Saturday, January 10, 2009

AR Rahman Wins Best Composer for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’



January 10th, 2009
AR Rahman won the Best Music Composer award for the Hollywood movie Slumdog Millionaire at the 14th annual Critics” Choice awards in America. Slumdog Millionaire won five top prizes including Best Picture of 2008.

Slumdog Millionaire is a Hollywood movie about a Mumbai orphan on Who Wants to be a Millionaire has won 5 US Critics choice Awards at the 14th annual Critics Choice awards in America.

The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 8 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association,

Slumdog Millionaire Won 5 awards at Critics Choice Awards

  • Best Picture
  • Best Composer (AR Rahman)
  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Young Actor / Actress (Dev Patel)

The Critics’ Choice Awards have been a strong indicator for the Oscar awards, 70 % of its Critics’ Choice Awards winners also going on to win at the Academy Awards.