O saya should win I have had a chance to listen to the majority of the songs in nominated list and after having watched 90 % of the movies mentioned here , o Saya is a class apart ..
glad O saya is nominated along with Jai Ho O saya stands a better chance in comparison to Jai ho IMHO On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:11 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Who will win the Best Original Song Oscar in 2009? December 17, 2008 > 11:34 a.m. by Nick Neyland <http://www.prefixmag.com/users/nick/> > Major studios are briskly releasing a number of films at the tail end of > December. This last ditch attempt at getting nominated for an Academy Award > occurs every year, but songwriters already have an idea whether they stand a > chance of getting the nod. The contenders for Best Original Song > nominations, all 49 of them, have been announced, and can be viewed on > this<http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117997506.html?nav=news&categoryid=1982&cs=1>page. > > Robyn Hitchcock makes the list with his song ("Up to Our Nex") from the > excellent *Rachel Getting Married*. Sadly, Tunde Adebimpe's touching Neil > Young cover from the same feature isn't eligible. *High School Musical 3*has > a bone-shuddering 11 songs on the list, so expect that to feature > somewhere. Other songs of interest include the memorable "Dracula's Lament" > from *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (which would make an awesome live > performance on Oscar night) and M.I.A.'s collaboration with A.R. Rahman on > the *Slumdog Millionaire* soundtrack ("O Saya"). > > Jack White and Alicia Keys' Bond theme "Another Way to Die" also makes the > list, and could make for a memorable live performance if the song is > nominated. Peter Gabriel's contribution to the *Wall-E* soundtrack, "Down > to Earth" is also another likely (and somewhat unusual) contender. > Fortunately the rules have been changed this year, and only two songs from a > single film can be nominated. Here's hoping that *High School Musical > 3*doesn't dominate. > > > http://www.prefixmag.com/news/who-will-win-the-best-original-song-oscar-in-2009/24084/ > > >