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Composer MM Keeravaani, whose song ‘Naatu Naatu’ became a global phenomenon, revealed that he and Guneet Monga had different reactions to winning an Oscar. Monga’s The Elephant Whisperers won an Oscar for the best documentary short film.
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Keeravani said, “The universe was listening to my prayers and it happened. Which left me in not great excitement. But it was exciting only, but not to an extent where you go breathless, like the other award winner–Guneet Monga.” He added, “She was not given time to speak her words, so she went breathless and she was hospitalised also.”
Guneet had earlier spoken about being cut off before she could give her speech at the Oscars. She said in an interview with PTI, “I got a huge shock when my speech was cut off by the music. I was on the stage but I loudly said to the people who were on the ground that this is India’s first Oscar for an Indian production and then everybody started clapping.”
Video doing the rounds on social media showed Monga holding an Oscar while she waited for the director Kartiki Gonsalves to finish her speech and take over. But she was played off before she could get a word in.
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The producer added, “I can’t believe that I was so zoned out and shocked. My heart started beating so fast. I thought I can’t come this far and not be heard. At that moment, I felt that I would go back and give my speech again on the main stage. But backstage, I was able to give my speech. They cut us off, which was not nice.”
Keeravaani also said that when he composed Naatu Naatu, he did not think of it as ‘something special.’ “Naatu Naatu is one more mass song,” he said.
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