Composer AR Rahman’s Hollywood movie ‘Pele: Birth of A Legend’ is nominated in the Original Score category at the prestigious Oscar awards, aka Academy Awards
They say history repeats itself. And it certainly has when it comes to the music maestro AR Rahman. After his much publicised ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ in 2008-2009, Rahman has again been nominated for the prestigious Oscar awards. Rahman is nominated for Oscars in the Original Score category for the film ‘Pele: Birth of A Legend’. Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, will be announced on February 26, 2017. So it is going to be a long two-and-a-half months wait before Rahman’s fate is revealed from the sealed envelope. While he won two Oscars for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, AR Rahman has been nominated in various categories for ‘127 Hours’, and its song ‘If I Rise’. Rahman was also considered for nomination for his other Hollywood movies like ‘Million Dollar Arm’ and ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’ at the Academy Awards in the past.
List of AR Rahman’s Oscar/Academy Awards considerations, nominations and wins:
* Considerations for nomination:
2007 – Rang De Basanti – Luka Chuppi
2007 – Rang De Basanti – Khalbali
2007 – Water – Aayo Re Sakhi
2010 – Couples Retreat – Na Na
2015 – Million Dollar Arm – Million Dollar Dream
2015 – Million Dollar Arm – Spreading The Word/Makhna
2015 – Million Dollar Arm – We Could Be Kings
2015 – The Hundred-Foot Journey – Afreen
* All under Best Original Song category
Academy Awards wins:
2009 – Slumdog Millionaire – Best Film Music
2009 – Slumdog Millionaire – Best Original Song For Jai Ho (Shared with Gulzar)
Oscar nominations:
2009 – Slumdog Millionaire – Best Original Song For O Saya (Shared with MIA)
2011 – 127 Hours – Best Original Score
2011 – 127 Hours – Best Original Song For If I Rise (Shared with Dido and Rollo Armstrong)
