SS Rajamouli made MM Keeravaani rehearse his Oscar speech 15-20 times, says Ram Charan

Actor Ram Charan recently revealed that SS Rajamouli is such a perfectionist that he made MM Keeravaani rehearse his acceptance speech 15-20 times.

MM Keeravani holding his first Golden Globe award. (Photo: AP)

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Music composer MM Keeravaani’s acceptance speech at the 95th Academy Awards after receiving the Best Original Song Oscar for RRR song “Naatu Naatu” was loved by many. In his speech, Keeravaani paid tribute to The Carpenters. Recently, actor Ram Charan revealed that SS Rajamouli is such a perfectionist that he made Keeravaani rehearse his acceptance speech as well.

Recalling the kind of rehearsals that went into the making of “Naatu Naatu”, Charan called Rajamouli the “beautiful torture” as he spoke at India Today Conclave 2023. He added, “You won’t believe it, but I heard my composer’s speech. The Oscars is timed to 45 seconds, they shut the mike after that. My director is so particular that he made my composer rehearse that speech 15 to 20 times so it stops at 45 seconds.”

MM Keeravaani sang his version of The Carpenters song “Top of the World” after receiving the Oscar for Best Original Song along with lyricist Chandrabose. “There was only one wish on my mind, so was Rajamouli’s and my family’s, RRR has to win, pride of every Indian and must put me on top of the world,” he sang, as the crowd reacted with cheers and laughter.

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Later, Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters fame shared a video on Instagram where he along with his daughters, Mindi and Tracy, performed a rehashed version of the song and congratulated Keeravaani on his win.

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Talking about MM Keeravaani, Ram Charan added, “He is so adorable, nobody has sung like that, The Carpenter song and Mr Carpenter replying to that, that was the moment.”

Actors Ram Charan and NTR Jr had to put in a lot of effort to make the song “Naatu Naatu” look visually perfect and director SS Rajamouli made them rehearse for the song for 20 days before actually shooting for it. “Naatu Naatu” created history as it became the first Indian song to win the Best Original Song award at the Oscars.

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