Jacqueline Fernandez's song nominated for Oscars 2023, to compete with RRR's Naatu Naatu

The nominations for Oscars 2023 were announced on Tuesday, January 24.

SS Rajamouli's song Naatu Naatu was nominated in the Best Original Song category. The song will compete with Jacqueline Fernandez's Hollywood film Tell It All Like A Woman song Applause by Diane Warren.

Jacqueline congratulates team of Applause

Jacqueline took to her official Instagram account to share the news with her followers and congratulate the team. She also penned a special message for the team of RRR.

"Beyond words right now 🙏 Congratulations to @dianewarren @sofiacarson for the Oscar nomination for ‘Applause’ and making us all proud! It was an honour to be associated with this beautiful film ‘Tell it like a woman’ alongside such esteemed artists! Thank you @leenaclicks @chiaratilesi @lucasakoskin @andreaiervolinoproducer @wditogether @aseematographer @arrahman ❤️❤️ Also big congratulations to Team RRR for Naatu Naatu nomination!!! My best wishes and love to the entire team and all the nominees," she wrote.

Excited with the Oscar nomination Jacqueline said, "I am so proud of the entire team of Tell It Like A Woman and especially Dianne and Sofia who created such magical music with Applause. The whole experience of doing this film was just as magical for me. Being associated with this Oscar nomination is just so special, I cannot express it because it is very overwhelming and I wish the best to the whole team for the Academy Awards!"

Tell It Like a Woman is an anthology directed by Leena Yadav, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Lucia Puenzo, Silvia Carobbio, Taraji P Henson, Mipo Oh, and Catherine Hardwicke. It is an Italian-American production.

Other songs nominated in the category are Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once.

International recognition for Naatu Naatu

This is the third major international recognition for Naatu Naatu, composed by MM Keeravani and penned by Chandrabose. The hit track, sung by Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj, earned recognition after Keeravani won a Golden Globe as well as a Critics Choice award for it.

RRR, directed by SS Rajamouli, also won the Critics Choice Award for best foreign language film.

India at Oscars 2023

Besides Naatu Naatu, India had two more shining moments at the Academy Awards nominations announcement on Tuesday night.

Shaunak Sen's critically-acclaimed "All That Breathes" made it to the final nominations list in the best documentary feature category, while Tamil documentary "The Elephant Whisperers" bagged a nomination in the documentary short subject section of the 95th Academy Awards.