SLUM OSCAR, SMILE PINKY

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SLUM OSCAR, SMILE PINKY

Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 169

Palash Biswas



Mayawati to be next Indian PM: pollster


London (IANS): The coming Indian general election is likely to lead to
a Left leaning government led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati, a leading pollster predicted on Monday.

Yashwant Deshmukh, who runs the Team Cvoter polling firm and has
covered more than 100 state and national elections in India, will tell
British politicians this week that neither the Congress nor the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be able to win a majority in
elections to the Lok Sabha.

In fact, he believes that both parties will see their number of seats
dramatically reduced.

"This election result is less clear than any before it. It is not
clear who will have the most seats, who will be able to form a
majority and therefore who will be PM," Deshmukh said, ahead of the
House of Commons briefing.

"What is clear is that a lot of political deals will have to be done
resulting in a leftwing coalition with protectionist tendencies having
a much greater say than ever before.

"This time round the Congress party will be the loser and the BJP will
be the even bigger loser. Both will all need to give away a lot of
power if they're going to even come close to a majority," he added.

The briefing, which is being organised by the public relations company
Saffron Chase, is expected to be attended by British MPs and leading
businessmen and investors.

Saffron Chase Managing Director Vikas Pota said the elections were
expected to lead to a slowdown in the process of liberalization in
India.

"It seems that the current world recession is leading to protectionist
language from all nations. It will be difficult to grow the insurance,
retail and banking sectors as a result," he said.




"Jai ho!" (Victory!) was the refrain in the congested by-lanes of
Garibnagar, the colony where Slumdog Millionaire child actors Rubina
Ali and Azharuddin Ismail live.
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I am afraid that I may not identify myself with Rubina Ali and
Azharuddin Ismail! I am rather like SMILING PINKY who sought
RESURRECTION in PLASTIC SURGERY!

While I was discussing the prospect of mayawati as the Next prime
Minister Face, our friend, an editor of a Renouned financial daily
objected, `how do you say like this? how mayawati should have a Chance
after all? Everyone knows Manmohan is going to have ABSOLUTE
majority!'

Despite the Anti National Antipeople Role of the letahl trio PRANAB,
Buddha and ADWANI, Bengalies do love to discuss anything about them.

Bengalies begin the discussion on Literature with TAGORE and finshes
the discussion in Tagore. They would never recognise any literary or
artistic acitvity of Significance out of Bengal.

Bengali CINEMA love also begins and ends with SATYAJIT Ray! They won`t
allow any SPACE to a legend like RITWIK Ghatak!

The Love and HATRED Chemistry of bengali Psyche revolves around VEDIC
AngloSAXON Hegemony Superiority Complex which is IDENTICAL with the
Ruling Class and hegemony in general.
Frame to FRAME REALITY expressed and EXPOSED with aesthetic beauty and
technical perfection dealing with SLUM LIFE may not be understood
until you have any sypathy with the people who are called SLUM DOGS!

In India, the Majority people are treated worse than ANIMALS. They are
exploited and had been used as BONDED labour who had to BRRED Human
Resources in the service of the Brahamins.

IT is the DEEPMOST Hatred for the Indigenous Aboriginal people that
the Law enforcement personnels interact with them in insulting,
abusive and RAGGING language. IRFAN Khan did an excellent job to focus
on the CONCEPT of SLUM DOGS. It is the BLACK Untouchable in a very
specific sense. They use to call them LAWARIS, HARAMI, NAALI KAA
KEEDA, GALI kA KUTTA, CHHOTI JAAT, ACHHUT and so on!

SLUM DOG MILLIONAIR is essentially a FILM about the INFINITE
Persecution of Black Untouchables despite their Talent, Knowledge and
Success!

The RULING CLASS Intelligentsia try to SUBVERT this ISSUE raising the
question of nationalism and national Image! who have killed
FRATERNITY, JUSTICE, EQUALITY, HUMANITY, NATIONALITY, MOTHER TONGUE,
UNITY and INTEGRITY, FREEDOM and SOVEREIGNITY, they do talk ALOUD on
NATION, NATIONALITY and NATIONAL IDENTITY!

My foot.

Since I have seen the film , I was always sure that the FILM may not
be REJECTED at any level. thus the CURIOUS CASE of BENJAMIN or the
MILK had to lag behind after THE INDIAN TRUTH CRUEL MOST! It goes
against GLOBALISATION and GLOBAL HINDUTVA and also against the ZIONIST
ORDER Of TRI IBLIS ILLUMINITI!

Sabita tuned on STAR MOVIES right from the BEGINNING and I was
watching MY PEOPLE and I could not recognise them or identify with
them!

This is my tragedy.

This is our tragedy.
Even after SLUMDOG showcased, we would never try to break into
LIBRATION!

We all love the MAGIC of MIND CONTROL, BRAINWASHING and BLACKOUT.
EXPOSED REALITY irritates us and we turn BLIND NATIONALITY over aware
of the SO CALLED IMAGE of the GOLDEN GOOSE! We lose last symptom of
HUMANITY in the SILK ROUTE REDISCOVERED to link us with the WEST this
time!

Any exposure of HUMANITY exposes our PSYCHE ENSLAVED and SUICIDAL!

I visited MUMBAI recently and saw the film Slumdog Millionaire to have
a feel of SOCIAL and ECONOMIC REALISM about MARATHA MANUSH!

I have seen DHARAVI from outside.

I have to encounter the SLUM METRO KOLKATA everyday every time while
the great CALCUTTANS are HABITUAL to feel Aryan as well as ANGLO
SAXON!

We may not identify ourselves with our BLACK UNTOUCHABLE Negroid or
DRAVID forefathers anyway.

KOLKATA metro remains SINGLE DIMENSIONAL as described by no less a
person than SACHIN CHOWDHURY who dismissed the idea to shift ECONOMIC
and POLITICAL WEEKLY from MUMBAI to Kolkata. He described the reason
as KOLKATA being single dimension. What he did not tell, happens to be
the class character of KOLKATA.

IT is ABSOLUTE BRAHAMINSM which rules KOLKATA as well as BENGAL. But
the Brahmins are neither ABORIGINAL nor INDIGENOUS.

The BRAHMINS in Bengal consists only THREE percent of the population
and has CAPTURED every thing in Bengal.

THE BRAHAMINICAL HEGEMONY runs on the SUPER HIGHWAY of Marxist
capitalism based on POST MODERN MANUSMRITI.

From that Highway, no one would be able to see and smell SLUMs
around.

If you travel by any SOUTH SEALDAH SECTION train and it halts in
between ParK Circus and Balleyganj, you may have to smell the SLUM
LIFE around you. But in day to day life we never have the feel.

The RULING Class never cares for those who are destined for the
GUTTERS and the SLUMs!

The Partition victim unrehabiliated Productive forces do inhibit the
GUTTERS and SLUMs in KOLKATA mostly. But the affluent and settled
URBAN SUBURBAN people never enjoy any distinct sympathy for this lot
as they had always been DETACHED and HATING not only those who are
thrown out of BENGALI Geopolitics due to PARTITION HOLOCAUST designed
by the HEGEMONY itself, but it also denies any SPACE anywhere in any
sphere of life!

Much HYPED SOCIAL Realism aesthetically beautiful and acclaimed
worldwide, depicted in all forms and genres of ART and CULTURE happen
to be BRAHAMINICAL!

