"Taking Bharatiya culture forward": Fans hail SS Rajamouli & Ram Charan for attending Golden Globes in traditional outfits

After two years of muted celebrations owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the 80th Golden Globe Awards was held on Tuesday, at Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Stars from all across the global showbiz put their fashion foot forward on the red carpet of the Golden Globe.

Indians are beaming with pride as 'RRR', directed by SS Rajamouli created history as the song 'Naatu Naatu' won Best Original Song at the award night. The song by MM Keeravaani's Naatu Naatu was competing against Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Taylor Swift's "Carolina" from Where the Crawdads Sing, Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick and "Ciao Papa" from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

'RRR' stars Ram Charan, JR NTR and director SS Rajamouli walk Golden Globes red carpet

Staying true to their roots, director SS Rajamouli and Pan India star Ram Charan opted for a desi outfit at the prestigious award ceremony, while Jr. NTR looked handsome as ever in a black tuxedo.

Jr.NTR walked the red carpet in a classic black tuxedo by Ralph Lauren.

Talking about the RRR phenomenon going international NTR Jr on the red carpet said, "Working with Rajamouli, taking his track record into consideration we definitely thought we have a winner. But this one is something more than a winner first in Japan and today in America."

While on the red carpet, the actor also spoke about manifesting to work in a Marvel movie, " I would love to do this film, my fans are already going crazy with this idea. I love Iron Man he is so relatable, he is someone like us. He does not have superpowers. He doesn't come from a different planet. He's not someone who has been put through a science experiment."

Rajamouli dons a traditional black kurta and teamed it with a red shawl

For the occasion, the filmmaker opted for a black silk kurta and teamed it up with red printed dhoti pants and styled it with a red-coloured shawl. And rounded off his look with black shoes. Netizens praised the maverick director for his salt-and-pepper and ethnic outfit. Fans were in awe of Rajamouli for bringing the touch of India to the global platform.

Rajamouli dropped a picture from the award ceremony where he can be seen posing with his wife, who attended the event donning a saree. The duo were all smiles as he posed for a happy picture. He captioned the post, "Happy to be here..:) #GoldenGlobes."

While netizens congratulated the director for the historic win and also lauded him for bringing Indian culture to a global platform.

A social media user wrote, "Taking the Bharatiya culture forward ," while another added, "Promoting our Indian culture ❤️❤️❤️."

One comment read, "It's good SS is not from Gurgaon or Mumbai; it would have been hard to identify among westerners then."

A netizen wrote, "Beautiful. It's so nice to see India culture being represented on a global platform ❤️."

Ram Charan opts for an all-noir traditional sherwani set

Ram Charan was at his traditional best, as he opted for an all-black sherwani set. He chose a bandh gala kurta featuring intricately embroidered patterns, full-length sleeves, front hidden button closures, a brooch, and side slits. He paired it with straight-fit matching black pyjamas, dress shoes, a diamond-studded ring, and ear studs.

Ram took to Instagram, where he shared a picture posing with filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli, NTR Jr and music composer M.M. Keeravani.

Check out how team RRR jumped with joy as Naatu Naatu was announced as the winner!

Meanwhile, RRR was nominated for Best Picture Non-English but lost the category to Argentina in 1985.

Several Indian celebrities from the film industry congratulated Keeravaani and the rest of the RRR team on their win.

About the film RRR

'RRR' stars NTR Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris.

It centres around two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, and their fictional friendship and fight against the British Raj.

Set in the 1920s, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before they began the fight for their country.