A.R. Rahman
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Grammy award
2010: Rahman made India proud by wining two Grammys at the same time. For Slumdog Millionaire, the Chennai composer bagged one Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (shared with sound engineers H Sridhar & P A Deepak) and the other one for ‘Jai Ho..’ in the Best Song Written for Motion Picture category (shared with singers Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash and songwriter Gulzar).
What makes A R Rahman more special than other Indians who have won Grammies is that A R Rahman collaborated with Indians unlike his predecessors who did with western musicians. Thus, his was a purely Indian Grammy.
Rahman won two Oscars, a Bafta and a Golden Globe in 2009 for his soundtrack to the multi award-winning Slumdog Millionaire.
"This is insane, god is great again," Rahman said as he accepted his award.
He later told the BBC it felt "so good, because the Grammies are meant to be the greatest music awards".
Rahman beat such rivals as Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds and rock star Bruce Springsteen in the soundtrack and best song categories respectively.
Biography
Also in 2010, Rahman was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song NaNa from the Hollywood film, Couples Retreat. The song vied with 62 others for the nominations.