The KAYASTHA BRAHMINS of Bengal have replicated ANGLO SAXON Racism and
practice not only UNTOUCHABILITY most scientifically to deprive the
majority SC, ST, OBC and Minorities, but it also uses APARTHEID
without any MERCY with complete SURGICAL PRECISION.

Thus, Bengali Filmmakers or INTELLIGENTSIA never feel the ENTHUSIASM
felt by the rest of the country!

Personally, I belong to a privileged section of the society!

I have UPROOTED myself in the process of JOB MOBILISATION and I ride
the LIVELIHOOD ladder and enjoy it very well! Thus, it is very much
IMPOSSIBLE for a man like me to identify myself with the SLUMDOGS of
MUMBAI or KOLKATA or New DELHI!

We may not feel the HEART of DHARAVI!

AR RAHMAN has rightly talked about the choice of LOVE! We are deprived
of the FEEL as we the artificial ANGLO SAXONs later converted into
AMERICANISM are nowadays not habitual of LOVE, AFFECTION, REALITY,
HUMANITY, Interactions, RELATIONs and PEACE.

We love the sets set in foreign land. We enjoy the DREAM life only
abundant on the screen. We suffer from DEMENTIA and never may IDENTIFY
who we are in reality.

The COLOR and PROSPERITY on SCREEN however hardcore, false,
artificial, designed, manipulated, obscene, happens to be MORAL for
us.

POVERTY, Foodinsecurity, Unemployment, DISPLACEMENT, CORRUPTION,
REPRESSION, PERSECUTION, SEGREGATION, Untouchability, Apartheid-
everything is justified to have a SECULAR HINDU NUCLEAR SHINING
FREEsexINDIA damned into IT EXPLOSION and infinite mass DESTRUCTION!

We may enjoy XXXXX hardcore literature and films. but we may not
tolerate POVERTY or Starvation on SCREEN!

Slumdog Millionaire, the highly acclaimed movie based on Indian slum
of Dharavi, bagged 8 awards, which included the best Adapted
Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound mixing, Film editing, Directing,
Music, Original score and Best picture categories.

Smile Pinki, a 39-minute short film in Hindi and Bhojpuri, directed by
Emmy-nominated producer Megan Mylan also won the best documentary
short subject Oscar.

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History was created today, after 17 years, at the Oscar ceremony held
in Los Angeles on February 22, when Resul Pookutty held the Golden
Beauty in his hands. Next in line was A R Rahman, who won the best
music and the best original score awards. Its been long since India
brought home the Golden Beauty. Twenty-seven years ago, Bhanu Athaiya
made history when she became the first Indian to win an Oscar in the
best costume design category for the movie Gandhi. Satyajit ray was
the last Indian to have won an honarary Oscar for lifetime achievement
in films, in the year 1992.

Ella pughalum iraivanuke (All glory and fame is to god)" was how
music maestro A.R. Rahman reacted to his double-Oscar feat. People of
Chennai broke into celebrations on Monday as its prodigy and music
maestro Allah Rakkha Rahman made history becoming the first Indian to
receive twin Oscars with his musical score in 'Slumdog Millionaire.


Besides god, the 'Mozart of Madras' also dedicated his Oscars to his
"loving" mother Kareema Begum, who was seated among the audience at
the Kodak Theatre.

Rahman has always dedicated his awards to them. "I always had a choice
between love and hate in my life. And I chose love and I am here," a
beaming Rahman said at the Awards Ceremony.

Having shouldered the responsibilities of his family at the tender age
of nine, Rahman never had an opportunity to get proper education in
his life

Begum had in an interview to a Tamil weekly had said she will feel bad
forever for not giving her son an opportunity to enjoy his childhood
days.


Slumdog Millionaire, undoubtedly has brought the best out of Kerala-
born sound engineer Resul Pookutty besides helping him win an Oscar.

Pookutty has also won a BAFTA and a Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award
for best sound mixing for the film. Hailing from a small village of
Vilakkupara in Kerala’s Kollam district which didn’t have electricity,
he studied under a kerosene lamp.

He then went to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune from
where he graduated in 1995. The sound designer accepted the Oscar
along with re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. He made his
debut in 1997 in Rajat Kapoor’s “Private Detective” and went on to
work in films like Sanjay Leela Bansali’s Black, Gandhi My Father and
Ghajini.

His film credits include Saawariya, Zinda, Musafir and Amu. He won the
Zee Cine award for the best Sound Designer for “Musafir” while he won
critical acclaim for his work in “Black and won all the major awards
in India.

Meanwhile, Multiple Oscars are literally working wonders for the print
version of Slumdog Millionaire, with the book fetching more than 61
times the starting auction price of Rs 270 on online marketplace eBay
on Monday.

A copy of the book signed by the film's stars Dev Patel and Freida
Pinto was snapped up by a bidder from Belgium for Rs 16,600. Going by
the same name as the Oscar-winning film, auction of the book's copy
started at a price of Rs 270 last week. The proceeds from the auction
would be utilised for charity purposes by Plan India, an NGO working
for child rights.

"I am excited that eBay India is hosting a charity auction of an
autographed copy of the famous Slumdog Millionaire book. It is a great
honor to contribute to the cause of child rights and Plan India is
doing such an admirable job," Slumdog Millionaire's star Freida Pinto
said in a statement.

The auction of the book's copy, which fetched Rs 16,600, began on
February 16 and saw the participation of 40 bidders. Slumdog
Millionaire swept the Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars including
two for music director A R Rahman.

British scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy fetched the first Oscar in the Best
Adapted Screenplay category for for Slumdog Millionaire, based on
Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A.

"It is a tremendous honour. I thank Vikas Swarup, without him
Slumdog... would not have happened, thanks Vikas Swarup," said Beaufoy
while accepting the golden statuette.

"Thank you Dev, thank you Latika and the entire cast and crew of
Slumdog," Beaufoy said.

The scriptwriter has already bagged the Golden Globe and BAFTA for
Slumdog Millionaire.

"I learnt a lot about life," said Beaufoy about his India experience.

This is a first Oscar for Beaufoy, who was earlier nominated in 1997
in the Original Screenplay Category for the film Full Monty


As India went agog over the runaway success of the film, 'Slumdog
Millionaire', set in Mumbai, at the Oscars, the British Premier Gordon
Brown hailed the success of the film as a "fantastic achievement" of
the UK film industry.

"Britain's film industry now leads the world," declared Brown as he
heaped praise on the 'Slumdog Millionaire' team and actress Kate
Winslet.

Rags-to-riches drama Slumdog Millionaire swept the board of 81st
Academy Awards winning eight Oscars, including the best film and
director for Danny Boyle. Winslet ended her Oscar drought by scooping
the best actress award for holocaust drama 'The Reader'.

"I was lucky enough to see the film (Slumdog Millionaire) myself and
understand how it has captured the imagination of people all over the
world. It's success is truly deserved," Brown said in a statement.

The Oscar night brought a smile to many Britons as 'Slumdog
Millionaire' swept the Oscar awards with eight Academy Awards, beating
'Shakespeare in Love', the last British film to dominate the Academy
Awards.

The series of awards for Slumdog Millionaire prompted experts to claim
a 'British winning streak' at the Oscar ceremony, starting with the
Best Director award for Danny Boyle.


