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The 43-year-old, who has already pocketed a Golden Globe and BAFTA, is nominated for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for his numbers "Jai ho" and "O saya".
In the original score category, Rahman faces competition from Alexandre Desplat ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), James Newton Howard ("Defiance"), Danny Elfman ("Milk") and Thomas Newman ("WALL-E").
The Indian composer is pitted against Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman ("Down to earth" from "WALL-E") in the original song category. Gulzar has penned the lyrics of "Jai ho" and Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam aka M.I.A. for "O saya".
It is also a tryst with destiny for Indian sound technician Resul Pookutty, who is vying for an Oscar with his colleagues Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for sound mixing in 'Slumdog Millionaire". Pookutty faces challenge from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Dark Knight", "WALL-E and "Wanted".
The Indian technician recently won a BAFTA and Cinema Audio Society (CAS) awards for best sound mixing. He is the first Indian to win the CAS award.
However, Indian enthusiasm is not just limited to "Slumdog Millionaire", two documentaries "Smile Pinki" and "The Final Inch", are also vying for Oscar glory in Documentary (Short) category.
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Congrats Rahman ji...u proved tat u r an Indian...
I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire today. I am an Indian currently living in London. Well my first reaction is that of disgust at the way India is potrayed. It focusses so much on the grimy side of India. the potrayal of India overall is 'dark'.The other reaction is of anti-climax. After all the hype when I actually saw the movie, I found it to be OK but but not so great. It is difficult to understand how it is getting awards by the bucketful all across the west. In short it is a movie made by a westerner to cater to the western audience and their steriotypes of the country. This movie seems certain to pick up many oscars and will consequently become a big international hit. People who watch it will come away with the feeling that India is still a dark
INDIA'S GOLDEN HOUR AT THE OSCARS HAS ARRIVED. BUT, JUST LIKE "GANDHI", IT HAS TAKEN A BRITISH FILM TO GET THERE.