the edition. Written and performed by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mistki, it has been another of the performances that both spectators and attendees at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles have been able to enjoy.
