Oscars to India
The 81st Academy Awards have been announced. A R Rahman and Resul Pookkutty made India proud in the event and people everywhere is talking about it. Not so surprisingly, Slumdog Millionaire packed 8 Oscars in the event. I feel sad for Thomas Newman, for his work in Wall-E (for background score) was not recognized but those who appreciate music knows no matter what a bunch of people in the Academy decides, Mr. Newman’s work excels than the rest of the nominations. I am happy for A R Rahman though, as a fan and a fellow Indian, but I still don’t think the song Jai Ho is worthy of an Oscar. A R Rahman has done better work than this in the films made in India.
I couldn’t watch the show live but hoping to watch the re-telecast tonight. By the way, I have got 13 out of my 21 Oscar award predictions right. 
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February 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I got 5 out of 6 of my predictions posted in your last post
I don’t know wanted to change my best actor pick to Sean Penn but forgot 
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Yeah, you got ‘em right!
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Jo – Maybe we all look at it from an ‘Indian microscope’. I mean, we are all used to his music and we feel he has better numbers ! But for the Western audience and most of the world this is possibly ‘Refreshingly different’.
PS – I also feel that he has given us wonderful hits..and Jai Ho is nowhere near any of those.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Yeah, I agree to that part too. It could be that we are quite used to his wonderful numbers before and this one did not just match up with the quality of music that we have been hearing from him.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:01 am
13/21 = ~50%. The words ‘coin’ and ‘toss’ comes to mind
February 24th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I dont know…performance wise, during the ceremony, Rahman outperformed ‘down to earth’…. The wall-e soundtrack seemed so dull and O saaya and Jai Ho were so fresh and energetic
February 24th, 2009 at 10:08 am
ഇതിനിടയില് നമ്മള് മറന്നു പോയ, ഒന്നു കൂടി ഉണ്ട്…ഒരു കണ്ണീരിന്റെ കഥ…”Smile Pinki”… അതും, നമ്മുടെയിടയിലെ ഒരുപാടു പേരില് ഒരു ചെറിയ നിഷ്കളങ്കതയുടെ, പുഞ്ചിരിയെ കുറിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞതായിരുന്നു…. 8 അവാര്ഡുകളെക്കാള് വലുതല്ലേ, ആ അംഗീകാരം….
February 24th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Archana – The live singing cannot be expected to match studio quality and both Rahman and the other singer did not do well. But as for the stage, it was so colorful and the rhythm of Jai Ho and O Saaya were so energetic.
Anju – So true Anju. I couldn’t watch that documentary.