Academy Awards 2009 Results - Two OSCAR's for AR Rahman!!!

[raagadevan]

List of winners at 81st annual Oscars

List of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards, presented late Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

# Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Actor: Sean Penn, MilK
# Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
# Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Song: A.R. Rahman for Jai Ho penned by Gulzar Slumdog Millionaire
# Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Sound Mixing: Resul Pookutty (India), Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
# Best Short Documentary: Smile Pinky
# Best Foreign Film: Departures (Japan)
# Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
# Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
# Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jerry Lewis
# Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
# Animated Feature Film: WALL-E
# Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
# Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
# Costume: Michael O'Connor, The Duchess
# Art: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
# Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
# Live Action Short Film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
# Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
# Sound Effects: Dark Knight

[raagadevan]

A R Rahman creates history, Slumdog... sweeps Oscars

Los Angeles (Agencies): Slumdog Millionaire swept the Oscars here on Sunday as it bagged eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Orginal score.

The Mozart of Madras, A.R. Rahman bagged two of the coveted statuettes for Original Score and Best Song for Jai Ho, penned by Gulzar.

Slumdog... also won best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best sound mixing and best film editing awards.

India's Resul Pokutty, who won the best sound mixing Oscar for Slumdog... along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, dedicated the award for the country.

(The Hindu)

[raagadevan]

Resul Pookutty: Hero of a rags to riches story

Los Angeles (PTI): Slumdog Millionaire, undoubtedly has brought the best out of Kerala-born sound engineer Resul Pookutty besides helping him win an Oscar.

Pookutty has also won a BAFTA and a Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award for best sound mixing for the film. Hailing from a small village of Vilakkupara in Kerala’s Kollam district which didn’t have electricity, he studied under a kerosene lamp.

He then went to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune from where he graduated in 1995. The sound designer accepted the Oscar along with re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. He made his debut in 1997 in Rajat Kapoor’s “Private Detective” and went on to work in films like Sanjay Leela Bansali’s Black, Gandhi My Father and Ghajini.

His film credits include Saawariya, Zinda, Musafir and Amu. He won the Zee Cine award for the best Sound Designer for “Musafir” while he won critical acclaim for his work in “Black and won all the major awards in India.

(The Hindu)

[directhit]

ARR thank you speech backstage http://oscar.com/video/index?tab=Tha...ylistId=167479

[joe]

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[viraajan]

ARR thank you speech backstage http://oscar.com/video/index?tab=Tha...ylistId=167479

enna cool'a thanks solraru... knojam kooda tension'e illa...

[Jyothsna]

ARR thank you speech backstage http://oscar.com/video/index?tab=Tha...ylistId=167479

enna cool'a thanks solraru... knojam kooda tension'e illa...

My friend was asking, "hey avanenna manusha jenmam thana ennamo ethayo vangitu vara mathiri ivlo coola...ayyo ippadi ellam kuda irukka mudiyuma"

[viraajan]

namakku ellam school stage'la itthhu pona "paathiram" prize vangarathukke thoda nadungum...

evlo periya stageu... ethana makkal... sema cool... ARR!!!!!

[Shakthiprabha.]

I suppose most oscar winners and even nominees were cool with very minimal, sutble poised emoitons exhibited . Lot of times, when men reach heights, they turn out more humble and balanced.

[viraajan]

I suppose most oscar winners and even nominees were cool with very minimal, sutble poised emoitons exhibited . Lot of times, when men reach heights, they turn out more humble and balanced.

Agree. But in that video, watch Danny and Rahman's thanks. Rahman is cool.... Danny was bit nervous... I feel the difference....