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Oscar winner AR Rahman nominated for Grammy Awards
Dec 4th
AR Rahman (Oscar winner) now has two nominations at the 2010 Grammy Awards for his soundtracks from Slumdog Millionaire.
AR Rahman got two Academy awards and a Golden Globe for the track ‘Jai Ho’, has been nominated in the category of ‘Best Song has written for Motion Picture, Television or Other visual media’.
The Grammy awards is scheduled to be presented on January 31st at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles
10 Oscar nominations for Slumdog Millionaire
Jan 23rd
Slumdog gets 10 Oscar nominations at the 81st Academy Awards. The categories are for Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Original Score (A R Rahman), Best Song (Jai Ho and O Saya), Best Sound Editing (Tom Sayers), Best Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty), Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle) and Best Film Editing (Chris Dickens).
The Slumdog team Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto has been getting a lot of raves ever since it made its turns at leading film festivals across the world. The movie bagged four Golden Globe awards on the similar categories as its Oscar ones (and one for A R Rahman for Best Original Score). The film has its release in India today i.e January 23 2009. The fans have been eagerly waiting for the release eversince the movie bagged the awards the previous week.
For Slumdog Anil Kapoor & Rahman in court
Jan 22nd
A man, who claims to battle for the rights of slum dwellers, has taken the Indian artistes of the highly praised film Slumdog Millionaire to court, contending that their sensibilities have been insulted by the movie title that he found insulting of people who live in slums.
The case was registered by the Chief Judicial Magistrate on Tuesday in opposition to the movie’s music director A R Rahman, actor Anil Kapoor and other Indians related with the film that has won four Golden Globe awards, as well as the first Golden Globe for an Indian, for music director Rahman.
The first hearing of the appeal is scheduled Feb 5. Petitioner Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of the Jhuggi Jhonpdi Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti (a group promoting the rights of slum dwellers), has charged those related with the film of abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment just to make money and fame.
“Vishwakarma requested the court to protect the honour and respect of millions of slum dwellers across India,” his lawyer Shruti Singh said.
No charge, however, was filed against the film’s director Danny Boyle, who is a British citizen. “Vishwakarma made it clear that he hardly expected anything positive from a British filmmaker as their ancestors described us as dogs. But what hurt him was that even Indians associated with the film hardly bothered to object to calling us a slumdog,” Shruti Singh said.
The name “is against the basic human values”, she said. A copy of the petition has been sent to the National Human Rights Commission, Bihar State Human Rights Commission and the film Censor Board of the central government.
“I requested Censor Board chairperson Sharmila Tagore not to permit the release of the film in India under its present name,” Shruti Singh added. The film is slated for release in India Jan 23.
A R Rahman reaches his 43rd Birthday
Jan 7th
A R Rahman the ‘Mozart of Madras’, celebrates his 43rd birthday today. A extraordinary musician Rahman has swept the film music world like a colossus ever since he entered it.
His music means melody and liveliness. His compositions a exciting blend of modern and traditional music are what his fans the world over pledge by. Rahman’s tunes stir emotions of love, patriotism, and many unsaid feelings.
The tech-savvy musician that he is, Rahman mixes musical notes with expertise and the effect is an all in all new listening experience.
2008 had nearly been Rahman’s. Specially in Bollywood, Rahman has marked his influence yet again. He began the year with Jodhaa Akbar, followed it with Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na and capped them with the score for British director Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he has received a Golden Globe nomination, and of course Ghajini.
He may have achieved worldwide position yet he remains modest and simple. There is an air of innocence about him. Rahman says, ‘I feel like my slate is yet to be written on.
There is life beyond music, albums or record sales.’ An avid fan of Carpenters (the country music specialists), Rahman, Chennai’s dearly loved son also likes listening to the compositions of Viswanathan – Ramamurthy and to P Susheela’s numbers.
The wizard who has made a record sale of 200 million cassettes worldwide is not worried about the amount. The excellence, and the pleasure he derives from his work matter most to him. Here’s wishing that the master musician goes on to attain many a milestone in the coming years.
