A.R. Rahman wins Golden Globe nomination
Washington (IANS): 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.
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