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Monday, March 10, 2008

Oscar Awards


Eight Oscar Awards for Slumdog millionaire

Three Oscar Awards for India

It was indeed a proud moment for India as the entire nation woke up to the good news of the triple haul of Oscars.

A R Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to win two Oscars for the Best Original Score Slumdog Millionaire and Best Original Song Jai ho and sound engineer Resul Pookutty won the third trophy of the day by winning the award for sound mixing for Slumdog Millionaire. “Before coming here, I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt that way was when I was getting married,” said A R Rahman in his acceptance speech after bagging the Original Score award. Rahman was back on the dais again to accept the Oscar for the best Original Song for the number Jai ho rendered by Sukhwinder Singh and Mahalakshmi Iyer.

“The essence of the film is about optimism and the power of hope in our lives. All my life I had the choice between hate and love. I chose love and here I am,” said the musician while accepting the award for best song, penned by Gulzar, who shared the Oscar or the song Jai ho and said that he never imagined that a Hindi song could ever win an Oscar.

Before that the double trophy winner performed a medley of Jai ho and O saya assisted by dancers and singer John Legend.

The Mumbai-based rags-to-riches romance, Slumdog Millionaire stole the show at the Oscar Award ceremony by winning as many as eight awards out of 10 nominations including Best Film, Best Director award for Danny Boyle, Best Original Song and Original Score for A R Rahman, Best Sound Mixing for Resul Pookutty, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke and Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.

Resul Pookutty, beaming emotionally, dedicated his trophy to Indians,”I come from a country and civilisation that gave the world the word that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is ‘Om’. So I dedicate this award to my country,” said Kerala-born sound technician. “This is unbelievable. I share the stage with two magicians, who captured the noise and cacophony of Mumbai to create the soul-stirring artful sound of Slumdog Millionaire,” he said.

Earlier, the sole Oscar glory for India was won by costume designer Bhanu Athaiya a good 26 years ago in 1983 for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi.