The 44-year-old maestro was short-listed in the ‘Best Original Song’ category for his song ‘Na…Na...’ for his Hollywood debut movie “Couples Retreat.”

Rahman’s song 'Na…Na…' lost to 'Down in New Orleans' ("The Princess and the Frog" by Newman); 'Almost there' ("The Princess and the Frog" by Randy Newman); 'Loin de Paname' ("Paris 36" by Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas); 'The weary kind' ("Crazy Heart" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett) and 'Take it all' ("Nine" by Maury Yeston).

Actress Anne Hathaway on Tuesday, announced the names of the nominees selected for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in a ceremony at Beverly Hills.

The awards function will take place on March 7. Actor Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be hosting the event.

Disappointment after win at Grammy’s
The disappointing news of Rahman not being selected for the Oscars came after his amazing win at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Rahman bagged two gramophones for his music brilliance in Danny Boyle’s film ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’

The ‘Mozart of Madras’ had also became the first Indian to win two Oscars for his super-hit song ‘Jai Ho’ in the ‘Best Original Music Score’ and ‘Best Original Song’ category for ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’

Even Marathi movie "Harishchandrachi Factory", India's official entry at the 2010 Oscars, (in the ‘Foreign Film’ category), has been voted out last month.

About ‘Couples Retreat’
The ‘Couples Retreat’, for which Rahman composed 'Na ...Na'... is a romantic comedy flick, directed by Peter Billingsley.

Rahman, who composed 15 songs for the movie, also debuted his son Ameen in the same song.

The song ‘Na…Na…’ was written by Rahman with Vivian Chaix and BlaaZe. Other singers that feature in the song are Vivian, Dominic and Clinton, Rahman and BlaaZe.