Spanish actress Penelope Cruz won her first Oscar on Sunday as best supporting actress for her performance as tempestuous artist Maria Elena in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Smile Pinki, a 39-minute short film in Hindi and Bhojpuri, directed by Emmy-nominated producer Megan Mylan won the best documentary short subject Oscar.
This is not just an award, it is history.” Resul Pookutty, who won the Oscar for best sound mixing, along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke said, “I dedicate this award to my country. All through my life I had the choice of love and hate…I chose love and I am here.” Read storyīoyle, 52, who had never before been nominated for an Oscar, beat David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Gus Van Sant (Milk), and Stephen Daldry (The Reader).īoyle also becomes the first British winner of best director since Sam Mendes was honored in 2000 for American Beauty. The essence of the film is optimism and hope. Los Angeles: It was a dream run at the Oscars for India.įilmmaker Danny Boyle's rags-to-riches romance set in India, Slumdog Millionaire, won eight Oscar awards for best feature film, direction, original song, original score, sound mixing, editing, adapted screenplay and cinematography.Īn elated Rahman who won the Academy Awards for best original score and song from the film Slumdog Millionaire said, “I want to thank everyone. The much acclaimed flick won eight awards in all, which include- ‘Best Direction’, 'Best Original Score', 'Best Song', ‘Best Sound Mixing’, ‘Best Editing’ ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ and 'Best Cinematography'. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is having a sweeping win at the Oscars, currently on in Los Angeles. Rahman's exuberant score has shattered all those perceptions, and shown that the West likes the sound of India. This honour comes as recognition of popular Indian cinema in the West that for long has shunned Indian movies as too long and too full of song-and-dance sequences. I chose love and I am here," said Rahman after receiving his second golden statuette. "All my life I had a choice between hate and love. He shared the second Oscar for best original song for the film's theme number "Jai Ho" with noted Indian lyricist Gulzar.
He ended the acceptance speech by saying "God is great" in Tamil, something he says after winning every award. I am glad she could be here," said Rahman. "There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas ma hai" - which means I have nothing but a mother. The composer was overwhelmed and interspersed his speech with Hindi as well as Tamil after receiving the coveted trophy here on Sunday. He was nominated in the Best Original Score and Best Song categories for ‘O Saaya’ and ‘Jai Ho’ respectively, of which he won two awards each for ‘O Saaya’ and ‘Jai Ho’. The film had 10 Oscar nominations, including 3 for Rahman. Los Angeles, Feb 23: Music maestro AR Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to win two Oscar Awards in the 'Best Original Score' and 'Best Song' categories for 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the Academy Awards in LA. Music maestro AR Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to win two Oscar Awards in the `Best Original Score` and `Best Song` categories for `Slumdog Millionaire` at the Academy Awards in LA.
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