RRR’s Oscar Win Leads To Bollywood Slamming, The Kashmir Files’ Vivek Agnihotri Says “Happy That Non-Bollywood Star Oriented Cinema Is Being Replaced With Real Indian Cinema”

SS Rajamouli’s directorial RRR recently scripted history as it became the first Indian production film to bring home an Oscar award. Apart from RRR, there were several other Indian films that were expected to go to the academy awards, including Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files. Now, following RRR’s massive win for its original track Natu Natu at Oscars 2023 and The Elephant Whisperers bagging an award for Best Documentary, Vivek Agnihotri revealed he is happy to see non-Bollywood Cinema excel.

RRR’s Natu Natu bagged the Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards. The award was received by MM Keeravaani, who also delivered an emotional speech at the star-studded event. Apart from this, The Elephant Whisperer brought home the award for Best Documentary Short Film.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has consistently advocated for Indian cinema and never fails to promote it. Following the celebration of Indian cinema, the filmmaker mentioned how he is happy seeing Indian films flourish. In an interview with ETimes, Agnihotri highlighted the success of Indian films at Oscars 2023 and also lauded Deepika Padukone as the actress presented a segment at the award show.