South Connect: When Malayalam Media Mistook MM Keerawani's "The Carpenters" Reference At Oscars

Very rarely do people wake up on a Monday morning in a celebratory mood. But Indians across the globe had a reason to celebrate on Monday, March 13, when the 95th Academy Awards were announced and the hugely popular ‘Naatu Naatu’ song from Telugu blockbuster RRR won the award for the best original song. Following the announcement, news channels and social media were filled with congratulatory posts and visuals of the award ceremony, where music composer MM Keeravani, while accepting the award said, “I grew up listening to the Carpenters. And now, here I am, with the Oscars.” While news channels across the country covered this moment widely, a certain section of the Malayalam media misheard the composer’s speech — or they took it too literally. When Keeravani said that he grew up listening to the Carpenters, he was referring to the popular American pop band ‘The Carpenters’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices