Variety predicts SS Rajamouli’s RRR will receive two Oscar nominations, including Best International Film.

The publication predicts that RRR will be nominated in the Best Original Song category for its song “Dosti”. Written by lyricist Hemachandra. Dosti’s list also includes songs like “This is a Life” by Everything Everywhere All at Once, “Holy Mu Hand” by Top Gun: Maverick, and “Nobody Like U” by Turning Red.

RRR is also predicted to be nominated for ‘Best International Feature Film’, along with Santiago Mitre’s Argentina 1985, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Bardo, Lucas Don’t’s Close and Ali Abbassi’s Holy Spider. It has been.

Western audiences went crazy for Rajamouli’s RRR. The film received a lot of love after it became available for streaming on Netflix to a global audience. The film received grateful endorsements from several popular members of the Hollywood Film Fraternity. Perhaps director Anurag Kashyap was the first Indian filmmaker to openly claim that RRR was India’s best chance of being nominated for an Oscar.

No Indian film has been nominated for an Academy Award in the last 21 years.The last movie to do so Aamir Khanperiod drama sports drama “Lagaan”. Interestingly, it’s another anti-colonial film from India that’s captured the West’s fascination the following awards season.

Set in 1920s India, RRR tells the story of two rebels played by Ram Charan and Jr NTR who confront the power of the British Empire. The film also became Rajamouli’s second consecutive film to earn over Rs 100 crore worldwide, following Baahubali: The Conclusion.

Rajamouli also kicked off his Oscar campaign by attending the Toronto International Film Festival 2022.he will also participate in the next edition beyond film festivalswill screen some of his biggest blockbusters, including the Baahubali series, Eega, and RRR, at the month-long event.