Before this we have BFCA awards (Broadcast Film Critics Association) on Jan 8, which will be shown live on VH1.
http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice_awards/_2009/ index.jhtml ARR has been nominated in two categories - Best Composer and Best Song. BEST SONG Nominees: "Another Way to Die" (performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, written by Jack White) - Quantum of Solace "Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) - Wall-E "I Thought I Lost You" (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele) - Bolt "Jaiho" (performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) - Slumdog Millionaire "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen) - The Wrestler BEST COMPOSER Nominees: Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Clint Eastwood - Changeling Danny Elfman - Milk Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire -Vinod --- In [email protected], Bergin Roy <bergin...@...> wrote: > > Those who has access to NBC, the award ceremony will be live 8 PM EST. I've already auto tuned it. :) > > Wishing and Praying for AR to step up the dias on Sunday. > > - Bergin > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 9:05:59 PM > Subject: [arr] The Gold Rush > > > The Gold Rush > > As you read this AR Rahman will be winging his way to California for the Golden Globe Award ceremony > > By Subhash K Jha > Posted On Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 02:26:04 AM > > A R Rahman The Golden Globe awards are a precursor to the Oscars > > I > have my fingers crossed. When a film with my music gets acceptance the > feeling is akin to winning an Oscar. An Oscar is a big thing for the > people of India. So for their sake more than mine I hope my song `Jai > ho' and the music score in Slumdog Millionaire win an Oscar. > Your music is `making the world go round'? > > It's > not my music alone. It's the way Danny Boyle has patched Slumdog > Millionaire and my music together. The way he has mixed my songs is > terrific; like a discotheque. If the music has created an impact in the > West it's because of the effective projection. > > Slumdog > Millionaire is about suffering, hope and redemption. The jury loved the > Mumbai shown in the film. I don't think any other city in the world has > been portrayed as vibrantly. Mumbai's pulse is superbly captured in the > film. The film promotes Mumbai tourism to a great extent > You visited the US recently. Was it to lobby for your music? > > It's > not about lobbying. The purpose was to get acquainted with the jury > members. The jury should know if the person behind the creation is > worth the vote.As an artiste I need to be recognised on a human level. > So I went to Hollywood with my song `Jai ho'. I met the top Hollywood > composers like Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and Danny Elfman. > What was their opinion? > > They > had warm comments for my music in Slumdog Millionaire. LA is a place > where people in the entertainment industry say a lot of things they > don't mean. So I thought they were just being sweet and polite. So I > verified. I found that those biggies of Hollywood genuinely meant > everything that they said. Some critics said it's one of the best films > they've ever seen. Although some of the songs are in Hindi, nobody said > that they were boring or incomprehensible. `Jai ho', `O saya' and > `Ringa ringa' (which is influenced by `Choli ke peeche') are in Hindi > which is a foreign language for the Americans. But they love them. > You turn 43 today (January 6). What are your birthday plans? > > I won't be celebrating my birthday as it's the eighth day of Muharram (a month of mourning). >
