AR Rahman's music-to-the-ears twin wins at Oscars 2009
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 (EST)
AR Rahman was a blend of humility and pride while walking down the red carpet
with wife Sairaa,
and later receiving two Oscars, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 at Kodak
Theatre in
Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22.
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AR Rahman was a blend of humility and pride while walking down the red carpet
with wife Sairaa,
and later receiving two Oscars, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 at Kodak
Theatre in
Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22. Photo Credit: Darren Decker / A.M.P.A.S.
February 23, 2009, (Sawf News) - AR Rahman was a blend of humility and pride
while walking down
the red carpet with wife Sairaa, and later receiving two Oscars, at the 81st
Annual Academy
Awards 2009 at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22.
Rahman won Oscars for Original Score and Original Song for Slumdog Millionaire,
the runaway
success story of the evening which swept the awards night with 8 wins from 10
nominations.
Rahman also performed O Saya and Jai Ho during the evening watched by millions
across the
globe.
AR Rahman at the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood,
CA, Sunday,
February 22. Photo Credit: Darren Decker / A.M.P.A.S.
Known to be creative and prolific when composing music, Rahman was largely at
loss of words
when collecting the Oscars.
"I just want to thank again the whole crew of Slumdog Millionaire, especially
Danny Boyle, for
giving me such a great opportunity," the composer said in his award acceptance
speech.
"All my life I've had a choice of hate and love. I chose love, and I'm here.
God bless," he
added.
AR Rahman with wife Sairaa at the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 at Kodak
Theatre in
Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22. Photo Credit: Darren Decker / A.M.P.A.S.
For the red carpet walk, the 43-year-old composer from Tamil Nadu in India wore
black single
button satin collar suit with dark grey satin shirt and silver grey silk tie.
His wife Sairaa was gracefully dressed in a black and gold salwar and kameez
set. The kameez
with full length sheer sleeves was embellished with zardozi work. Elegantly
draped around her
head was a matching dupatta with heavy zardozi work and red edges.
Her auburn wavy locks peeped through the dupatta.
She wore coral lip color and golden eye shadow with thick black eyeliner on the
eyelids.
Rahman becomes the third Oscar winning Indian after costume designer Bhanu
Athaiya for her work
in Gandhi (1983) and director Satyajit Ray in 1992.
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