A R Rahman meets Randy Newman: At the 83rd Academy Awards held on Sunday night in the US, A R Rahman lost out in the Best Song category to the American composer Randy Newman.
Many in India believe A R Rahman deserved the Oscar for this hauntingly melodious ‘If I Rise’ from 127 Hours, even though Randy Newman bagged the golden man for ‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3. But there was no resentment on the part of Rahman who had beforehand stated that he did not hope to win this year. Rahman was also nominated for Best Original Score but lost out to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from ‘The Social Network’.
Very sportingly, Rahman bonded with Newman at the show and later even posted a pic of him with the American composer on this Twitter page.
“With Randy Newman, who won the Oscar for Toy Story 3,” Rahman wrote and posted the pic below.
'The King's Speech' bagged the best film title at Oscar: Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” bagged the title for best film at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here Sunday.
The award was presented by Steven Spielberg.”The King’s Speech” was competing with Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan”, David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”, Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”, Lisa Cholodenko “The Kids Are All Right”, Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours”, David Fincher’s “The Social Network”, Lee Unkrich.’s “Toy Story 3″, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit” and Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone”.
A R Rahman loses Oscar Award: Two-time Oscar winning Indian composer A R Rahman failed to bag the coveted Golden Man at the 83rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
The composer was nominated in two categories: Best Original Score and Best Song (If I Rise) for his work in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours. But Rahman missed out on winning in both the categories.
He lost in the Best Original Score category to Trent Rezner and Atticus Ross for their compositions in The Social Network. Rahman lost in the Best Song category to Randy Newman for his song ‘We Belong Together’ in Toy Story 3.
Rahman, however, gave a moving performance on stage along with Dido. The two sang a teaser of their song ‘If I Rise’. All in all, the Oscars this year did not rock, partly because of strictly average hosting by a shockingly stilted James Franco and somewhat amusing Anne Hathaway. The evening also had its Oops moment when actress Melissa Leo uttered the ‘F’ word in her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Fighter’.
Aishwarya Rai spotted bonding with Dustin Hoffman: Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai who is the international face of Bollywood was recently spotted bonding with the Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman.
Aishwarya and Hoffman reportedly met in Los Angeles at an exhibition basketball game at Staples Center. Hoffman had come with his son Jake, and Ash was with her husband Abhishek Bachchan.
Reports say Ash and Hoffman bonded for some time on the sidelines of the game. They spoke about films. The meeting was more than just a mere exchange of pleasantries but still did not last long as the two got busy cheering up the basketball teams they supported. Aishwarya and Abhishek have also been invited to the Oscars this year, as was revealed by Amitabh Bachchan recently. In fact Ashutosh Gowariker is also expected to attend the gala awards night.
Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachchan is going to attend Oscars!: The most charismatic couple of Bollywood is going to attend Oscars this Sunday. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, who are currently in Los Angeles, have been invited by the Academy to attend the Oscars.
Amitabh Bachchan himself broke the news first. The superstar blogged yesterday about Abhishek-Aishwarya meeting Warren Beatty at a store in LA. He writes, “Oh ! And incidentally they were getting fitted at a clothes store, for the Oscars Award ceremony for Sunday - Warren and Abhishek ! Ya , Abhishek and Aishwarya have been invited by the Academy to attend the Oscars on Sunday.”
Director Ashutosh Gowariker is also invited and may attend the Oscars. By the way, A R Rahman is also going to be there as he is nominated in two categories. Whether he wins or not, we’re sure Ash-Abhi will root for him.
Can’t wait to see Aishwarya and Abhishek at the Oscars.
A R Rahman's live performance at Oscars: A R Rahman, India’s pride at the Oscars this year as well, will give a live performance at the 83rd Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb 27 (US Time).
Rahman, who has two nominations (Best Original Score and Best Song) for his work in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours will perform live the song ‘If I Rise’ along with Florence Welch. The song has already won praise from critics for its melancholic melody. The big night would also see actress Gwyneth Paltrow performing the song ‘Coming Home’ from the film ‘Country Strong’.
