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Rahman no longer in Oscar race

Submitted by Jasmine on Wed, 2010-02-03 11:18

Los Angeles, CA., February 3 -- A.R. Rahman, India’s only hope at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, has failed to secure a place in the ‘Best Original Song’ category.

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” tunes up for Oscar

Submitted by Sham Kamboj on Tue, 2010-01-19 13:04

“Na Na”, Oscar winner musician A.R. Rahman’s (Slumdog Millionaire) song from “Couples Retreat”, his first venture into mainstream Hollywood, has been shortlisted for nomination in Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards.

It will be competing with 62 other such songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures for nomination, which will be announced on February two.

Slumdog’s child artists' parents and Boyle clash

Submitted by Gunjan Mehra on Sat, 2009-02-14 11:51

The unforeseen success of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has got the parents of the slum dwelling child artists and its director, Danny Boyle, locking horns with each other over monetary issues.

The parents have now decided that their children would not be flying to witness the Oscars but demand the air fares to be paid to them instead.

The film has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards and to witness the award function, the children were to fly to Los Angeles.

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