It is special. It is written. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> LOS ANGELES - Once he was simply known as Oscar No. 3453 but now the > little gold man has a new name, "Best Original Score," and he's Bollywood > bound. > > A.R. Rahman, India's revered film composer, collected Oscar No. 3453 on > Sunday night and will be taking him home to India. > > And just to make sure No. 3453 won't be a lonely expatriate, Rahman won a > second Oscar, for best song. Both were for the movie "Slumdog Millionaire." > > > > "I want to thank the Academy for being so kind," said the composer known in > his native country as the Mozart of the Madras. > > In a way, the trip to India is only fitting for an Oscar that from the > beginning just seemed destined for life on the road. > > Unlike its 51 counterparts at Sunday's show, Oscar No. 3453 missed its > flight a week and a half ago from Chicago to Los Angeles. It was > photographed with the others at the R.S. Owens factory where they were cast, > but then was somehow misplaced. > > Quickly located, it was packed up and sent solo to Los Angeles. > > It arrived at the Kodak Theatre no worse for wear. Once there, Steve > Meisner, Hollywood's Keeper of Oscars, buffed it to a fine shine and placed > it on a table with its brethren. > > From there it was handed off to Rahman who will ensure that it becomes one > of the world's most traveled Oscars. > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29349252/ > > > >
