Composer A.R. Rahman, one of the biggest names in Bollywood, made brief allusion when accepting the second of his two awards, for the song "Jai Ho," to "all the people of Mumbai." Mr. Rahman, a Muslim whose initials stand for Allah Rakha, said that "all my life I have had the choice of hate and love. And I chose love and I'm here."
He closed his acceptance speech for the best score award by saying in his native Tamil, "God is great." Full Story here : http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/23/slumdog-millionaire-sweeps-with-eight-oscars/
