A.R Rahman's Hollywood award

The 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Music Score has gone to A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. Set in Mumbai, and directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame, Slumdog Millionaire has become an unexpected box office hit in the U.S. and U.K. It will be released in India in January. Based on Vikas Swarup's

bestselling novel, Q&A, it tells the story of a poor young man who wins the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ quiz show. Rahman's brilliant score for the film has also been bestowed with another stupendous honor: the coveted Golden Globe nomination for best music score. On behalf of all his fans in India, Behindwoods congratulates Rahman for this fantastic double achievement.The other major awards were: Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Cinematography: Lik Wai Yu, Still Life Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantel, Slumdog Millionaire Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York

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