Vijayendra Prasad
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Shortly after SS Rajamouli’s RRR scripted historical past on the 95th Academy Awards on Monday, the film’s scriptwriter and Rajya Sabha MP, V Vijayendra Prasad, known as it a second of triumph for all the film fraternity of India.
V Vijayendra Prasad, who additionally occurs to be the daddy of the film’s director SS Rajamouli, was among the many members to be beneficial for nomination to the Upper House of Parliament by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022.
In an unique interview with ANI, Prasad mentioned, “I got a call on July 6 from the PMO saying they want to entrust me with some responsibility. However, till the time I received the phone call, I had no clue that I was being nominated to the Rajya Sabha. On July 7, I received another call from the PMO, with the caller saying that Modi-ji wanted to speak to me. Modi-ji started speaking in Hindi but I told him that my Hindi isn’t that good. He then started speaking in fluent English and offered me a Rajya Sabha seat. He said, ‘The President wants to offer you a seat in the RS’.”
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On RRR bagging the coveted golden statute on the awards gala in Los Angeles for the chartbuster ‘Naatu Naatu’ persevering with its golden streak since bagging the Golden Globe in January, Prasad mentioned, “For long, I had wished for our movies to make waves in Hollywood. Despite having such rich content, we could never really find a foothold beyond Indian shores. That our film made it to the Oscars and won an award is a moment of triumph for the entire film fraternity of India. Our entire film fraternity can and should celebrate this moment of glory because we have, at last, been able to showcase the wealth of talent that we possess. It is such a vast market out there.”
On his upcoming tasks, Prasad mentioned a sequel to RRR is within the works. “Sometimes my son (Rajamouli) asks me in what aspects is India the richest in the world. I tell him that our country’s richness lies in our storytelling. My son had a conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who told him never to compromise on our culture of storytelling. We will be making a sequel to RRR,” he mentioned.
‘Naatu Naatu’ has had a glory run throughout awards galas in current months. Before getting into the Oscars fray in January, the track received the Golden Globes within the ‘Best Original Song’ class. Five days later, RRR bagged two extra awards on the 28th version of the Critics Choice Awards – one for ‘best song’ and the opposite within the class of ‘best foreign language film.’