SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ bags four trophies at Hollywood Critics’ Association Awards

The Ram Charan and Jr NTR-starrer won awards in best international film, best action film, best original song, and best stunts categories.

ByPTI

Published Feb 25, 2023 | 1:18 PM ⚊UpdatedFeb 25, 2023 | 2:38 PM

RRR wins 4 HCA awards

SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' bags four HCA awards. (RRRMovie/Twitter)

Director SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster hit RRR won four trophies at the 6th annual Hollywood Critics’ Association (HCA) Film Awards 2023.

At the award ceremony, organised by HCA at Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles on Friday night, 24 February, the film took home the award for best international film, best action film, and best stunts, while its Oscar-nominated track “Naatu Naatu” won the best original song trophy.

Rajamouli accepted the award for best stunts and in his speech, the filmmaker praised the film’s team for putting their best foot forward.

“In the innumerable action shots in the whole film, there were hardly 2-3 shots where we used body doubles. The actors performed every stunt. They are wonderful guys.”

“It is the combined effort of the whole team. I thank my whole team for this. We have put in 320 days of hard work to make this film, most of which were taken by the stunts,” the director said.

He said the recognition means a lot, not just to him, but to the Indian film industry.

“Hope, we have these wings to fly further. Lastly to my country itself, a land of wonderful stories, Bharat. Mera Bharat mahaan. Jai Hind,” Rajamouli said.

RRR is a pre-Independence fictional story focusing on two real-life Indian revolutionaries in the 1920s — Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR).

The movie has so far won a Golden Globe for best original song for “Naatu Naatu” as well as two Critics Choice Awards — best foreign language film and best song for “Naatu Naatu”. The track is also nominated for best original song at the 2023 Oscars.

The film’s music composer MM Keeravani collected the trophy for best original song.

Lead star Ram Charan accompanied Rajamouli to accept the award for best international film.

“Thank you so much for giving us all this love, it’s just a great response. So, we’re going to come back with better films and entertain you all,” the actor said.

RRR also features Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, and Ray Stevenson with Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in special appearances. The period action was released worldwide in 2022 and collected over ₹1,200 crores in reported earnings.

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