New Delhi, Feb 27, 2023: Days after being nominated for the best original song at the 2023 Oscars, Telugu blockbuster RRR’s "Naatu Naatu" on Saturday made its way to the South Korean Embassy in India with Ambassador Chang Jae-bok shaking legs with his staff to the superhit track.
In a 53-second clip shared by the Korean Embassy on Twitter, Jae-bok and his staff can be seen dancing to "Naatu Naatu".
The video, which is now going viral on social media platforms, has so far garnered over four lakh views and more than 17,000 likes on Twitter.
𝐍𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐍𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐑𝐑𝐑 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 - 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚
— Korean Embassy India (@RokEmbIndia) February 25, 2023
Do you know Naatu?
We are happy to share with you the Korean Embassy’s Naatu Naatu dance cover. See the Korean Ambassador Chang Jae-bok along with the embassy staff Naatu Naatu!! pic.twitter.com/r2GQgN9fwC
While some users called it "an exciting performance", others said that "it’s a proud moment for all Indians".
The Korean Embassy’s "Naatu Naatu" dance cover also caught the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that it was a "lively and adorable team effort".
Lively and adorable team effort. 👍 https://t.co/K2YqN2obJ2
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 26, 2023
Earlier on Friday, the oscar-nominated track "Naatu Naatu" won the best original song trophy at the 2023 HCA Film Awards.
At the award ceremony, which was organised by Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and held at Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles, filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s Telugu blockbuster "RRR" also took home the award for best international film, best action film, and best stunts.
"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.
"RRR" also features Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, Ray Stevenson with Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in special appearances. The period action was released worldwide in 2022 and collected over Rs 1,200 crore in reported earnings.
Courtesy: Zee News