A.R Rahman's Hollywood award

The 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Music Score has gone to A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. Set in Mumbai, and directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame, Slumdog Millionaire has become an unexpected box office hit in the U.S. and U.K. It will be released in India in January. Based on Vikas Swarup's

bestselling novel, Q&A, it tells the story of a poor young man who wins the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ quiz show.

Rahman's brilliant score for the film has also been bestowed with another stupendous honor: the coveted Golden Globe nomination for best music score. On behalf of all his fans in India, Behindwoods congratulates Rahman for this fantastic double achievement.

The other major awards were:
Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Cinematography: Lik Wai Yu, Still Life
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York