It's actually a triple treat - Best Composer, Best Background Score and the
Outstanding Achievement award.
In fact, this is the second year in succession that IIFA has conferred 3 awards
on ARR -
Best Background Score - Rang De Basanti (Hindi, 2007)
Best Song Recording - Rang De Basanti (Hindi, 2007) [Shared with KJ Singh and H
Sridhar]
Best Composer - Rang De Basanti (Hindi, 2007)
Best Background Score - Guru (Hindi, 2008)
Best Composer - Guru (Hindi, 2008)
Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema - 2008
However, the merit of the Best Song Recording Award remains in question since
ARR was not officially credited for any song recording for RDB
----- Original Message ----
From: Madhavan Rajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2008 10:22:58 PM
Subject: [arr] Re: AR Rahman named best music director
Earlier IIFA honored AR Rahman as "Outstanding Indian Contributing to
International Cinema"...Now, it's a double treat with the Best Music Director
award for Guru as well...Also good to see a couple of awards for Guru apart
from this...
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Madhavan Rajan <rsamadhu2002@ gmail.com> wrote:
Rahman named best music director at IIFA
Sunday, June 08, 2008 21:29 [IST]
Bangkok: A.R. Rahman was named the best music director for his score in "Guru"
at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2008 awards here Sunday night,
while the Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Om Shanti Om" swept a number of technical
awards.
Shreya Ghoshal won the honours for the best playback singer (female) for "Barso
re" from ManiRatnam's "Guru", which film also bagged awards for the best
background score (Rahman) and best song recording (H. Sridhar).
The best playback singer (male) award was bagged by Shaan for "Jab se tere
naina" from "Saawariya".
Veteran Javed Akhtar was named the best lyricist for "Om Shanti Om", which also
garnered awards for best special effects (Red Chillies Entertainment) , best
art direction (Sabu Cyril), best costume design (Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar
and Sanjeev Mulchandani) and best makeup.
The award for best screenplay was won jointly by Anurag Basu ("Life in a
Metro") and Jaideep Sahni ("Chak De! India").
"Chak De! India" also took home the trophy for best cinematography.
Imtiyaz Ali was named the best dialogue writer for "Jab We Met".
http://movies. indiainfo. com/2008/ 06/08/0806082130 _rahman.html
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life.