Boyle, who had never been nominated for an Oscar before, is known for
directing a number of low-budget, cult films including Trainspotting,
Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later. The Oscar win made him the first
British recipient of the best director Oscar since Sam Mendes was
honoured in 2000 for 'American Beauty'.

It was, as the BBC gushed, 'a great night for Britain' while The Times
said Slumdog Millionaire led 'a night of British triumph'.

Slumdog Millionaire was made on a budget of just 7 million pounds, but
has now generated almost USD 100 million at the US box office alone.

Hailing Slumdog Millionaire's Oscars impact, The Independent said, "It
was a fitting tribute for a film that has captured the spirit of the
age, providing a troubled world with a healthy dose of feel-good
escapism and making international stars of its previously-unknown
cast".





OSCAR WINNERS


1. Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson

2. Directing - Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle

3. Music ( Song) - Slumdog Millionaire
"Jai Ho"
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar

4. Music(Score) - Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman

5. Film Editing - Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens

6. Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle

7. Writing ( Adapted Screenplay) -Slumdog Millionaire
Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

8. Sound Mixing - Slumdog Millionaire
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

9. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn
MILK

10. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet
THE READER

11. Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Departures

12. Achievement in Sound Editing
THE DARK KNIGHT

13. Achievement in Visual Effects
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

14. Best Documentary Short Subject
SMILE PINKI

15. Best Documentary Feature
MAN ON WIRE

16. Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger
THE DARK KNIGHT

17. Best Live Action Short Film
SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)

18. Achievement in Makeup
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

19. Achievement in Costume Design
THE DUCHESS

20. Achievement in Art Direction
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

21. Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes

22.Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WALL-E

23.Original Screenplay
MILK

24. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

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A R Rahman today became the first Indian to win two Oscars for his
scintillating music in ”Slumdog Millionaire” which swept the Academy
awards winning eight with one going to sound engineer Resul Pookutty.
“Slumdog Millionaire”, a rags to riches story of a Mumbai slum
dweller, who goes on to win USD 20 million in a quiz show, was
adjudged the best film. It also fetched Danny Boyle the Best Director
award, Simon Beaufoy best Adapted Screenplay and Anthony Dod Mantle
the best Cinematography award. The film was also awarded for Best
Editing. A beaming 43 year old Rahman said: “Before coming here I was
excited and terrified. The last time I felt that way was when I was
getting married. ”There is a Hindi dialogue 'mere pass Ma hai' which
means even if I have got nothing I have my mother here. I want to
thank her for coming all the way to support me,” Chennai born Rahman
said in his acceptance speech after bagging the Original Score Oscar.
The foottapping number 'Jai ho', with lyrics by Gulzar, was adjudged
the Best Song. Pookutty, who hails from Kerala's Kollam district,
received the award for Best Sound Mixing with corecordists Ian Tapp
and Richard Pryke.

A R Rahman has become the first Indian to win two Oscars for his
scintillating music in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ which swept the Academy
awards winning eight with one going to sound engineer Resul Pookutty.
‘Slumdog Millionaire’, a rags-to-riches story of a Mumbai slum
dweller, who goes on to win INR 20 million in a quiz show, was
adjudged the best film.

It also fetched Danny Boyle the Best Director award, Simon Beaufoy
best Adapted Screenplay and Anthony Dod Mantle the best Cinematography
award. The film was also awarded for Best Editing.

A beaming 43-year-old Rahman said: "Before coming here I was excited
and terrified. The last time I felt that way was when I was getting
married.

"There is a Hindi dialogue 'mere pass ma hai' which means even if I
have got nothing I have my mother here. I want to thank her for coming
all the way to support me," Chennai- born Rahman said in his
acceptance speech after bagging the Original Score Oscar.

The foot-tapping number 'Jai ho', with lyrics by Gulzar, was adjudged
the Best Song.

Pookutty, who hails from Kerala's Kollam district, received the award
for Best Sound Mixing with co-recordists Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’, based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel
‘Q & A’, came to the 81st Academy Awards ceremony with 10 nominations
and failed to win only in the Sound Editing category. Rahman had also
received a nomination in the Best Song category for 'O saya' in the
film.

Veteran filmmaker Satyajit Ray was awarded a lifetime achievement
Oscar in 1992 and prior to that Bhanu Athaiya won one for costume
design in Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" in 1983.

There was more good news as ‘Smile Pinki’, the tale of a Uttar Pradesh
girl and her fight against the social stigma of a cleft-lip, won the
Oscar award for Best Documentary (Short). Directed by Emmy-award
winning Megan Mylan, the film was shot in Mirzapur and Varanasi of
Uttar Pradesh.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ edged past Brad Pitt-starrer ‘The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button’, which had 13 nominations. The film won three
Oscars.

Kate Winslet won Best Actress Oscar for her role as a Nazi prison
guard in ‘The Reader’ while Sean Penn was awarded the best Actor Oscar
his portrayal of a gay-rights activist for ‘Milk’.

Heath Ledger bagged the Oscar posthumously for best Supporting Actor
for his diabolic role of 'Joker' in ‘The Dark Knight’. Penelope Cruz
picked up her first Oscar as she was named the Best Supporting Actress
for the role in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’.

Rahman, wearing a black bandhgala, also performed a medley of 'Jai ho'
and 'O saya' assisted by dancers and singer John Legend.

The singer, who shot into fame in Bollywood with his score in Mani
Ratnam's Roja, had earlier pocketed a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his
music ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ besides a host of other awards.

It was an "unbelievable moment" for the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ team
which stole the show at the red carpet with lead lady Frieda Pinto
being the cynosure of all eyes in her elegant blue John Galliano
gown.

She was joined by co-star and the film's lead protagonist British-
Indian Dev Patel, clad in a black tuxedo.

Also dressed for the occasion in tuxedos and beautiful frocks were the
two 'Salims' (Mohammad Azharuddin and Ashutosh Gaajiwala) and two
'Latikas' (Rubina Ali Qureshi and Tanvi Lonkar) were visibly excited
to be present at the greatest awards night in Hollywood

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THE SHOW BEGINS...

Hilarious host Hugh Jackman opens the ceremony with a grand
performance.

THE HOST...

Will Smith announced the awards for best visual effects and sound
editing categories.

Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller were the next to grace the stage to
announce the award for best cinematography.

Sarah Jessica Parker clad in a shining silver off shoulder gown with
Daniel Craig played the perfect host to a set of awards including best
art direction, costume design and make-up.

Tina Fey and Steve Martin opened the awards ceremony announcing the
first set of awards including best supporting actress, original
screenplay and adapted screenplay.

Hilarious host Hugh Jackman opens the ceremony with a grand
performance with actress Anne Hathaway.

Australian entertainer Hugh Jackman, stands tall as the first-time
host to the ultra-glam evening. Though, he had hosted Broadway's Tony
Awards three times in the past.

Robin Roberts welcomed the guests at the Red Carpet in a sensuous red
gown designed by J Creww as she arrives for the 81st Academy Awards in
Los Angeles.

RED CARPET

The much awaited and much anticipated, 81st Academy Awards will begin
shortly with the Red Carpet already rolled out at the Kodak Theater.

Some of the stunning arrivals at the Red Carpet include teen idol
Miley Cyrus, Aliciya Keys, actress Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet,
Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz, ‘Slumdog...’ star Freida Pinto, ‘The
Wrestler’ star Marisa Tommei to name a few.

