Produced and directed by senior journalist Chilkuri Sushil Rao, Chandrabose's documentary won a special mention award at the event.
Lyricist Chandrabose with the SIIMA Award. (boselyricist/X)
“Oscar Challagariga“, a documentary on Oscar Award-winning lyricist Subhash Chandrabose — renowned for the song “Naatu Naatu” in the Telugu movie RRR — has secured an award at the 12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival.
Produced and directed by senior journalist Chilkuri Sushil Rao, the documentary won a special mention award at the event held in Mumbai on Sunday, 10 December.
“Oscar Challagariga” is about lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose, who won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards in March.
Rambhul Singh, founder-director of Mini Box Office — which organised the festival, announced the award winners after the screening on Sunday evening.
“Oscar Challagariga” captures the atmosphere and celebrations in Bose’s village Challagariga in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district of Telangana. The lyricist visited his home town on 2 April 2023 after winning the Oscar.
The documentary also features an impromptu dance by Chandrabose’s wife and renowned choreographer Suchitra.
The song “Naatu Naatu” from the blockbuster flick RRR is about a fight sequence where two Indian characters in the movie — Rama Raju, an Indian officer for the British police (played by Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem, a tribal warrior (played by Jr NTR) — outperform their British counterparts.
The SS Rajamouli’s directorial won several national and international awards.
While the song’s lyrics reflect a theme of friendship, the lead characters in the song challenge their English counterparts to a dance-off and show their pride for their homeland.
(With PTI inputs.)
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