The song Naatu Naatu from the popular Telugu film RRR made history by being the first Indian film song to win an Oscar.

The song won Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards, beating legendary singers like Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

Its long driving and musical performances have attracted audiences around the world.

India won its second Oscar for The Elephant Whisperers, which won the Short Documentary category.

The film, which tells the story of a couple who take care of an injured baby elephant after being separated from its herd, is the first Indian production to claim a win in the genre.

Filmed in the Nilgiri Mountains of southern India, The Elephant Whisperers explores the warm bonds that develop between humans and animals as they begin to live together.

However, India's biggest hit remains Naatu Naatu, a soulful song that moves thousands of people.

The song had already made history in January when it won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song - a first for India. That same month, it also won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song.

After receiving the Oscar, composer M. M. Keeravani said that the song was "the pride of every Indian".

He said he grew up listening to songs by The Carpenter - an American rock band - and sang the rest of his lyrics to their hit single Top Of The World.

The audience burst into laughter and applause when he told RRR "you've put me on top of the world". Many Indians took to Twitter to express their happiness at the track's win.

N Chandrababu Naidu, a prominent politician from two two southern Indian states where Telugu is spoken, said on Twitter that the song had "sealed its place in history". "This is probably the finest moment for Indian Cinema and Telugus achieving it is even more special," he wrote.

The film's official Twitter account called the win "a sad moment" and dedicated it to "all our amazing fans around the world".

When he arrived at the ceremony, Kaala Bhairava, one of the singers of Naatu Naatu, told The Hollywood Reporter that the song deserved this award because it was "rooted to its nativity".

"That's the most beautiful part of the Oscars - people from all over the world coming together, representing their own culture and their own art forms and being appreciated by people from other countries and communities," he said.

Mr. Bhairava and his colleague Rahul Sipligunj also performed this song during the event. The action-packed episode won rave reviews from the audience. Why Indian horror film RRR is popular in the West

The peppy track - which translates to "Dance, Dance" in Telugu - became a global sensation when the film was released in the United States last year.

Shot in front of the magnificent Mariinskyi Palace in Ukraine, the song features the actors of the film - Ram Charan and Jr NTR - doing some serious dance moves.

The inspiring choreography has inspired many Instagram reels and social media dance routines.

The film's director, SS Rajamouli, told Vanity Fair that he envisioned Naatu Naatu as a "battleground" in which two freedom fighters bring a British police officer to his knees - through dance.

RRR - short for Rise, Roar, Revolt - is a historical fiction that tells the story of two revolutionaries fighting against British rule in India.

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The action thriller is one of the most expensive Indian movies. The music itself was shot over 15 days, with 150 dancers and 200 crew working 12-hour shifts.

The song contains the most common hymns in folk music from the Telugu-speaking states of India and many folk references.