British director Danny Boyle shepherded the extended ‘Slumdog
Millionaire’ family down the red carpet. The nine cast members, who
played the three main characters in the rags-to-riches fairy tale were
all on hand for the Oscars ceremony. The two youngest cast members,
who still live in Mumbai's slums, were making their first trip outside
India

After months of controversy and speculation, the wait will finally be
over. With movies like Slumdog Millionaire , The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button and The Reader leading the way in major categories,
it's tough to predict who will take away the trophy. So do you think
2009 will be the year that ends India's dry run at the Oscars?

Film fraternity hails Rahman, Pookutty for win
As A R Rahman and Resul Pookutty scripted history by picking up three
Oscars for "Slumdog Millionaire", members of the film fraternity here
joined voices to applaud the enviable feat achieved by the duo.
Lyricist Gulzar, who penned the Oscar-winning song 'Jai ho' for which
Rahman won an Oscar, said, "It is a great thing to be a part of this
composition which has won an award.

It is an extra happiness and extra thrill for me."

"My first reaction was surprise and thrill but as soon as the
programme started my bet was on Rahman. I am very happy for Resul,
another Indian technician who brought home the Oscar," said Gulzar,
whose name was mentioned by the award presenter Alicia Keys while
announcing the nominees.

"What a film and what a team to work with. The spirit of the film is
reflected in its team," he said and crediting Rahman with "changing
the entire face of Indian film music".

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar hailed Rahman saying, "May he win
such an award every year. He is a genius. Rahman's music is a blend of
a little South Indian music and what we commonly call Hindi film
music."

Sister and veteran singer Asha Bhonsle, who has sung for Rahman in
many films, said, "Rahman is a genius and has made the world sit up
and take notice of Indian talent with his success. He has put the
Indian film industry on the world map."

Asha said her close association with the ace music composer began in
1995 when she first sang 'Rangeela re' from Ram Gopal Varma's
‘Rangeela’.

"I have seen him grow and I am very happy with his achievement," she
said.

Percussionist Sivamani, who has closely worked with the maestro since
the very beginning, said," It is wonderful.

Rahman has made every Indian proud. He deserves each Oscar that he has
won. He won it because of his talent, his dedication, his simplicity
and humility. We all should be proud."

South Indian composer M K Arjunan, who gave Rahman his first musical
break by giving him a chance to play keyboards in a film, said, "I
knew that this boy would make it big in the music world."

A close friend of Rahman's father R K Sekhar, Arjuna said besides
being a born talent, his dedication, hard work and ability to pay
attention to the minutest detail had helped Rahman to emerge as a
musical legend of contemporary India.

R Madhavan, who has featured in many of Rahman's songs said, "This is
just the beginning and Rahman you will take India and your music to
great extent in the years to come."

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi said, "I think it is not his best work. He has
done much better work in the past but this will lead people in the
West to look up to the other works that Rahman and India have done."

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It's 'Jai ho' for Rahman, wins two Oscars

A R Rahman today scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win
two Oscars for the Best Original Score ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and its
foot-tapping song ‘Jai Ho’.
"Before coming here I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt
that way was when I was getting married," he told in his acceptance
speech after bagging the Original Score Academy.

"There is a Hindi dialogue 'mere pass ma hai' which means even if I
have got nothing I have my mother here. I want to thank her for coming
all the way to support me," the 43-year-old musician said.

Rahman was again on the dais to accept the Oscar for the best Original
Song for the number "Jai ho", sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Mahalaxmi
Iyer.

Before that he performed a medley of 'Jai ho' and 'O saya' assisted by
dancers and singer John Legend.

"The essence of the film is about optimism and home.

The power of hope in our lives. All my life I had the choice between
hate and love. I choose love and here I am," said the musician while
accepting the award for best song, penned by Gulzar.

"There is something I say (in Tamil) whenever I win an award: 'Ella
pugazlum iravanuku' (which means 'all the fame and the glory I
dedicate to god'," he said.

Rahman had earlier pocketed a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his music
in the Danny Boyle film, which won eight Oscars.

He became the fourth Indian to win the coveted trophy joining the
ranks of Bhanu Athaiya and Satyajit Ray and Resul Pookutty, who won
the Oscar today for sound mixing in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

Kate Winslet wins best actress Oscar for 'The Reader'

British actress Kate Winslet won her first Oscar on Sunday for her
portrayal of a German woman with a secret Nazi past in the romantic
drama ‘The Reader.’
‘Titanic’ star Winslet, 33, was Oscar-nominated five times in the past
13 years years but had always returned home empty-handed.

Her best actress Oscar joins two Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild
award, a British BAFTA and a handful of U.S. critics awards that
Winslet has won this season.

"To the academy, thank you so much," she said. Winslet gave credit to
her fellow best actress nominees -- Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway,
Angelina Jolie and Melissa Leo -- calling them "goddesses."

"I think we all can't believe we are in the category with Meryl Streep
at all," Winslet said.

In addition to Winslet's acclaimed turn in ‘The Reader,’ she won
plaudits this awards season for her performance as a disillusioned
housewife in "Revolutionary Road." The two films were released only
weeks apart.

Winslet told the Academy Award audience she would be lying if she said
she hadn't practiced an Oscar acceptance speech before.

"I think I was probably 8 years old and staring into the bathroom
mirror, and this would have been a shampoo bottle," she said gesturing
to her golden statuette. "Well, it's not a shampoo bottle now!"

'HARD, LONELY'

Winslet has said that portraying Hanna Schmitz, a former Nazi prison
guard who embarks on an affair with a teen-age boy more than a decade
later, was the most challenging role she had ever played because she
had little in her own life to draw on.

"Just getting underneath the skin of such a complex person who had
lived such an isolated life for so many different reasons, it was hard
and quite lonely at times," she told Reuters in a recent interview.

Winslet found international fame as the co-star of the 1997
blockbuster ‘Titanic’ but rather than embracing Hollywood's big time,
she opted for smaller, art house movies often made in her native
Britain.

In parts ranging from the quirky girlfriend in "Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind" to the laundress in an 18th century insane asylum
in ‘Quills,’ Winslet made a point of avoiding the cute blonde actress
career trap.

She is a close friend of her ‘Titanic’ co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, but
it took the pair more than ten years to team up again, this time in
the anti-romance "Revolutionary Road."

Winslet is married to Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and has two
young children. On Sunday she thanked all three for "letting me do
what I love and who love me just the way that I am."

Sean Penn wins best actor Oscar for 'Milk'
Sean Penn took home the Oscar for best actor on Sunday for his
portrayal of slain San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk in
the movie ‘Milk’ and used his win to defend the right of same-sex
couples to wed.
Penn, 48, picked up the second Oscar of his career, the first being
his 2004 win for his lead role as a grieving father in ‘Mystic
River.’

"You commie, homo-loving, sons of guns," the sharp-tongued Penn told
the audience as he collected his award. "I did not expect this and...I
know how hard I make it to appreciate me."

The straight actor's portrayal of an openly gay politician was a
timely one -- with ‘Milk’ coming out shortly after California's same-
sex couples lost their right to marry in a voter referendum.

"I think it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay
marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the
shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way," Penn
said.

"We've got to have equal rights for everyone."

Penn, who has a tough guy image dating back to his early career
scrapes with the paparazzi, convincingly evoked the legendary charm of
Milk, who was shot to death in 1978 at San Francisco City Hall.

