RRR lyricist Chandrabose: I used to be flooded with messages after Oscars, however only a few congratulated me after National Award

Oscar-winning lyricist, Chandrabose, has received his first National Film Award for Best Lyricist, for the music Dham Dham Dham from the 2021 Telugu movie Konda Polam, making the Telugu movie business in addition to the entire nation proud. “My only dream was to win one National award in my life. I did not have a vision beyond this. I have been manifesting it for last 12 years and working really hard for it,” he beams with pleasure.

The lyricist, who received Academy awards for Naatu Naatu (RRR; 2022) earlier this yr, reveals that when he had created music for Telugu interval motion drama Rangasthalam (2018), he had “high expectation that it would win the National Award as I gave it my all. But it didn’t. And it has finally happened now”.

Ask him between the Oscars and National Award, what holds extra significance for him and Chandrabose tells us, “National Award was an achievable dream for me, and that’s why I had worked really hard for it. But, Academy Awards was something beyond my imagination. It was an unattainable wish that I could not even think of. In fact, I didn’t even know that it was possible for a writer from India to get an Oscar.”

While the 53-year-old is extraordinarily glad about successful the National Award, he expresses being stunned and amused that his win wasn’t appreciated as a lot as he would have anticipated. “After getting the Oscar, I was flooded with messages, and that’s not even our awards. And now that I have got the National Award, only a handful of people congratulated me. My wife in fact asked me, ‘Why are media people not calling you?’ May be they are tired of me (laughs) or there are several other Telugu people who have won this time, so the attention is divided now,” he shares, trying on the brighter facet, and celebrating the truth that recognition on nationwide and worldwide platform has benefitted him in additional methods than one.

“This year has been very fruitful year for me. People in the industry now trust my sense of work. They are confident that I will give it my all and will do everything possible to deliver the best result. A nod by people from across the world have given them that assurance in my abilities and I am getting a lot of offers because of that,” concludes Chandrabose, dedicating this award to his village for being his “biggest teacher”.