RRR team was not given free entry to the Oscars

Recently, RRR created history by winning the Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’. SS Rajamouli, Ram Charan and Jr NTR along with their families attended the most celebrated event to witness their historic win, live. If the reports are to be true, Rajamouli purchased the tickets for himself and other crew members. The team of RRR were not given free entry.

According to The Economic Times, a single ticket to Oscar 2023 cost $25,000, which is around ₹20.6 Lakhs. As per the Academy Awards crew, only the awardees and their family members were eligible for a free pass, while everyone else had to pay for a ticket to watch the event live. Only MM Keeravani and Chandra Bose were given free entry as they were among the nominees.

This has upset the fans as Rajamouli and others were not given free entry to the Oscars, Fans even showed their disappointment with the Academy Awards organisers for giving the RRR team the last row in the hall. In videos that were widely circulated after Naatu Naatu’s Oscar win, SS Rajamouli and his team were seated in the final row, while MM Keeravani and Chandra Bose were seated in front along with the other Oscar nominees. “Why were they sitting at the back,” asked a fan. “It’s a disgrace why rrr team is sitting at back,” commented another on a post by The Hollywood Reporter.

SS Rajamouli was accompanied by his wife Rama, son SS Kartikeya, and the other family members. Ram Charan was accompanied by his wife Upasana Kamineni, while Jr NTR attended the event without his family.