"He came in kind of ready made" for the role, openly gay ‘Milk’
director Gus Van Sant said.

In presenting Penn as a nominee, storied actor Robert de Niro joked:
"How, for so many years, did Sean Penn get all those straight roles?"

Several critics called the performance the best of Penn's already
storied and versatile career, which took off after his breakthrough
surfer-stoner role as Spicoli in ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High.’

This year's best actor race was thought to be a battle between Penn
and Mickey Rourke, an actor who scored a remarkable career comeback as
an aging athlete trying to remain in the ring in "The Wrestler."

"Mickey Rourke rises again," Penn said. "And he is my brother."

Penn won the Screen Actors Guild award for best actor earlier this
year and a slew of critics' prizes. The Oscar nomination for ‘Milk’
was his fifth in the best actor category.

Penelope Cruz wins supporting actress award for "Vicky"

Penelope Cruz won an Academy Award on Sunday for her supporting role
as a fiery, funny woman in a three-way relationship with her ex-
husband and an American woman in the Woody Allen film ``Vicky Cristina
Barcelona.''

``Thank you Woody for trusting me with this beautiful character,'' a
teary-eyed Cruz said as she accepted the award.

The win made Cruz the first Spanish woman to win an acting Oscar, one
year after her compatriot and co-star Javier Bardem won best
supporting actor for ``No Country for Old Men.''

Cruz delivered part of her acceptance speech in Spanish, saying that
the win was for all the actors from her home country.

``I grew up in a place called Alcobendas, where this was not a very
realistic dream,'' Cruz said.

Also nominated in the category were Amy Adams and Viola Davis for
``Doubt,'' Taraji P. Henson for ``The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button'' and Marisa Tomei for ``The Wrestler.''

The award was presented jointly by five actresses who had previously
won the award, Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Angelica
Huston and Eva Marie Saint. Each actress made remarks about each of
the five nominees before Swinton announce Cruz as the winner.

Cruz' win was the fifth win for supporting performers in Allen films.
Past Oscar winners from Allen films include Dianne Wiest for ``Hannah
and Her Sisters'' and ``Bullets Over Broadway,''; Michael Caine for
``Hannah and Her Sisters''; and Mira Sorvino for ``Mighty
Aphrodite.''


Director elated over acclaim for 'Smile Pinki'
2009-02-23 [15:36:07 hrs]

Indukant Dixit Varanasi, Feb 23 (PTI) Bagging the Oscar for her
documentary on the pilght of a cleft-lip afflicted Indian girl,
director Megan Mylan today hoped its success will bring light to the
lives of four million children suffering from the problem.


Mylan, who had shot her documentary in Varanasi, the cultural capital
of India and Mirzapur, the home town of the little girl, Pinki, told
PTI over phone from Los Angeles that "I feel very happy and fortunate
that my real story on the plight of cleft-lip children has got due
recognition.

" "This is the happiest moment of my life, as I could transform the
life of a small child from a little known wonderful place and even win
an Oscar for that cause," the producer-director said. Smile Pinki",
the tale of a Uttar Pradesh girl and her fight against the social
stigma of a cleft-lip, won the Oscar award for Best Documentary
(Short).

"The success of the documentary may bring light of hope in the lives
of over four million cleft-lip children all over the world," she said
describing her experience in Varanasi and Mirzapur as amazing.
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Mumbai slum hails Millionaire stars


By Prachi Pinglay
BBC News, Mumbai



Friends of child actors Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail celebrate in
Mumbai
"Jai ho!" (Victory!) was the refrain in the congested by-lanes of
Garibnagar, the colony where Slumdog Millionaire child actors Rubina
Ali and Azharuddin Ismail live.

Neighbours and relatives in the colony, which runs parallel to railway
tracks in a western suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), had been wide awake and
buzzing from 0400 local time (2330 GMT Sunday) for the Oscar awards
ceremony.

Munni Qureshi, Rubina's mother, said she was waiting for her daughter
to return from Los Angeles. "I will go to the airport with a band of
musicians and greet her. We are so happy for the children."

Farha and Dilshaad, her neighbours, had not eaten since last night -
part of a fast in hope of success at the Academy Awards.

"We decided we'd eat only after all the awards are announced. Now we
will celebrate and have breakfast. We prayed that Rubina would get
success," beamed Dilshaad as she welcomed reporters into her house.

Rubina's friends have learned to dance to numbers like Jai Ho (AR
Rahman's Oscar-winning song) and Ringa Ringa, and were happy to repeat
their moves for the cameras.

"I can also dance, Rubina is my friend," repeated Muskaan.

Good and lucky

In a tiny 3m by 3m (10-foot by 10-foot) room belonging to her uncle, a
large flat TV screen is the only reminder of the recent success tasted
by Rubina's family.

Rubina's parents' house is at the end of the lane, where people stream
in and out to congratulate them.

We feel happy that two little children who live such difficult
lives in Garibnagar have been given such an honour

Muzammil, colony dweller

Mohsin, her cousin, watches the grainy screen intently and looks
downward as every nomination with a kissing scene is shown. The women
animatedly discuss new clothes for Azhar and Rubina.

Pervez Ahmed, who took Rubina and Azhar to the auditions of Slumdog
Millionaire, said the children were very good as well as lucky.

"I have been taking children from these areas for shooting for nearly
20 years and have even worked for big commercial films but this is
extraordinary. Even some of the biggest stars have not been able to go
to the Oscars."

People went about their morning chores, washing and cleaning outside
their hutments, but most still had their televisions tuned to the
Oscars. Neighbours insisted the children should pursue their success
and continue to act.


The colony in Mumbai was up very early for the Oscar ceremony

There were conversations about the story of the film (many are yet to
watch it), the actual meaning of the word Slumdog (there have been
some protests in India that the term is derogatory) and the
possibility of improving their lives.

And the media had amassed to hear the tales.

Reporters were everywhere where any details of the children and their
families could be taken down.

Some residents complained about the chaotic scenes as journalists ran
from house to house, and the odd scuffle ensued.

But still the celebrations continued, as the noise of the rush hour,
of trains passing by and of traffic snarls cranked up.

Muzammil, one youngster who works in a nearby textile unit, mused on
the rags-to-riches tale.

"Even if all of us worked for 20 years we would not be able to achieve
this. We feel happy that two little children who live such difficult
lives in Garibnagar have been given such an honour.

"That is why so many people stopped work today - to watch our stars on
TV."





http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7905332.stm

'Slumdog Millionaire' success: Yes, it was written
London, Feb 23 (IANS) "Slumdog Millionaire", the India-themed film
that swept the 81st Academy Awards, almost ended up not being made as
a movie.

So, how did it do it?

A. The filmmakers cheated

B. They got lucky

C. It's a work of genius

D. It is written

As the 'Slumdog family' - all 50 of them - turned up at the glamorous
Oscars ceremony in the style of, well, an extended Indian family, they
would have known that they almost didn't make it at all.

The film was made for $13 million - a tenth of the production cost of
its Hollywood rival "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

It had none of the publicity budget of its fellow-nominees: just
flying "Benjamin Button" star Brad Pitt around the world cost its
producers nearly as much as the entire primary shooting budget of
"Slumdog...".

There wasn't even a recognisable star for non-Indian audiences - no
Sean Penn or Angelina Jolie here.

