AR Rahman is first Indian to get two Oscars

Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) Indian composer A. R. Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to bag two Oscars for his work in British filmmaker Danny Boyle's much acclaimed "Slumdog Millionaire".

Rahman got his first oscar on the night of the 81st Academy Awards here for best original score for the Mumbai based rags-to-riches drama.

He shared the second Oscar for best original song for the film's theme number "Jai Ho" with noted Indian lyricist Gulzar.

"All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here," said Rahman after receiving his second golden statuette here Sunday.

The composer was overwhelmed and interspersed his speech with Hindi as well as Tamil on receiving the coveted trophy here Sunday.

"There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas ma hai" - which means I have nothing but a mother. My mother is here, I have her blessings. I am glad she could be here," said Rahman.

He ended the acceptance speech by saying "God is great" in Tamil, something he says after winning every award.

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A.R. Rahman delivers his acceptance speech after receiving the Golden Globe awar.

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AR Rahman wins Golden Globe Award for 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Breaking News! It's official now. Bringing cheer to millions of movie freaks in India, music maestro AR Rahman won the Golden Globe Award for his original score in 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

AR Rahman won the coveted Golden Globe Award in the 'Best Original Music Score' category glittering ceremony in Los Angeles. The song 'Jai Ho' was written by lyricist Gulzar. AR Rahman created history by becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe Award.

The 'Slumdog Millionaire' also won three other awards - the 'Best Screenplay', 'Best Motion Picture' and 'Best Director' awards at the 66th Golden Globe ceremony. While Simon Simon Beaufoy won the Best Screenplay award for Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle won the Best Director award for the movie.

'Slumdog Millionaire' also won the 'Best Motion Picture' award. The movie is now seen as a hot contender to bag some awards at the Annual Academy Awards (Oscar) to be held next month.

Here's the list of winners at the Golden Globe Awards:

Motion Pictures:

• Best Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Best Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, "In Bruges"
• Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
• Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
• Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
• Best Foreign Language Film: "Waltz With Bashir"
• Best Animated Film: "Wall-E"
• Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Best Original Song: "The Wrestler"

Television:

• Best Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"
• Best Actress, Drama: Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
• Best Series, Musical or Comedy: "30 Rock"
• Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
• Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
• Best Miniseries or Movie: "John Adams"
• Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, "John Adams"
• Best Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giammatti, "John Adams"
• Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, "Recount"
• Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams"
• Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg.

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