Oscar dream comes true

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The 81st Academy Awards will forever remain in the History of Indian cinema. It is a turning point not only for A.R. Rahman, but almost all of the talents that are almost unrecognized by the international community of film lovers, fans, critics, and all others having something to do with movies, music and all other mediums of entertainment.

A R Rahman (Allah Rakha Rahman) won two Oscars for the Best Original Song “Jai Ho” and the Best Original Score. Rahman played many instruments and he joined accomplished performers like Zakir Hussain, M.S. Vishwanathan, Ramesh Naidu, etc. in his early career.

Rahman shot into fame in 1992 by providing music score and sound track to Mani Ratnam’s Roja. It was followed by some of the spectacular scores for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies before he shot into international fame.

“Rahman is the first one who has broken the cliched form of Indian songs”, said Slumdog lyricist Gulzar, who wrote the lyrics of Jai Ho and shared the Oscar with A R Rahman.