Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel calls RRR a ‘Bollywood movie,’ upset fans say ‘It’s Indian cinema, not…’ – The Indian Express
The late night time present host Jimmy Kimmel, who was internet hosting Oscars for the third time, enraged a bit of Indian followers and particularly followers of the SS Rajamouli film RRR when he referred to as RRR a ‘Bollywood film’ in his opening monologue. Netizens have been fast to level out that that was not the case, as RRR is a Telugu-language Indian movie. The film had been nominated for an Oscar within the Greatest Unique Music class, and it lastly ended up successful the prize as composer MM Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose took to the stage to thank everybody.
Nevertheless, followers of RRR weren’t proud of Kimmel labelling the characteristic as a Bollywood movie, and plenty of of them took to the web to make their displeasure recognized. One person commented, “RRR is South Indian cinema, a Telugu movie, Tollywood. Not Bollywood, as some Oscars ppl is perhaps saying!” As one other particular person tweeted out, “India has completely different movie industries for various languages…Bollywood means Hindi language movie business…since Hindi is probably the most spoken language in India Bollywood is extra standard..RRR is a Telugu language movie from south a part of India (sic).”
Ooh… #Oscars simply love controversies and conflicts. Referring to #RRR as a Bollywood movie even after listening to that the creators are selling it as an Indian movie for months.
— उज्जल | UJJAL (@beujjal) March 13, 2023
India has completely different movie industries for various languages…bollywood means hindi language movie business…since hindi is probably the most spoken language in india bollywood is extra standard..rrr is a telugu language movie from south a part of india
— gulabi gutthu (@united_TFI_fan) March 13, 2023
RRR is South Indian cinema, a Telagu movie, Tollywood. Not Bollywood, as some Oscars ppl is perhaps saying!
— Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers) March 12, 2023
One other cinephile wrote down “Ooh… #Oscars simply love controversies and conflicts. Referring to #RRR as a Bollywood movie even after listening to that the creators are selling it as an Indian movie for months.” It’s factually appropriate that the RRR group, together with director Rajamouli, has many a instances referred to RRR as a Telugu language movie, in order that there remained no confusion about which Indian business did the movie truly got here from.
In the meantime, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone was one of many Oscar presenters on the ceremony, and he or she launched the efficiency of RRR tune ‘Naatu Naatu’ throughout the prestigious occasion. An overwhelmed and glad Deepika introduced the subsequent act to numerous hooting and cheers from the viewers.
Apart from ‘Naatu Naatu,’ different Indian contenders on the Oscars this 12 months was Shaunak Sen’s documentary characteristic All That Breathes, which needed to bow out of the Oscars race, and the Kartiki Gonsalves-directed documentary brief The Elephant Whisperers, which walked away with the golden statuette within the class.
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