Thanks Gopal for the additional info...This is really a big treat... Madhavan.R Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > >> Rahman named best music director at IIFASunday, 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<http://movies.indiainfo.com/2008/06/08/0806082130_rahman.html#> >> "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<http://movies.indiainfo.com/2008/06/08/0806082130_rahman.html#>" >> 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<http://movies.indiainfo.com/2008/06/08/0806082130_rahman.html> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Madhavan.R >> >> Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life. >> > > >
