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After Grammys, India may lose Rahman to Hollywood

Oscar winner AR Rahman has done the nation proud once again as he has now bagged two Grammy Awards for his winning anthem ‘Jai Ho’ in Danny Boyle’s rags to riches flick ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. The music maestro on Monday won two Grammys at the glittering 52nd Annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles for Best Compilation Soundtrack for a motion picture and the Best Motion Picture Song.

Spicezee Bureau
Mumbai: Oscar winner AR Rahman has done the nation proud once again as he has now bagged two Grammy Awards for his winning anthem ‘Jai Ho’ in Danny Boyle’s rags to riches flick ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. The music maestro on Monday won two Grammys at the glittering 52nd Annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles for Best Compilation Soundtrack for a motion picture and the Best Motion Picture Song. "Insane eh? I never even dreamt about winning all these awards," Rahman posted on his Twitter page after receiving the award. "I once again want to thank the Almighty, my spiritual Sufi teachers - Ameen Peerullah Malik Sahib, Danny Boyle, Fox, the whole 'Slumdog...' creative team, all the awesome actors in the movie and Resul Pookutty. My whole team, Gulzarji, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Vijay Prakash, my friend and sound engineer the late H Sridhar....My agents Sam Schwartz and Amos Newman, my mentors Mani Ratnam, Shekhar Kapur and Subhash Ghai, and mentor in the west, Andrew Lloyd Webber, folks at id-PR, Allison and Courtney... extraordinary musicians from Chennai and Mumbai, my mother, my father, my sisters and my lovely wife and children... And all my well wishers from the world who keep me going... Jai ho India!" he posted. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has won Rahman the most prestigious international awards including two Oscars, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe, and now the Grammy. When asked by a news channel if India would now lose the Mozart of Madras to Hollywood, Rahman didn’t negate the possibilities completely, but said, “I’ll carry on working. India can’t lose me, but it’ll be different. I’ll be expanding my role in movies.” But does Rahman really think ‘Jai Ho’ is his best work till date, or is it better than his compositions in ‘Dil Se’ and ‘Delhi-6’? The gifted musician explained that for Indian taste, the music is so much region-oriented, but for international audience, it’s perfect. After his latest win, Rahman has joined the ranks of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishvamohan Bhatt, who have won a Grammy in the past.