Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday unanimously congratulated music director A R Rahman for winning two Oscars in recognition of his best music performance in 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
Soon after the question hour session, Speaker R Avudaiappan read out the congratulatory message saying that this was the first time an Indian especially a person from Tamil Nadu getting the world's most prestigious award. "On the behalf of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and the members of the House, we congratulate A R Rahman for getting the world's most prestigious Oscar awards for his music performance in 'Slumdog Millionaire' and bringing laurels to the state." "On behalf of the House we also wish him to get more awards in the future," he said. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200902231340.htm
