Thanks a lot Vithur Anna.. :-) Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LINKS- http://www.filmicafe.com/news_detail.php?news_id=6211
http://www.filmicafe.com/news_detail.php?news_id=6212 Snaps of ARR On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Madhavan Rajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL "I feel that I'm representing my father's aspirations, his unfulfilled life in all that I attempt. I'm inspired by him. I did not have him for a long time in my life. But I remember the way he used to treat his musicians, the way he respected them and of course I remember his music." - ARR --------------------------------- Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it.
