MUMBAI: Lobbying for and promotional activities leading to the Oscars is no longer a prerogative of first-world countries. Now, even Pushpa 2 makers want to try their hands at it.

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India has learnt after SS Rajamouli’s RRR that to be noticed for the Oscars, the film’s team has to go all out in Los Angeles months prior to the event.

A prominent source from the RRR team divulged, “I don’t know how much exactly they spent on lobbying for the Oscars. But it was close to 30-40 crore rupees. And that’s a moderate estimate. The song Naatu Naatu, for example, was pushed for the Oscars like a global anthem. The amount of attention it got embarrassed even its composer MM Keeravani.”

Now, one hears that the makers of the Allu Arjun franchise Pushpa 2 are setting aside a large chunk of the film’s budget for Oscar-related promotional activities in Los Angeles from December 2024 to January 2025.

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A source from Hyderabad informs, “Allu Arjun wants to target Pushpa 2 at the Oscars. He wants it to be bigger than RRR globally. No expenses will be spared.”

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