video here http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/84819/slumdog-millionaire-sweeps-bafta-awards.html
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Thulasi Ram <[email protected]> wrote: > *London:* Adding yet another feather in his cap, music maestro Allah Rakha > Rahman on Sunday bagged the BAFTA Award in the best music score category > for *Slumdog Millionaire* at a gala event in London. > > After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting a > triple Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie, Rahman, 43, is > the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award. > > Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a BAFTA > Award for Best Sound editing for *Slumdog Millionaire*. > > Rahman's composition *Jai Ho* for British director Danny Boyle's *Slumdog > Millionaire*, earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best Composer in > 2008 and the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score. > > Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, has been nominated in the Best > Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of his compositions > -- *Jai Ho* and *O Saya* at the Oscar. > > > > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahman-resul-pookutty-win-bafta-award/84835-8.html >
