PM Narendra Modi congratulates team RRR after Golden Globes win, calls it 'a very special accomplishment'

PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the team of RRR after the Telugu film fetched its first Golden Globes award on Wednesday. 

The film song Naatu Naatu made history as the winner of the Best Original Song category at the 80th Golden Globes. Composer MM Keeravaani accepted it on stage.

After the historic win, PM Modi reacted to a post shared by the official Twitter account of the film.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to the team, “Congratulations to the whole cast and crew of RRR on this fantastic achievement. There can not be a prouder moment for our country than our art getting recognition in the highest global arenas.”

RRR was nominated in two categories for the Golden Globes Awards. While it won the Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu, it lost out in the Best Non-English Language Film category, which went to Argentina, 1985.

The historic announcement was made by actor Jenna Ortega, who essayed the role of Wednesday Addams on Netflix's web series.

At the award ceremony, director SS Rajamouli, Ram Charan, his wife Upasana, Jr NTR and his wife Lakshmi Pranathi were present, alongside music composer MM Keeravaani. This marks the cast and crew of RRR's first big Hollywood awards ceremony together.