Slumdog Millionaire music composer AR Rahman has been nominated for 3 Oscars and went to to win 2 Oscars for best original score and best original song Jai Ho.
AR is a private person, who likes to sit huddled in his music studio rather than talk to the media. But, with the sudden and unexpected success [...]
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By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, People
By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, Mumbai, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
AR Rahman’s music in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has become a runaway hit. The films has won 10 Oscar nominations out of which 3 are for AR Rahman’s music. AR went to to win 2 Oscars and became the first music composer from the Indian film industry to win 2 Oscars.
In early February 2009 right [...]
By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, London, Mumbai, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
In this exclusive interview Oscar winner director Danny Boyle talks about the making of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, whether this is an Indian or a British film or a hybrid film, AR Rahman, Loveleen Tandan, Mira Nair and about the future of the young kids that acted in the film.
I also asked Danny if he [...]
By kamla bhatt • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Bangalore, Bollywood, Business & Tech, Diaspora, Entertainment, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
Using Bollywood songs to promote literacy is an innovative and powerful idea, and is the brainchild of Brij Kothari. The hallmark of every Hindi or Bollywood film are the popular song and dance sequences, which most people can either recognize, sing or hum regardless of their level of education.
Brij hit upon this novel idea of [...]
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
