RRR Naatu Naatu Oscar win sparks debate in Parliament
RRR Naatu Naatu Oscar win sparks debate in Parliament
Jaya Bachchan rebuts south MPs
India created history at the 95th Academy Awards held on 12 March – winning in two categories- Best Song Naatu Naatu and Best Documentary Short film award to Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalves’s The Elephant Whisperers.
Rajya Sabha MPs congratulated the SS Rajamouli and team of RRR for ‘Naatu Naatu’ song’s breakout hit and the documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for winning two Oscars in one night.
Notably, Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party MP gave a befitting reply to AIADMK and MDMK leaders crediting ‘south’ India for the Oscar win of RRR song Naatu Naatu and the Tamil documentary The Elephant Whisperers.
Amid all this a ruckus ensued in the Rajya Sabha when the leaders of the regional political parties brought forth the North India versus South India debate and Jaya Bachchan a veteran of Indian cinema pinned them down with her remarks.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar mentioned “Naatu Naatu” for winning the Academy Award for best original song and “The Elephant Whisperers” for winning the Oscar for best documentary short film.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar mentioned that the 95th Academy Awards was a moment of glory for India and the wins for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ and ‘RRR’ mark a new recognition of the full spectrum of cinema that India produces.
Whereas the Union Minister Piyush Goyal went on to point out that the win by ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ was also special because it was driven by two women, making it a proud moment for India.
However, the debate started when MDMK leader Vaiko said, he wanted to remind one and all what AR Rahman (Music composer, director) also from Tamil Nadu, did for India’.
AIADMK’s M Thambidurai joining Vaiko asserted that
documentary ‘The Elephant Whispers’ was shot in Ooty and felt proud of it.
After this, Jaya Bachchan amid her speech in the Rajya Sabha mentioned that it doesn’t matter where they are from North, East, South or West, they are Indians after all and she stands here with pride and respect for the film fraternity, those who represented this country many times and won many awards adding that Satyajit Ray won an Oscar in 1992.
She further went on to add that KV Vijayendra Prasad, RRR writer is not just a screenwriter, he is also a storyteller and a member of the film fraternity. That is a great honour. It needs be noted that RRR, KV Vijayendra Prasad, is a Rajya Sabha MP.
Jaya Bachchan expressed her happiness that the House discussed the most important ambassadors of the country, the film fraternity.
The market of cinema is here. It is not in America. This is just the beginning. She congratulated the Indian population, for whom people in the West are recognising great works by Indian filmmakers.
News Input K.V.Raman
