IIFA honours Rahman as 'composer of the decade'
By: RnM Team 15 Jun 09 12:18 IST *A+*<javascript:IncreaseTextSize()>
| *A-* <javascript:DecreaseTextSize()> Set Default
<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#>
Comments: 0
Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome
Poor<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#20>
Okay<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#40>
Good<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#60>
Great<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#80>
Awesome<http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade#100>
No votes yet
[image: image]
[image: image] IIFA honours Rahman as 'composer of the decade'
<http://www.radioandmusic.com/sites/radioandmusic.com/files/images/284ded9e24427ffe4a96e3b2fcef33de.jpg>
[image:
image]<http://www.radioandmusic.com/sites/radioandmusic.com/files/images/bd8414542ed2501c4b1a027afe74428e.jpg>
MUMBAI: Internationally acclaimed and Oscar winning composer A R Rahman was
honoured with the composer of the decade award at the International Indian
Film Academy (IIFA) awards held at Macau over the weekend.
Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar stood out at the IIFA awards winning
awards across categories. Rahman’s soulful compositions for “Jodhaa Akbar”
won him the best composer award, as well as the best background score award.
As Rahman couldn’t attend the event, director Ashutosh Gowariker received
the award on his behalf.
Singer Javed Ali won the best male playback singer award for crooning
“Jashn-e-bahaara” in “Johdaa Akbar”, while Shreya Ghoshal was named the best
female playback singer for “Teri ore” from “Singh is Kinng”.
Javed Akhtar won the best lyricist award for penning the song
“Jashn-e-bahaara” for “Jodhaa Akbar”. Jodhaa Akbar also bagged the maximum
technical awards at the awards.
Resul Pokkutty, who grabbed the Oscars for his work in “Slumdog Millionaire”
bagged the best editing trophy for “Ghajini”. Pookutty and Amrit Ghajini
also bagged the trophy for best sound recording, while Purple Haze was
awarded the Best Sound Recording trophy for Rock On. Leslie Fernandes won
the Best Sound Re-Recording award for Race.
<http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&title=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&title=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&title=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&title=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&t=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&title=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade&t=IIFA+honours+Rahman+as+%27composer+of+the+decade%27><http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioandmusic.com%2Fcontent%2Feditorial%2Fnews%2Fiifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade>
MUMBAI: Internationally acclaimed and Oscar winning composer A R Rahman was
honoured with the composer of the decade award at the International Indian
Film Academy (IIFA) awards held at Macau over the weekend.
Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar stood out at the IIFA awards winning
awards across categories. Rahman’s soulful compositions for “Jodhaa Akbar”
won him the best composer award, as well as the best background score award.
As Rahman couldn’t attend the event, director Ashutosh Gowariker received
the award on his behalf.
Singer Javed Ali won the best male playback singer award for crooning
“Jashn-e-bahaara” in “Johdaa Akbar”, while Shreya Ghoshal was named the best
female playback singer for “Teri ore” from “Singh is Kinng”.
Javed Akhtar won the best lyricist award for penning the song
“Jashn-e-bahaara” for “Jodhaa Akbar”. Jodhaa Akbar also bagged the maximum
technical awards at the awards.
Resul Pokkutty, who grabbed the Oscars for his work in “Slumdog Millionaire”
bagged the best editing trophy for “Ghajini”. Pookutty and Amrit Ghajini
also bagged the trophy for best sound recording, while Purple Haze was
awarded the Best Sound Recording trophy for Rock On. Leslie Fernandes won
the Best Sound Re-Recording award for Race.
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iifa-honours-rahman-composer-decade
--
regards,
Vithur
