Films

No win steals India’s sheen at Oscars

Rehman and Anwar fail to cash in on the nominations at Oscars 2011

Though A R Rehman and Tariq Anwar did not win the coveted golden lady but they sure made some heads turns. A R Rahman, whose score for the Danny Boyle directed survival drama ‘127 Hours’ had brought him a Golden Globe nomination a month ago, has done better at the Oscars . Rehman bagged two Oscar nominations, like he did for Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Apart from the score, he also received a nomination for ‘If I Rise’ that he performed with the British singer Dido.



James Franco as American engineer and mountaineer Aron Ralston in 127 Hours.


Photo credit: The Guardian



Indian born British, Tariq Anwar, one of the most distinguished editors and an Oscar winner in the past for American Beauty, has been nominated for the hit British drama, King’s speech. Anwar, based out of London has been editing for more than 25 years. Rahman who has also been nominated for a BAFTA award in the UK and faces competition from several veteran Hollywood composers including Hans Zimmer for Inception.

Other nominations in the music category for the Oscars are John Powell for How to Train Your Dragon, Alexandre Desplat for the The King's Speech and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the The Social Network. The competitors for the best song category are ‘Coming Home from Country Strong’, ‘I See the Light’ from Tangled and ‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3 which has grossed over $1 billion. 127 Hours was also nominated for the best film but Boyle did not receive a nomination for direction. Although he was nominated for the screenplay along with his Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire script writer, Simon Beaufoy. The film, a modest success in North America with an $11 million gross may find a strong run at the box-office in the next few weeks. In the UK, the movie which is yet to open in most parts of the world is a smash hit, having grossed $10 million and still going strong.