Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
same here. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@yahoo.comwrote: I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com* wrote: From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know — the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees — Listen, Patience, Love You I Do — and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog-http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog- million.html
Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
I guess many in the group will say so! even I'd like O Saaya to win! Aravomd http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com --- On Sun, 8/2/09, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 8 February, 2009, 2:00 PM same here. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday .blogspot. com On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ yahoo.com wrote: I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. com wrote: From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. com Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know — the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees — Listen, Patience, Love You I Do — and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog- million.html Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
hands down On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com wrote: I guess many in the group will say so! even I'd like O Saaya to win! Aravomd http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com --- On *Sun, 8/2/09, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 8 February, 2009, 2:00 PM same here. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday .blogspot. comhttp://theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ yahoo.compawancum...@yahoo.com wrote: I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. comvi...@arr4music.com * wrote: From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. com vi...@arr4music.com Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know — the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees — Listen, Patience, Love You I Do — and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog-http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog- million.html -- Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
Jai Ho for me -Vinod --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Mohamed Hashir arrhas...@... wrote: hands down On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Aravind AM aravind...@... wrote: I guess many in the group will say so! even I'd like O Saaya to win! Aravomd http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com --- On *Sun, 8/2/09, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@...* wrote: From: Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@... Subject: Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 8 February, 2009, 2:00 PM same here. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday .blogspot. comhttp://theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ yahoo.compawancum...@... wrote: I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. comvi...@... * wrote: From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music. com vi...@... Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees Listen, Patience, Love You I Do and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog- http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog- million.html -- Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yah oo.com/invite/
[arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire's three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire's other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees Listen, Patience, Love You I Do and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog- million.html
Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com wrote: From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best song, not that one Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya). Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind the song not being hyped. In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the studio. What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper Planes). There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle Flow, but ended up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — which won! However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear that That's How You Know — the big dance spectacular staged in Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once. DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees — Listen, Patience, Love You I Do — and lost the Oscar to Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth. Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight? http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog- million.html
