A R Rahman wins Golden Globe award

MUMBAI-BASED DRAMA Slumdog Millionaire has won four Golden Globes including best original score motion picture for AR Rahman.

At a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles, Rahman bagged the Golden Globe award for the best original music score for Slumdog Millionaire, for his song ‘Jai Ho’, penned by lyricist Gulzar.

Accepting the honor, Rahman said, “Unbelievable…! I thought, I would not win, so anyways thanks to the almighty god for bringing me here.”

Slumdog Millionaire also won Golden Globe for best motion picture-drama, best director motion picture award for Danny Boyle and best screenplay motion picture for Simon Beaufoy.

The success of Slumdog Millionaire, which has received numerous critical awards, was all the more potent since it had originally struggled to find a distributor in the US.

As per screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, they really weren’t expecting to be here in America at all at one time, so it’s just amazing to be here.

However, Indian music maestro Rahman created history by winning the Golden Globe awardAfter nearly decades of work in Bollywood, the award brings the much-deserved international recognition to the legendary music director from down South.

Boyle’s feel-good film depicts the moving story of a slum dweller Jamal, played by young Dev Patel, who goes to win USD 20 million on Indian reality show ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ in a bid to win his love back.

Story of this film is based on Mumbai underdog’s rags-to-riches run had got unprecedented critical acclaims and had earned four nominations, including the best picture-drama, best director, best screenplay and best original music score. Interestingly, this film turns nomination into triumph as well.

This film is based on a novel by Indian diplomat Vikas Swaroop. The film also had Indian stars Anil Kapoor and Irfan Khan in pivotal roles.

The film has been shot at various locations in Mumbai including Victoria Terminus railway station, which was targeted by terrorists on November 26, last year.

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