Variety predicts Oscar nomination for SS Rajamouli’s RRR, Anil Kapoor calls it a ‘proud moment’

International movie critic Clayton Davis, who usually makes predictions about Oscars and Emmys, hopes the Film Federation of India makes a ‘sound decision’ whereas deciding on the movie they’d ship as an Oscar contender within the upcoming award season and select RRR over The Kashmir Files.

In his net sequence ‘The Take’, the celebrated movie critic stated, “The film RRR which is a three-hour action epic is the biggest film in India’s history. There is generally a lot of buzz at the moment because India is in the process of choosing a film to be selected to represent them at the Academy Award ceremony. RRR has lit up social media with its star Jr NTR, thirst traps, and visual effects.”

He additional known as the SS Rajamouli movie “a monument to action cinema” and stated the action-drama reminds him of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. But he added, “The only hump to get over right now is that it’s in Telugu and all the Indian submissions typically are in Hindi.”

A proud second 🙌🙌🙌 excited and searching ahead to the Oscar nomination..🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 https://t.co/0sJjM2qCVw

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 20, 2022

However, Davis stated that even when India doesn’t choose RRR as its consultant on the Academy Awards, “it should be on voters’ minds here in America for the Academy Awards.”

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor shared the video on Twitter and wrote, “A proud moment 🙌🙌🙌 excited and looking forward to the Oscar nomination..🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞.”

RRR, which advised a fictional story about two freedom fighters — Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju — broke field workplace data in India after its theatrical launch in March, however was found by Western audiences — notably within the US — after it debuted on streaming. The movie, starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan has been endorsed by Hollywood administrators akin to James Gunn and Scott Derrickson. Even Joe Russo spoke extremely in regards to the movie.