Even i wud lyk to say the same thing tht Pavan bhai said , the time has finally come wen the whole world wud sit up and notice the magic of GURU!! Even if he misses out on Best Song Oscar [ i hope not ] but if he does , still im sure tht the whole western audience tht wud watch him perform live and the million other who watch him on tv wud surely fall in luv wid his music [ if they havnt alrdy !! ]
Here wishing GURU all the best & hope tht he bagges both the OSCARS ! Jai Ho Rahul --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@...> wrote: > > I am not aware with the academy rules..but what if both O saya and Jai Ho declared as joint winners in the Best Song category ? Then..Rahman has all chances of getting 3... > > But who cares...More than Oscar what is important is people all around the world noticing Rahman's work..Slumdog has managed to do that for Rahman..Now everyone would be interested in exploring more and more of Rahman..as we say in hindi "rongte kade hojayenge unke" :) > > > --- On Tue, 2/10/09, tanyaagha <tanyaa...@...> wrote: > > From: tanyaagha <tanyaa...@...> > Subject: Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel (Re: [arr] 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song) > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 1:11 PM > > > > > > > > > Just to clarify, ARR cannot win three awards. He has three nominations > in a total of two categories. He can only win a maximum of two. Thanks. > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Madhavan Rajan <rsamadhu2002@ ...> > wrote: > > > > I liked all three songs that were nominated. I hope AR does a > hattrick at > > Oscars (Bagging all three awards!). However, I will be happy even if > Peter > > Gabriel wins his first Oscar. > > > > One more thing I would like to quote - Martin Scorcese has created > better > > films than his own Departed, but academy honoured him for his work in > > Departed. So, let's not worry about the academy's choice and instead > just > > say, if one wins Oscar it's for what he has given to the society > till date. > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:52 PM, V S Rawat <vsrawat@ > wrote: > > > > > I heard Wall-E's Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel. I think that is the > > > song nominated for Oscar in the category of SDM songs. > > > > > > The song seems good, but English music has had enumerable equally good > > > or even better songs compared to that, whereas our man's SDM songs > have > > > a novelty value as international level music from India. > > > > > > And something in this song reminds me of some of Bryan Adams' > songs and > > > even his voice, not able to pinpoint which one. Anyone. > > > > > > -- > > > Rawat > > > > > > On 2/10/2009 10:02 AM India Time, _Gopal Srinivasan_ wrote: > > > > > > > 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song > > > > No clear frontrunner among Oscar nominees > > > > By JON BURLINGAME > > > > > > > > For the third time in the past 20 years, music-branch voters > chose only > > > three tunes as best > > > > song nominees. Two are from the same movie, and two of the > singers are > > > world-class world-music > > > > recording artists. > > > > > > > > There is no clear-cut favorite this year, unlike, say, eight > years ago > > > when Bob Dylan's win for > > > > "Things Have Changed" was a foregone conclusion, or the year of > "Titanic" > > > and its ubiquitous > > > > Celine Dion song. What happens Feb. 22 depends several factors. > > > > > > > > First, the "Slumdog" phenomenon: Both of the key songs in "Slumdog > > > Millionaire" are nominated, > > > > both co-written by leading Indian composer A.R. Rahman (who is also > > > nominated for his original > > > > score). The soundtrack album is rising fast on the charts, so a > "Slumdog" > > > win would not > > > > surprise. > > > > > > > > But which song? Will voters remember that it was "Jai Ho" that was > > > performed as an elaborately > > > > choreographed, Bollywood-style dance number in the Mumbai train > station > > > at the end of the > > > > movie? > > > > > > > > "Jai Ho," with Indian lyrics by poet Gulzar, may be the most > talked-about > > > musical moment from > > > > year-end films. And Oscar voters, excited about the prospect of > seeing > > > the number re-created on > > > > the telecast, may be thinking about that when filling out their > ballots. > > > If it wins, it will be > > > > only the second foreign-language song to do so (after 2004's "Al > otro > > > lado del rio" from "The > > > > Motorcycle Diaries"). > > > > > > > > But Rahman's collaboration with London-born, Sri Lankan-raised Maya > > > Arulpragasam -- better > > > > known to the pop world as M.I.A. -- on "O... Saya" may resonate with > > > younger voters for its > > > > pounding rhythms, electronica sound and rap-style vocals. That > song's > > > used earlier in the film, > > > > as police chase poor youngsters from an airport tarmac through the > > > streets. > > > > > > > > "Slumdog's" competition is the song from the end of the Disney-Pixar > > > movie "Wall-E," co-written > > > > by Thomas Newman (also nominated for his score) and Peter > Gabriel. The > > > nom is Gabriel's first > > > > despite having composed scores for such films as "The Last > Temptation of > > > Christ" and > > > > "Rabbit-Proof Fence." > > > > > > > > Eight of the past 20 song statuettes have gone to tunes from > animated > > > movies (all Disney pics > > > > but one). And nine of the past 20 have gone to popular artists > (including > > > Gabriel's ex-Genesis > > > > bandmate Phil Collins, for "Tarzan," another Disney toon). Also, > > > Gabriel's human-rights and > > > > environmental activism would seem to coincide with the politics > of many > > > Acad voters. > > > > > > > > And, in recent years, voters have spread the Oscar wealth among > multiple > > > pics. A "Slumdog" > > > > score win could translate into a "Wall-E" song win. > > > > > > > > > http://www.variety. com/article/ VR1117999867. html?categoryId= 3275&cs=1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Madhavan.R > > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! > > >
