Mar 08 2009
Slumdog was composed in just 17days!
They couldn’t believe their eyes that their son from Madras had won not one but 2 Oscars this year. The Cine Musicians association comprising of thousands of members from Madras had gathered on March 1st to celebrate their hero. And they did it in style. A. R. Rahman had achieved what no musician in Madras or India had ever done before. There were garlands and bouquets from all over the city. The poor fellow got so embarassed that he just did not know how to react to their violent love. In his reply to the praises that went on for more than 3 hours, Rahman revealed that Slumdog was just an accident when Danny Boyle asked him if he could do the sound and songs for the film. As he was busy hechucked what he was doing and worked and finished Slumdog in just 17 days. When it was over he then thought of submitting the music score for the oscars through an agent as the movie was made by a foreigner. He still remembers how the Americans made fun of him at first. An Indian winning the oscar for music? What happened later is something which all of us are still talking about. We thank God for A. R. Rahman.
I always wonder why the kid in the movie is still living in a slum.