Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Telugu cin🦩ema veteran Chiranjeev๊i and his son, "RRR" star Ram Charan, and congratulated them on the Oscar win of the song "Naatu Naatu".
The foot-tapping track f🃏rom SS Rajamouli's directorial won the Best Original Song Oscar🌟 at the 95th Academy Awards.
Shah met the father-son duo here on Friday night on the sidelines of the India Today Conclave ཧ2023.
Later in a🔯 Twitter post, the home✤ minister said Telugu film industry has influenced India's "culture & economy" significantly.
"Delighted meeting @KChiruTweets and @AlwaysRamCharan- two legends of Indian Cinema. The Telugu film industry has significantly influenced India's culture & economy. Hav💦e congratulated Ram Charan on the Oscar win for the Naatu-Naatu song and the phenomenal success of the ‘RRR’," Shah tweeted alongside photographs from the meeting.
Charan thanked the home minister for appreciatin♛g the efforts of team "RRR".
"Truly an honour t꧟o meet our Honourable Home Minister @AmitShah Ji at the @IndiaToday Conclave. Thank you sir for appreciating the efforts of @RRRMovie team," he posted on Twitter.
His father Chiranjeevi also expressed gratitu﷽de to Sh🤪ah.
"Thank you Shri @AmitShah ji for 𝓡your Hearty Wishes & Blessings to @AlwaysRamCharan on behalf of Team #RRR for a successful Oscar Campaign & bringing home the First ever Oscar for an Indian Production! Thrilled to be present on this occasion!" he wrote.
"RRR&qu🌠ot; (Rise Roar Revolt) is a pre-indep🍃endence fictional story following two real-life Indian revolutionaries Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.
Apart from the Telugu song, Netflix's Tamil documentary “The Elephant Whi🙈sperers”, directed by debutante Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Mong🦂a, also became the maiden Indian production to win in the Documentary Short Film category.
