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A.R. Rahman has composed more than 145 film soundtracks — from Slumdog Millionaire to 127 Hours
4 months, 1 week ago

A.R. Rahman has composed more than 145 film soundtracks — from Slumdog Millionaire to 127 Hours

ABC  

For someone with an Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy and BAFTA, A.R. The past 20 years, they've been into music, and every street has kids with a guitar, and they're singing … in a very mountainous, picturesque and beautiful place in Kohima. I find that divisions are man-made, and if you understand cultures, understand people's lifestyle, understand the truth, understand their …

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Academy Museum announces event honouring music of Indian cinema
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Academy Museum announces event honouring music of Indian cinema

The Hindu  

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, one of the world’s largest film museums located in Los Angeles, US, has announced an event celebrating the music of Indian cinema at the Oscars. The event will highlight three Indian films—Lagaan, Slumdog Millionaire and RRR —that have been honoured at the Academy Awards and delve into the “musical tapestries” woven by their acclaimed …

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Gauahar Khan lost out on Slumdog Millionaire because she was too 'good looking’
2 years, 5 months ago

Gauahar Khan lost out on Slumdog Millionaire because she was too 'good looking’

Hindustan Times  

Gauahar Khan has worked in films like Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year with Ranbir Kapoor and Begum Jaan with Vidya Balan. However, when the actor was asked in a new interview if she ever lost out on a role because of how she looked, Gauahar said one of the ‘biggest projects she lost’ was because she was ‘too good …

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When AR Rahman dismissed Ismail Darbar's allegations of him ‘buying’ his Slumdog Millionaire Oscars
2 years, 11 months ago

When AR Rahman dismissed Ismail Darbar's allegations of him ‘buying’ his Slumdog Millionaire Oscars

Hindustan Times  

In 2011, music director Ismail Darbar created controversy when he claimed that fellow composer AR Rahman had ‘bought’ the Oscars he won for his work in the film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman had won two Academy Awards in 2009 for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Nothing.” He added that the work on Slumdog Millionaire was much below Rahman’s other films. An irate …

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Hollywood couple, behind Searchlight Pictures' five Oscar-winning films including Nomadland, call it quits after 21 years
3 years, 7 months ago

Hollywood couple, behind Searchlight Pictures' five Oscar-winning films including Nomadland, call it quits after 21 years

Firstpost  

Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley, senior executives at Searchlight Pictures for 21 of its 27 years, who shaped global culture with Oscar-winning hits like Nomadland, 12 Years a Slave, Black Swan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Slumdog Millionaire, announced their surprise retirement on 20 April. “When I started in the American film industry in ’93-’96, I heard often the word …

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When Irrfan Khan was asked where he'd keep his Oscar, if he ever won one: 'Not in the bathroom'
3 years, 7 months ago

When Irrfan Khan was asked where he'd keep his Oscar, if he ever won one: 'Not in the bathroom'

Hindustan Times  

The late Irrfan Khan, who has appeared in Oscar-winning films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi, was honoured at the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday. Irrfan Khan honoured at the in memorium segment at the 93rd Academy Awards But did you know Irrfan had once been asked where he'd keep his Oscar, were he to ever win one? …

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Sexual Assault Charges Against Slumdog Millionaire's Madhur Mittal, Actor Calls Them Untrue
3 years, 9 months ago

Sexual Assault Charges Against Slumdog Millionaire's Madhur Mittal, Actor Calls Them Untrue

News 18  

Actor Madhur Mittal, who played the role of Salim in Slumdog Millionaire, has been accused of sexually assaulting and battering his former girlfriend on February 13 at her Mumbai residence. He tried to see her again on the 15th, but the girl’s lawyer Niranjani Shetty asked him to leave the premises, and he complied.” Shetty told Bombay Times, “That girl …

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