Randy Newman will perform his nominated song “We Belong Together” from the animated film “Toy Story 3.”
Alan Menken, who is nominated for writing the music for “I See the Light” from the animated film ‘Tangled’, will accompany singers Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi on the piano.
A R Rahman bagged two more Oscar nominations for 127 Hours: A R Rahman has bagged two Oscar nominations for his work on the film 127 Hours. Rahman is nominated in two categories, best original score for 127 hours and for the best original song for If I Rise.
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. The King’s Speech is the leading contender at this year’s Academy Awards with 12 nominations including nominations for best picture and acting honours for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. Rahman’s last visit to the Oscars for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionare landed him two Oscars, we hope that the winning team weaves their magic once again.
Directed by Danny Boyle 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. 127 Hours has received 6 nods, including the nomination for best picture and a best actor nomination for James Franco.
Aamir Khan very sad for Peepli Live out from the Oscars Race: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan Thursday said he is disappointed at “Peepli Live” failing to get selected at the Oscars but is happy that his film represented India.
"I came to know that ‘Peepli Live’ is out of Oscars. I am of course sad about it. But, I am happy that we represented India and we were one among the world’s best 60 films which were sent to Oscars. We are disappointed and sad," Aamir told reporters at a press conference at the Sun and Sand hotel here. The actor maintained that he doesn’t make films for the Oscars.
“I don’t make them for Oscars, neither for any other awards. I make films for the audience. I value whatever response I get from the audience, critics and media. Oscars, Cannes, Berlin Festival - they are like platforms where international audience come to know about our films. If you win there, more people watch them,” said Aamir.
“Peepli Live”, the directorial debut of Anusha Rizvi, explores the disparity between rural and urban India.
The film failed to make it in the list of nine movies selected for the next next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Oscar Awards 2011: Peepli [Live] out from the nominations: The Aamir Khan-produced and Anusha Rizvi-directed film Peepli [Live] is out of the Oscar race in the days leading to the announcement of the nominations.
The film, a satirical comedy that thumbed its nose at the Fourth Estate while simultaneously dealing with the issue of the farmers’ suicide in India, could not make it to the shortlist of nine films at the Academy.
Out of these nine, four more will be eliminated before the final five nominations are announced on January 25.
Since the last few years, India, despite being home to the world’s largest film producing industry, has been facing disappointment at the Oscars. Aamir Khan has singularly been gunning for the coveted Golden Man without winning it yet.
His film Lagaan may have got the nomination in 2002, but lost out to the Bosnian film No Man’s Land. Since then, films like Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par couldn’t even win the nomination.
Even the so-called Indian arthouse cinema hasn’t produced a film worth an Oscar so far.
However, it was A R Rahman and sound technician Resul Pookutty who made us proud by winning Oscars in 2009 for their work in Slumdog Millionaire.
'My Name Is Khan' nominate for Oscar Award!: Though a nomination is still a far cry, Karan Johar’s film My Name Is Khan is in the race for the 83rd Academy Awards. The film starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in lead roles has made it to the reminder list of movies eligible for this year's Oscars to be held on February 27.
Based on the theme of a moderate Muslim’s long and arduous journey to meet the US President, the film touched many a viewer with its message of peace, tolerance and mutual co-existence.
“'MNIK' started off as a movement and it's heartening to hear that today it's in the broad list of films eligible to be in the running in all categories. I'm honoured that the film has that kind of acceptance level on a global platform,” Karan Johar is quoted as saying.
India’s official entry to Oscars this year is Aamir Khan’s production Peepli [Live], directed by Anusha Rizvi.
The nominations for Oscars will be announced on January 25.
Many in India believe A R Rahman deserved the Oscar for this hauntingly melodious ‘If I Rise’ from 127 Hours, even though Randy Newman bagged the golden man for ‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3.
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