‘RRR’ nominated for Golden Globe best picture non-English language and best original song

In the best picture non-English language category, it will face off with Korean romantic mystery film “Decision To Leave”, German anti-war drama “All Quiet on the Western Front”, Argentine historical drama “Argentina, 1985”, and French-Dutch coming-of-age drama “Close”.

“Congratulations to the nominees for Best Picture – Non-English Language – All Quiet on the Western Front, Argentina, 1985, Close, Decision to Leave, RRR #GoldenGlobes,” the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Monday evening on the official Twitter page of the Golden Globe Awards.

Earlier, SS Rajamouli bagged the best director award at the New York Film Critics Circle earlier this month.

A pre-Independence fictional story, “RRR” stars Ram Charan and Jr NTR as real-life Indian revolutionaries in the 1920s Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, respectively.

Released theatrically in March, “RRR” raised over Rs 1,200 crore at the global box office. The Hindi version of the film premiered on Netflix on May 20 and soon became the most popular movie from India on the streamer globally.

As the film reached overseas territories, it received praise from the who’s who of Hollywood such as Edgar Wright, “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson and writer C Robert Cargill, Joe Dante of “Gremlins” fame, “Guardians of the Galaxy” films director James Gunn, “Dune” screenwriter Jon Spaihts, filmmaker Christopher Miller and “The Gray Man” directors Anthony and Joe Russo.