Instead, "Slumdog..." had Dev Patel, a lanky, slightly geeky-looking
lad from the Indian-inhabited London suburb of Harrow as its male
lead. And Freida Pinto, a Mumbai model in her first movie role, was
picked to play his love interest.

The film was based on a book written by a part-time writer - Indian
diplomat Vikas Swarup, who made the best use of his free evenings to
come up with "Q & A".

Finally, a quarter of the movie is in Hindi.

If there was one movie that was destined not to sweep the Oscars,
surely it was "Slumdog Millionaire".

When British producer Paul Smith was sent a copy of 'Q&A' by author
Swarup's agent Peter Buckman, he noticed that it had come with a note
informing him that the movie rights had been sold to Film 4.

Smith, the man behind the British production company best known for
the hit television quiz show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", wasn't
entirely pleased.

"I said, 'Peter, you're an ass'," Smith recalls now. "If Film 4 or
anybody wants to incorporate Millionaire into a movie they have to
seek my permission and I would be inclined not to give it."

Smith, who had been involved in producing the movie "Dirty Pretty
Things" on a shoestring budget, later thought: "That was fun and we
made some money - shall we do it again?"

That hurdle crossed, the odds still seemed stacked against
"Slumdog...". Distributors Warner Independent, an arm of Time Warner,
folded up in May 2008, leaving the film's hapless producers
considering the graveyard option of making a direct-to-DVD movie
without a full cinema release.

But just when it looked like curtains for "Slumdog...", up stepped Fox
Searchlight - a tiny arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. known to back
the small boys - with an offer to distribute.

Warner Independent, which had put in $5 million to distribute
"Slumdog..." in North America, thought the film could be sold to small
Indian-origin communities in the US and Canada, as well as art-house
theatergoers, and hoped to gross $12 million to $16 million.

With the eight Oscar wins, it is now expected to make twice that
amount.

"Slumdog Millionaire" begins with its underdog-hero Jamal Malik one
question away from winning 20 million Rupees in a TV quiz show. The
movie asks, "How did he do it?"

A. He cheated

B. He is lucky

C. He is a genius

D. It is written

As the movie ends in the happy reunion of Jamal and Latika, the woman
he loves, it answers: "D. It is written".

With Sunday night's success, life imitated art in spectacular
fashion.

Slumdog Millionaire novelist Swarup set to reap Oscar rewardsAlison
Flood guardian.co.uk, Monday 23 February 2009 14.11 GMT Article
historyDirector Danny Boyle won't be the only person in raptures at
the board-sweeping success of Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars last
night: Vikas Swarup, author of the book on which the film is based, is
also likely to be rubbing his hands together in glee.


Swarup's Q&A, the colourful tale of how an 18-year-old boy from the
slums manages to win one billion rupees on a television game show, was
ticking along at a perfectly average rate before Boyle filmed it for
the big screen as Slumdog Millionaire, selling some 35,000 copies
since publication three years ago, according to book sales monitor
Nielsen BookScan.


But the film's initial success at the Golden Globes in January,
coupled with pre-Oscar buzz, means the novel has sold the same amount
of copies in the last month-and-a-half, according to the Bookseller,
which reports that the paperback film tie-in edition has sold 35,666
copies since it was published on 2 January this year.


And the film's triumph at last night's Academy Awards, where it picked
up gongs including best film, best director and best adapted
screenplay, means sales of the book are set to climb even higher.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/23/slumdog-millionaire-vikas-swarup
Mumbai slum hails Millionaire stars

By Prachi Pinglay
BBC News, Mumbai



Anand Sharma congratulates 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'Smile Pinky' team
23 Feb, 2009 [03:36 PM]
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma today
congratulated the 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'Smile Pinky' team for
winning prestigious Oscar Awards. ....Read More


Rahman and Pookutty are role models for youth: Jayalalitha
23 Feb, 2009 [03:35 PM]
AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha Monday congratulated A.R Rahman and Resul
Pookutty for winning Oscars for music and sound mixing, saying the duo
were role models for....Read More


'Slumdog Millionaire' made tax free in Delhi
23 Feb, 2009 [03:34 PM]
'Slumdog Millionaire', which has won as many as eight awards at the
Oscars, was Monday granted entertainment tax exemption in Delhi, with
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit....Read More


Rahman's Oscar wins give Bollywood big reason to celebrate
23 Feb, 2009 [03:33 PM]
Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman's wife used to wake up in the middle
of the night and say 'I want you to win an Oscar'. Now....Read More
http://www.taratv.com/entertainment.php?task=full&newsid=4598

Dharavi celebrates Slumdog Millionaire win
2009-02-23 [15:30:29 hrs]

Residents of Dharavi locality were glued to the TV screens to
celebrate the magical run of Slumdog Millionaire, whose backdrop is
their locality.


"We plan to celebrate the win. There will be a party tonight. In fact,
people are already in a celebratory mood," said Azhar Shaikh, who has
been living in Dharavi for the past decade.

Danny Boyle's film, which bagged eight Oscars, is a stark look at
Dharavi slum, where lakhs of people live in a square kilometer area.

Family of Rubina, who plays little Latika in the film,is readying to
greet her after she returns from the Oscars ceremony.

"We will all be there at the airport when she returns," her father
Rafique said.

His neighbours are also happy that the film, shot in their locality,
has cornered Oscar glory.

The film had received mixed response across India as some slum
dwellers found it offensive, with some critics even
labelling it as "poverty porn".

Some like Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen said the movie
shows reality. "When I see Slumdog..., I say Mercedes as well as a
bullock cart run on the streets of my country," she said.
http://www.taratv.com/entertainment.php?task=full&newsid=4594

One up on Shah Rukh, says Slumdog parent
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Swapnil Rawal
Posted: Feb 21, 2009 at 0507 hrs IST
From a shanty town in Mumbai, they are getting ready to walk the red
carpet at the glitzy Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Ten-year-old
Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali (9) cannot wait to make the title of
the Slumdog Millionaire come alive.
Rubina and Azhar will fly to LA with their relatives for the Oscars
and will be put up in a five-star hotel for two days by Fox
Searchlight. The film, about an 18-year-old boy’s rags-to-riches
story, has already won accolades at the Golden Globes and the BAFTA,
and been nominated in 10 categories at the Oscars, including Best Film
and Best Director.

Azhar’s elated mother, Shameem Ismail, is accompanying him. “Neither
Shah Rukh Khan nor Salman Khan has ever been able to go for the
Oscars, but my Azhar has made it. God has been kind on him.” Shameem,
blind in one eye, hopes his son will get them out of the slums into a
decent life. They now live in a makeshift home of tarpaulin sheets and
sarees in the Behrampada shanty area, after their illegal shanty was
demolished by the authorities.

Azhar, who plays little Salim in the movie, is excited about getting
into an aircraft and is keen on meeting “Danny Uncle”. Ask him if he
is scared of flying and he confidently says, “I’m not scared. I want
to meet Danny Uncle there first.” Azhar idolises Salman Khan and wants
to have a physique like him.

Azhar and Rubina have been busy shopping for the big day. “I want to
click lots of pictures with big actors and show them to my friends,”
she says, hurriedly trying on one of her dresses at her brightly lit
home in the bylanes of the slum.

