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Rahman reacts to the Oscar Nominations
January 22, 2009
In a much awaited and expected announcement, Slumdog Millionaire has got a whopping10 nominations at this year’s Academy Awards. Only ‘The curious case of Benjamin Button’ has more nominations with 13 under its belt. The nominations for Slumdog Millionaire include Best Movie, Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon
A R Rahman

Beaufoy), Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Best Editing (Chris Dickens), Best Sound Editing (Tom Sayers), Best Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty).

A.R.Rahman has been nominated in two categories; Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The original song category has only 3 nominees and two of them are from Slumdog Millionaire (O saya and Jaye Ho), the third being from the animated film Wall E.

A.R.Rahman reacting to the news on being nominated for Oscar said,

"I feel really good. I am on top of the world. I thank God Almighty, all my fans and the musicians who have worked with me. It's an energy booster for all the people associated with the movie."

Danny Boyle talking about the nominations said, "It's incredible, we see Hollywood and Bollywood moving closer. A.R.Rahman couldn't come to the meet. He is busy doing Delhi 6. Can you believe it?"

An excited Anil Kapoor said, "It's a movie about Indians. It's a movie about us. I am very happy for A.R.Rahman. He is a genius. This movie is also going to do a lot of good to all the small technicians and actors who have worked very, very hard. It's their triumph"

Slumdog Millionaire had created sensation a few days back after winning the Golden Globe Awards for Best Director, Danny Boyle, Best original score composer, A.R.Rahman and Best screenplay, Simon Beaufoy.

With this, the hopes of a first Oscar for India have hit an all time high, the victory seems very much possible. So, keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. The D-day is the 22nd of February. Let the Oscar come to India.

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