When AR Rahman stepped onto the platform at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, it was a moment of great pride for the nation of India. Rahman had just won the Oscar for Best Original Score for Slumdog ...
Like others before it, this was a voyeuristic look at the Third World's poor and vulnerable. There was no sense of history, no glimpse of peoples' struggles and, really, no dignity. The big screen ...
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A.R. Rahman, who won a Golden Globe award on Sunday for best musical score with "Slumdog Millionaire," is one of India's most famous Bollywood composers and has sold nearly as many ...
— -- Nominated for 10 Oscars and a best-picture favorite heading into Sunday's Academy Awards, the popular Slumdog Millionaire is translating to more rubberneckers in the Mumbai, India, slum ...