Born in year 19(66) won 66 th year GG award. Long Live ARR
Abu (only listen to his music) On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Vithur <vith...@gmail.com> wrote: > A. R. Rahman rules the globe > ------------------------------ > January 13, 2009 11:44:20 AM IST > Bollywood Trade News Network > [image: Send to > Friend]<http://www.glamsham.com/sendlink.asp?page=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/jan/13-a-r-rahman-rules-the-globe-010902.asp&title=A.+R.+Rahman+rules+the+globe> > > <http://www.glamsham.com/download/poster/poster.asp?id_movie=982&pg=2> > > *view SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE > movie > poster<http://www.glamsham.com/download/poster/poster.asp?id_movie=982&pg=2> > * > > > It was SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Shining all the way at Beverly Hills with the > much feted film winning four Golden Globe awards on Sunday night. The haul > had a particularly sweet note for India: music composer A R Rahman became > the first Indian to win the 66-year-old prize, a momentous fact acknowledged > in his acceptance speech when he said, 'I wanted this award for India.' > > The engagingly shy maestro - whose hit numbers for the movie, 'Jai Ho!' and > 'Ringa Ringa' are scorching global charts -- has his fingers firmly crossed > in the hope that the Oscars in February will be a repeat show. It's not an > unreasonable hope -- many Globe winners also pick up Oscars. The movie has > won 64 awards so far, a few more from the Academy that matters would > certainly be sweet music to Indian ears. > > > Ironically, the movie has still not been released in Indian theatres. When > it does open on January 23, Indian audiences will find much that is > familiar. The plot is almost standard Bollywood masala, albeit shot with > Hollywood sensibilities. While sticking to the basic premise of Vikas > Swarup's book, Q&A, about a slum lad serendipitously winning a quiz show, > the film also diverges exhilaratingly, introducing an elder brother with > gangland connections, and rewriting the lost-and-found scenario with the > childhood sweetheart. Actor Anil Kapoor, who plays the quiz show host, > recently told a TV channel that SLUMDOG was like one of the 1970s Amitabh > Bachchan-Shashi Kapoor starrers. He's right - except that it's the good > brother who's the protagonist, not the anti-hero. > > SLUMDOG is also very different - not least in its up-close look at the > poverty, squalor and cruelty of Mumbai's underbelly, rendered particularly > horrifying because of the matter-of-fact way in which it is shown. You will > never again hear the song 'Darshan Do Ghanshyam' without flinching after > seeing this movie. > > And yet, it is truly, as one western critic gushed, the feel-good movie of > the decade. A frenzied romp through the bowels of the Mumbai slum, SLUMDOG > MILLIONAIRE pulses with experiences both unspeakably brutal and unbelievably > tender. It is a shameless Technicolor packaging of the Mumbai Dream, where > the slum boy with an honest heart and quick mind makes good, and skips into > the sunset with his pockets jingling and the girl on his arm. SLUMDOG > presses all the right buttons - communal riots, police torture, the pitiless > beggar trade, even call centers. British director Danny Boyle, who earned > his cinematic spurs with TRAINSPOTTING and 28 DAYS LATER, simply seized the > Mumbai cliche and ran with it, injecting the plot with a pathological energy > that had the critics slavering and the awards rolling in. > > > > Anil Kapoor, who was at the awards ceremony, said he was blown away with > Rahman's victory. 'It is historic,' Kapoor told on phone from LA. 'It's > unbelievable; I just can't imagine what it means for Mumbai and India.' > Co-director Loveleen Tandon added, 'SLUMDOG is a very special film for India > because the film's heart is in India; and the world has appreciated it. I'm > now waiting for India to give her verdict.' > > Minutes before his flight took off to Los Angeles on his birthday on > January 6, Rahman had said, 'A win at the Golden Globes will be the best > birthday gift I can receive.' The composer was given just three weeks by > Boyle to compose the score and used a mere 17 cues as opposed to the 93 cues > he normally uses for a Bollywood film. Crediting Boyle for using his music > effectively, Rahman said the SLUMDOG compositions are a blend of > cutting-edge tunes and typically Bollywood sounds. > > > http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/jan/13-a-r-rahman-rules-the-globe-010902.asp > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
