American television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel called RRR a ‘Bollywood movie’ at the Oscars. Here’s how the internet has reacted to the same.
Calling RRR a ‘Bollywood movie’
SS Rajamouli’s RRR made history today by winning the Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards. During the opening address, host Jimmy Kimmel called RRR a Bollywood film. The slip-up drew a lot of reactions. Fans took to Twitter to slam Jimmy Kimmel for the goof-up and voiced their disappointment. It is to be noted that SS Rajamouli had earlier emphasized that RRR is a Telugu film and not a Bollywood film.
As Jimmy announced the first award category, he was seen driven away by the dancers who performed Naatu Naatu on stage. Jimmy said, “This year we are not gonna play you off stage instead we have a group of performers from the movie RRR who are going to dance you offstage.” He later also called the SS Rajamouli directorial a ‘Bollywood movie’.
#JUSTIN | #NaatuNaatu WARNING at #Oscars!
Host @JimmyKimmel warns Oscar winners — If you go over your allotted time, you'll face the music!
Literally! Our very own #RRR’s #NaatuNaatu will strike up and dancers will escort awardees off stage @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/C9ZlCf4gsY
— TNIE Telangana (@XpressHyderabad) March 13, 2023
Twitter Reacts
This goof-up attracted a lot of attention and reactions from fans. Disappointed fans took to Twitter to slam Jimmy Kimmel for his slip-up.
RRR is South Indian cinema, a Telagu film, Tollywood. Not Bollywood, as some Oscars ppl might be saying!
— Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers) March 12, 2023
India has different film industries for different languages…bollywood means hindi language film industry…since hindi is the most spoken language in india bollywood is more popular..rrr is a telugu language film from south part of india
— gulabi gutthu (@united_TFI_fan) March 13, 2023
Dear #Oscars95 Team, #RRR is not a #Bollywood movie. Please note. ?
— Shiva’Marvel’Nandy (@shivanandysky) March 13, 2023
@jimmykimmel Correction – RRR is a Indian film / Telugu / Tollywood made film and not a Bollywood film. #Oscar2023 #RRRMoive #rrr
— Ordinary Human (@we_are_humanns) March 13, 2023
Ooh… #Oscars just love controversies and conflicts. Referring to #RRR as a Bollywood film even after hearing that the creators are promoting it as an Indian film for months.
— उज्जल | UJJAL (@beujjal) March 13, 2023
RRR was referred to as a 'Bollywood' movie in the opening monologue of #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/OMVDyaD7qb
— Ram Venkat Srikar (@RamVenkatSrikar) March 13, 2023
Who in their right mind find @jimmykimmel funny? He is so ignorant that he thinks every Indian movie is bollywood. His jokes are cringey and all over the place. Worst host ever. @chrisrock you are being missed. Congrats team RRR!! #AcademyAwards2023 #NaatuNaatuSong
— BR Kumar (@axomiyamoi) March 13, 2023
Me when #JimmyKimmel referred to #RRR as a #Bollywood film in his opening monologue at the #Oscars2023 #Oscars #AcademyAwards pic.twitter.com/YcdBGYg8ZW
— Abhimanyu Mathur (@MadCrazyHatter_) March 13, 2023
