In a subject filled with heavy hitters — together with Woman Gaga, Rihanna and perennial nominee Diane Warren — RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” received finest authentic track at Sunday’s Academy Awards, turning into the first-ever track from an Indian movie to win the prize.

Songwriters M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose acquired the Oscar statuettes, however the success of “Naatu Naatu” had many authors, from the celebrities who danced to it in RRR (N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan) to the vocalists who carried out it (Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava) to the choreographer who helped make its video a viral sensation (Prem Rakshith). Not like its fellow nominees for finest authentic track, “Naatu Naatu” was central to the movie from which it got here; the track pops up an hour into RRR, soundtracking a fierce dance battle between the movie’s predominant characters and a gaggle of stuffy British colonizers.

“Naatu Naatu” was broadly thought of the frontrunner on this yr’s subject of nominees, which included Woman Gaga’s “Maintain My Hand” (from Prime Gun: Maverick), Rihanna’s “Raise Me Up” (from Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly), Sofia Carson’s “Applause” (from Inform It Like a Girl) and Son Lux, David Byrne and Mitski’s “This Is a Life” (from All the things In every single place All At As soon as). “Applause” was written by Diane Warren, who missed out on a aggressive Oscar win for the 14th time with no victory.