"Sometimes my son (Rajamouli) asks me in what aspects is India the richest in the world. I tell him that our country's richness lies in our storytelling."

Lyrically, the song's wild dance is compared to a green chilli, a dagger, and a bull "dancing in the dust of the fields."

Naatu Naatu will go up against four other nominated songs: Applause from Tell It Like A Woman, Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga from Top Gun: Maverick, Lift Me Up by Rihanna from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and This Is A Life by Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.

Prem Rakshit, the song's choreographer, claimed to have written nearly 95 dances to go along with the tune, including 30 variations on the song's signature step in the chorus alone.