A. R. Rahman wins London critics award

By nagesh on December 16th, 2008

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London Critics Award was given to A R Rahman for best music composer for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”. The film is based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel “Q&A”. Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around a slum kid who wins a jackpot on a quiz show called “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. “Slumdog Millionaire” received critical acclaim post its limited release Nov 12. Also, it wowed audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Telluride Film Festival. The US’ National Board of Review has named Slumdog Millionaire the best film of 2008, while the film bagged the ‘Best British Independent Film’ prize at the British Independent Film Awards.

Rahman also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and two Critics Choice nominations – Best Score and Best Song for Jai Ho. This film has featured in Time magazine’s top 10 movies list of the year. Speaking about this award A R Rahman said,” “I have worked with different people. Most Westerners are generally reserved. But Boyle was different – like a friend, very helpful. It was like working for Mani Ratnam, Rakeysh (Omprakash Mehra). He was very excited about India. He loved India. He loved Mumbai. He loved everything,”
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Kylie Minogue to sing for A. R. Rahman
Popular Australian singer Kylie Minogue will be singing a song which has been composed by music wizard A. R. Rahman. The song will feature in the Hindi film ‘Blue’ which stars Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. Reports suggest that the music diva will be paid a staggering 5 crores for the song. The recording is expected to happen next month and Kylie Minogue will land in India with her entire troupe. Interestingly, the lady will also feature in the video of the song.