Her uncle Mohideen Khan, who is accompanying her, plans to dress
casually. “I’m very excited about the trip. Maybe I’ll wear jeans and
a shirt,” he says. Azhar, who has bought a suit, tried on a new pair
of leather shoes at Kherwadi market.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/One-up-on-Shah-Rukh-says-Slumdog-parent/426421/

When Resul almost walked out of Slumdog
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Shaju Philip,Alaka Sahani
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 at 1849 hrs IST


Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram Resul Pookutty almost made the biggest
mistake of his life during the making of Slumdog Millionaire. The
sound mixer, who picked up an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at
Los Angeles's Kodak Theatre on Monday, felt the Slumdog team wasn't
giving sound its due importance. After a heated exchange with Danny
Boyle, Pookutty walked out of the film, only to be wooed back by the
filmmaker.
Just before he left for foreign shores, to pick up the trophies from
the BAFTA and Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award and now the Oscar,
Pookutty said: "I would have been crying now had I not been persuaded
to join the project back."

"It was a difficult project and Danny was very demanding. It put a lot
of strain on me emotionally and physically," Pookutty recalled. Since
the film was shot in Mumbai, a "very noisy city", in motion, the sound
designer had trouble recording the sound from the viewers' perception.
In keeping with the film's flavour, Pookutty decided to record the
soundscape of the city.

The sequences shot at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus were among the
toughest. "Since I wanted to record the sound of city life, I
positioned my assistants with mikes across the station," he said.

In fact, after a career spanning 13 years in the industry, 36-year-old
Pookutty applied fresh tactics for this film. "I had to constantly
reinvent ways of getting the best possible sound," he revealed.

But then, just like Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire, perseverance has
been the story of Pookutty's life. He was the youngest of eight
children born to an impoverished family in a non-descript Kerala
village, Vilakkupara, 80 km from Thiruvananathapuram. His father was a
private ticket bus examiner, and he learnt to study in the light of
the kerosene lamp as their village had no electricity.

Cinema was far from mind, and Pookutty tried his hands at many things
before straying into the world of celluloid. He reared domestic
animals, sold milk, later took tuitions to finance college.

For a brief while, he dreamt of becoming a doctor, but gave it up when
he failed the medical entrance. After graduation in Physics, he joined
the Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.

However, even then, say acquaintances, sounds seemed to hold a strong
fascination. "During a recent reception at the village, Resul said the
chirping of birds and gurgling of the rivulet had always evoked much
curiosity in him," said his brother Baiju.

It was only out of curiosity and peer pressure that he applied for the
sound engineering course at the Pune Film and Television Institute of
India (FTII). He failed the first time, returned to
Thiruvananthapuram, and read up all the books he could find on sound
engineering. In the next entrance examination and group discussion,
Pookutty passed.

While there has been no looking back, in home state Kerala, it is only
recently that people came to know Pookutty, who has been living in
Mumbai with his wife Shadiya and two children for the past decade.
"Even the people of Vilakkupara learned about the feat of its son only
recently," said Baiju.

However, in the run-up to the Oscars, all that changed. Monday evening
saw the entire village glued to television to watch the Oscars. As
Pookutty's name was read out, the crowd was ecstatic. Many could not
stop their tears and ran to kiss the screen. There were impromptu
processions on the streets, many carried banners.

"After the results were out, Resul called me," says Baiju. "But
emotionally choked, he could not speak." His regret remains that his
parents, who are dead, couldn't see their son go so far.

Like most, Pookutty said he didn't have much inkling Slumdog
Millionaire would go on to become such a phenomenon, though he was a
fan of Boyle. "I even had a poster of Trainspotting in my room at
FTII," he said.

When he first met Boyle, Pookutty added, he was tongue-tied when the
British director asked him to suggest some films he should watch to
know about his sound designing style. He replied, "Watch any of my
films, you will find my mark." When he met Boyle for the second time,
Pookutty said, he found that the director had done his homework.

Resul Pookutty dedicates Oscar to India

Sound engineer Resul Pookutty became the third Indian to bring Oscar
glory for India by winning the award for sound mixing in ‘Slumdog
Millionaire’ here today.

"I dedicate this award to my country. This is not just a sound award
but a piece of history that has been handed over to me," a beaming and
emotional Pookutty said while dedicating the trophy to a billion
Indians.

"I come from a country and civilisation that gave the world the word
that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is
'Om'. So I dedicate this award to my country," said Kerala-born sound
technician.

Pookutty shared the honours with colleagues Ian Tapp and Richard
Pryke.

"This is unbelievable. I share the stage with two magicians, who
captured the noise and cacophony of Mumbai to create the soul stirring
artful sound of 'Slumdog Millionaire'," he said.

Pookutty has won a BAFTA and a more recent Cinema Audio Society (CAS)
awards for best sound mixing. He is the first Indian to win the CAS
award.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/When-Resul-almost-walked-out-of-Slumdog/427017/

Slumdog party time in America
K.P. NAYAR
Washington, Feb. 22: All the attention that Slumdog Millionaire is
getting at the Oscars at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles has spawned
a movement across the US to help children from the slums of Mumbai.

From Washington in the east to Los Angeles in the west, a Slumdog
mania is sweeping in its wake hundreds of Americans — not merely
Indian Americans — to Oscar-viewing parties that have been planned as
fund-raisers to mitigate the sufferings of Jamal Maliks and Latikas
that are described in the Indo-British film in a manner that is
shocking to most western audiences.

At Columbia University in New York, the world’s oldest university
organisation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, the
Columbia Queer Alliance, is hosting a viewing party at the
university’s Roone Alredge Cinema with the politically correct theme
of ‘Slumdog Millionaire or Milk?’

The latter is a reference to Milk, another movie vying for the Oscars.
It is about the life of Harvey Milk, who was murdered while fighting
in the infancy of America’s gay movement for equal rights for
homosexuals.

The theme is a pun on the names of the two Oscar-nominated films on
what urgently matters to slumdogs: milk or millionaire status.

The Columbia Queer Alliance has existed since 1967 and its leaders
claim a legacy of “pioneering activism and social justice”. The
alliance has teamed up with Club Zamana, the university’s largest
South Asian organisation, for tonight’s party in New York.

In downtown Washington last night, about 200 people packed the Panache
Restaurant and Lounge to hear DJ Ali Ji belt out music from Slumdog —
its upbeat finale Jai Ho and Lankan-origin rapper M.I.A.’s hit, Paper
Planes.

Fox Searchlight, the distributors here for Slumdog, provided DMVABCD,
a Washington-based production company, which hosted last night’s
party, with CDs of the film’s soundtrack and other memorabilia that
were raffled away.

Fox Searchlight also permitted the film’s official trailer for the
Oscars to be played during the party.

Pushpa Koneri, one of the organisers, said the entire proceeds from
last night’s event, would be donated to Hamara Foundation, which runs
a development initiative for street children in Mumbai. The foundation
began operating as a part of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in
Mumbai in 1989 and became a full-fledged NGO in 2002.

“It was serious,” Koneri said about the objective of the pre-Oscar
party. “But it was also fun.”

In Chicago, too, a party was being planned with dancers enacting
Bollywood scenes, a DJ and Indian food.

Elsewhere in New York, Children’s Hope India, an NGO started in 1992
by a group of professional women in the Big Apple to better the lives
of disadvantaged children in India, has teamed up with the Indo-
American Arts Council for a big Oscar-viewing event in mid-town.

