Kollywood Kisu Kisu

Slumdog Millionaire bags 10 Oscar nominations

by nandhini on 22/01/09 at 4:13 pm --

Inching closer towards an Oscar, composer A R Rahman today got himself nominated for three Academy awards for his score in British-Indian movie "Slumdog Millionaire", which was also shortlisted for seven other categories, including best film and best director."Something good is happening and I am really happy about it," was the reaction of Rahman, who became the first Indian to win a triple Oscar nomination.Rahman was nominated for Best Original Score and the numbers 'Jai Ho' and 'O Saya' were shortlisted for the Best Original Song.Close on the heels of the dual-language film winning four Golden Globes, including one for Rahman, earlier this month, Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy were shortlisted for best director and best adapted screenplay

[...full news]