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my friend is attending the Goldent Globes :cry2: :cry2: :cry:
indian media itha kandukkave mattarangga! :cry:
A.R. Rahman wins Golden Globe nomination
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0812120924.htm
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sify carries an article on this...
AR Rahman wins Golden Globe nomination for Slumdog...
IANS | Friday, 12 December , 2008, 10:18
Noted Indian music director A.R. Rahman has won a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score for his music in British director Danny Boyle's uplifting underdog tale Slumdog Millionaire.
The film has also earned three other nominations for Best Picture-Drama, Best Director for Boyle and Best Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The film tells the heart warming story of an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai who goes on to win a staggering Rs.20 million ($420,000) on India's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? game show.
Earlier this week, Slumdog Millionaire won two awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director for Boyle and Best Music for Rahman. It also won the runner-up prize for Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle.
The film, set and shot in Mumbai, has also won the Best Cinematography prize from The New York Film Critics' Circle and earned six Critics Choice Award nominations for Picture, Director (Boyle), Writer (Simon Beaufoy), Young Actor (Dev Patel), Composer (Rahman), and Song (Jai Ho).
Currently playing in several major cities, Slumdog Millionaire will open in 87 additional theaters across North America Friday and bring its total theatre count to 165.
New markets where the film will debut this weekend include New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Houston, Austin, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Ann Arbor, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, Honolulu and Sacramento.
Great News. :clap:
Haven't listened to his work. Only recently heard about it from LM and Bala.
Hope he wins :thumbsup:
I just heard that news from this site i believe they are even coming out with a review for it as they have heard the original version not that it matters as it has already made it to the Golden Globes
http://southside.in/buzz_details.php?buzz_id=102
A.R. Rahman nominated for Golden Globe
Prasanna Singh [December 12, 2008, 1:35:21 PM]
HOT NEWS: For his brilliant work in Slumdog Millionaire, musical maestro A.R. Rahman has been nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Now, that is some news! It is an honour for all Indians!
Golden Globe is one of the prestigious awards of Hollywood, the pioneers in movie industry, which carries a great value. In fact, it is considered as an indicator to the Oscar winners, as a Golden Award winner for a given year mostly ends up with the year’s Oscar too! It is heartening to see A.R. Rahman getting nominated for this prestigious award!
Slumdog Millionaire is a film based on the interesting novel “Q and A” by Vikas Swarup. Eminent British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the screenplay of The Full Monty and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, has adapted this beautiful novel into a film script. Produced by British film production companies and directed by Danny Boyle but shot in India with Indian actors, the film traces the life of an impoverished slum-dweller Jamal, who tries his luck at “Kaun Banega Crorepathi” and eventually wins it! But since he has lived in abject poverty all his life and has no formal education, many suspect that he has cheated. But when Jamal explains how he managed to deduce the answers through the experiences he had in his life, a gripping tale unfolds.
This is not the first international assignment for A.R. Rahman: he has already composed for Heaven and Earth, a Chinese film; Shekar Kapur’s Elizabeth; and musicals Bombay Dreams and The Lord of the Rings.
http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainme...obe_20618.html