"Down to Earth"
WALL-E
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"Jai Ho"Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
A.R. Rahman:I just want to thank again the whole crew of Slumdog Millionaire, especially Danny Boyle for giving such a great opportunity. And the whole, all the people from Mumbai. The essence of the film which is about optimism and the power of hope in the lives, and all my life I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I'm here. God bless.
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Gulzar.
Including his two other nominations this year for Original Score and Original Song for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, this is the third Academy Award nomination for A.R. Rahman.
