Congrats ARR on the 2 Oscars!Nice to see an uncharacteristically eloquent speech. :) For the record books, ARR now joins an elite company of those who've won both the music awards- Howard Shore and Alan Mencken (4 times)
________________________________ From: Gopal Srinivasan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:14:06 AM Subject: [arr] Golden Words Acceptance speech Best Score Before coming, I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt like that was during my marriage. There's a dialogue from a Hindi film called "Mere paas ma hai," which means "I have nothing but I have a mother," so mother's here, her blessings are there with me. I am grateful for her to have come all the way. And I want to thank the Academy for being so kind, all the jury members. I want to thank Sam Schwartz, I/D PR, all the crew of Slumdog, Mr. Gulzar, Raqueeb Alam, Blaaze, my musicians in Chennai and Mumbai. And I want to tell something in Tamil, which says, which I normally say after every award which is" Ellapugazhum Iraivanukke" "God is great." Thank you". Best Song "I just want to thank again the whole crew of Slumdog Millionaire, especially Danny Boyle for giving such a great opportunity. And all the people from Mumbai. The essence of the film about optimism and the power of hope in our lives. All my life I had the choice between hate and love. I choose love and here I am. God Bless"
