Team RRR made the country proud by winning four major awards at the Hollywood Critics Association film awards last week. Pictures of Rajamouli, Keeravani, Ram Charan, Senthil Kumar and Karthikeya posing with the HCA statuettes went viral on social media.
However, this didn’t go down well with a section of NTR fans. They tagged the HCA’s Twitter handle and blasted it for not honoring NTR. Just when things were getting intense, the HCA has issued clarification on NTR’s absence at the HCA Awards night.
“Dear RRR fans & supporters, We did invite N. T. Rama Rao Jr. to attend the #HCAFilmAwards but he is shooting a new film in India. He will be receiving his awards from us shortly. Thank you for all your love and support” (sic), the HCA’s Twitter handle tweeted in the wee hours of Tuesday.
And when a fan pointed out that NTR couldn’t attend the awards due to Tarakaratna’s passing, the HCA replied, saying, “He was originally shooting a movie which is why he couldn’t attend. His brother passing happened afterwards and is why he stepped away from the movie. This is what his publicist told us (sic).” Tarak will be given his HCA statuette upon his arrival to the US for the Oscar promotions.
Dear RRR fans & supporters,
We did invite N. T. Rama Rao Jr. to attend the #HCAFilmAwards but he is shooting a new film in India.
He will be receiving his awards from us shortly.
Thank you for all your love and support.
Sincerely,
The Hollywood Critics Association— Hollywood Critics Association (@HCAcritics) February 27, 2023