An autographed Slumdog poster, a music box, Slumdog books and the
film’s screenplay will be raffled for a charity.

Slumdog Millionaire premiered last November at the eighth Mahindra
Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, which is annually organised
by the hosts of tonight’s Manhattan party, long before the film became
a screen sensation.

At that time, even its distribution worldwide faced question marks
after the original distributor, Warner Independent, folded up just
before Slumdog was to be released.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090223/jsp/nation/story_10577145.jsp





Slumdog has its day but not Indians
- Author at Oscars as someone else’s guest; TV rues lack of special
treatment
AMIT ROY

Vikas Swarup with wife Aparna in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Feb. 22: Vikas Swarup, the author of Q & A that has been
turned into Slumdog Millionaire, has been denied a ticket in his own
right to the red-carpet Oscar event.

“I am only going as someone’s guest,” said Swarup with a wry grin on
arrival in Los Angeles yesterday, a day ahead of the Oscar ceremony.

He nodded at his artist wife Aparna standing by him and said: “So far
she doesn’t have a ticket — but let’s see.”

Swarup let slip a wistful smile: “The author is the most dispensable
part of the whole thing.”

Until the last minute, the author, who felt the organisers were not
showing India “sufficient respect”, was not even sure he would bother
to make the journey from Pretoria in South Africa where he is the
deputy high commissioner.

Swarup was a diplomat based at the Indian high commission in London
when he wrote Q & A “in the three months between July and September
2003”.

He laughed at the fickleness of fate: “Some authors have to write
40-50 drafts before their novel is accepted for publication. With
mine, it’s the first draft.”

Aparna is not allowing the refusal of the organisers to give her
husband a red-carpet ticket, so he could take himself “plus one”, to
spoil her fun. “At least I can go to the after-Oscar party (that’s
being given by an Indian, Krish Menon, who is big in LA),” she said.

Not for her western designer outfits in the style affected by Freida
Pinto, the glamorous face of Slumdog Millionaire — “I am wearing a
sari.”

And her husband? “Oh, he will wear Indian,” Aparna cut in. “He looks
very smart in it.”

“A dark bandhgala for me,” confirmed Swarup.

As a senior Indian diplomat, Swarup had to pull strings to secure
passports at the eleventh hour for some of the Mumbai child actors.
“And then some strings were pulled at the state department in
Washington to get them visas.”

Swarup said that now that he was in Los Angeles, all differences had
been set to one side. “Danny (Boyle, the director) has sent me a sweet
note, ‘You were there at the start. I am glad you will be there at the
end’.”

Swarup is not the only one. Television teams from India feel
disenchanted that all have been denied positions by the side of the
famous red carpet which would have allowed them to interview the stars
before they disappear into the Kodak Theatre from where the Oscar
ceremony is telecast live to the world.

One even accused the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, which
handles media accreditation, of “downright racism – what else can you
call it?”, though this was going too far. The Indian TV companies, who
were desperate to cover the Oscars only after January 22 when Slumdog
received 10 nominations, had been caught out by the rule which
required all applications for red carpet positions had to be sent in
by November last year.

“In India, we would somehow have managed – now we have all these
people from India going down the red carpet and no one to interview
them properly,” said one aggrieved presenter. “I have been trying
since January but the Academy press people won’t budge.”

Another presenter voiced equal resentment: “This is a great moment for
India – but we are not being allowed to cover it. They refuse to show
any flexibility.”

The children are, as promised, are having a fun time, though.
Yesterday, they were taken to the Universal Studios “where we loved
everything, and I mean everything”, said one.

They were given “good security” to keep away paparazzi “chasing us on
motorcycles” – a new experience for little Rubina Ali and Mohammed
Azharuddin Ismail.

Last night, they attended an impromptu party at the Oscar team hotel –
Swarup has been booked at another hotel – where Freida mothered them,
while Boyle, an exceedingly warm character like his producer,
Christian Coulson, joined them for “happy family photographs”.

Anil Kapoor enthusiastically waded into the group.

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Chance missed to solve Kashmir
JOBY WARRICK


Musharraf, Singh
Washington, Feb. 22: India and Pakistan engaged in nearly three years
of secret, high-level talks that narrowly missed achieving a historic
breakthrough in the conflict over Kashmir, according to an account set
for publication this week.

The negotiations, which began in 2004, produced the outlines of an
accord that would have allowed a gradual demilitarisation of the
disputed area.

The effort stalled in 2007, and the prospects for a settlement were
further undermined by the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in November, the
report said.

The peace initiative is described in an article by investigative
journalist Steve Coll, who writes in New Yorker magazine that the two
sides had “come to semicolons” in their negotiations when the effort
lost steam.

The attempt ultimately failed, not because of substantive differences,
Coll writes, but because declining political fortunes left Pakistan’s
then President, Pervez Musharraf, without the clout he needed to sell
the agreement at home. Although Musharraf fought for the deal — as did
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — the President became so weakened
politically that he “couldn’t sell himself”, let alone a surprise
peace deal, Coll says, quoting Pakistani and Indian officials.
Musharraf resigned as President in August.

Coll, a former Washington Post managing editor who won a Pulitzer
Prize in 2005 for his book Ghost Wars, writes that the resolution of
the Kashmir dispute was the cornerstone of a broad agreement that
would have represented a “paradigm shift”.

Under the plan, the Kashmir conflict would have been resolved through
the creation of an autonomous region in which residents could move
freely and conduct trade on both sides. Over time, the border would
become irrelevant, and declining violence would allow a gradual
withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops.

“It was huge — I think it would have changed the basic nature of the
problem,” an Indian official was quoted as saying. “You would have
then had the freedom to remake Indo-Pakistani relations.”

The secret negotiations consisted of about two dozen meetings in hotel
rooms in various overseas locations. The sessions revolved around
developing a document known as a “non-paper” — text that bears no
names or signatures and can “serve as a deniable but detailed basis
for a deal”.

The US and the UK were aware of the talks and offered low-key support
and advice but otherwise elected to let India and Pakistan settle
their disputes unaided.

Musharraf is portrayed as an enthusiastic supporter of the deal who
succeeded in winning converts among the sceptical military
leadership.

But in March 2007, as the two capitals were discussing plans for a
historic summit, Musharraf became embroiled in a public feud with his
country’s highest court that culminated in his resignation. Bilateral
relations began a downward slide thereafter.

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The artist webpage created by Sony Music Columbia offers audio and
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A.R. Rahman
Composer: Slumdog Millionaire. Allah Rakha Rahman was born AS Dileep
Kumar on January 6, 1966, in Madras... Visit IMDb for Photos,
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A. R. Rahman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A. R. Rahman was born to a Tamil Hindu family. His father R. K.
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AR Rahman wins 2 Oscars! - Galatta Tamil Movie News - 11 hours ago
Srinivas pins hopes on AR Rahman - Galatta Telugu Movie News - 22 Feb
2009
AR Rahman and the Oscar fever!!! - Galatta Hindi Movie News - 10 hours
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The official AR Rahman page on ARTISTdirect Music. Buy the Between
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A.R.Rahman - Future Offerings - arr4music - HOME
16 Dec 2008 ... Detailed description of ARRahman's future music albums
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A.R. Rahman – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm
Listen free to AR Rahman (Mumbai Theme Tune, Riots and more). Allah
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The name A.R.Rahman needs no introduction. The man who redefined
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