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Beaufoy), Best Cinematography (Anthony
Dod Mantle), Best Editing (Chris Dickens),
Best Sound Editing (Tom Sayers), Best Sound
Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul
Pookutty).
A.R.Rahman has been nominated in two categories;
Best Original Score and Best Original Song.
The original song category has only 3 nominees
and two of them are from Slumdog Millionaire
(O saya and Jaye Ho), the third being from
the animated film Wall E.
A.R.Rahman reacting to the news on being
nominated for Oscar said,
"I feel really good. I am on top of
the world. I thank God Almighty, all my
fans and the musicians who have worked with
me. It's an energy booster for all the people
associated with the movie."
Danny Boyle talking about the nominations
said, "It's incredible, we see Hollywood
and Bollywood moving closer. A.R.Rahman
couldn't come to the meet. He is busy doing
Delhi 6. Can you believe it?"
An excited Anil Kapoor said, "It's
a movie about Indians. It's a movie about
us. I am very happy for A.R.Rahman. He is
a genius. This movie is also going to do
a lot of good to all the small technicians
and actors who have worked very, very hard.
It's their triumph"
Slumdog Millionaire had created sensation
a few days back after winning the Golden
Globe Awards for Best Director, Danny Boyle,
Best original score composer, A.R.Rahman
and Best screenplay, Simon Beaufoy.
With this, the hopes of a first Oscar for
India have hit an all time high, the victory
seems very much possible. So, keep your
fingers crossed and hope for the best. The
D-day is the 22nd of February. Let the Oscar
come to India.
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