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AR Rahman on ‘Slumdog’ Grammy win Jai HO
Feb 14th
Indian composer AR Rahman has won two Grammy Awards at the prestigious US music ceremony in Los Angeles.
Rahman received awards for best film song and best soundtrack, both compositions for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman won two Oscars, a Bafta and a Golden Globe last year for his soundtrack to the multi award-winning Slumdog Millionaire. The composer is often called the Mozart of Madras, the city where he works.
Rahman won in the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture. His Jai Ho song in the film also won in the best motion picture song. ”This is insane, god is great again,” Rahman said as he accepted his award.
Rahman beat such rivals as Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds and rock star Bruce Springsteen in the soundtrack and best song categories respectively.
Last month, Rahman was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song NaNa from the Hollywood film, Couples Retreat. The song is vying with 62 others for the nominations which will be revealed on 2 February.
The 44-year-old composer is a musician with a staggering range – from raga to reggae to hip hop to Indian folk to jungle rhythms to western classical, our correspondent says.
Seventeen years after he began writing music and songs for films, the jingle maker-turned-musician finally got recognition as India’s first truly global film music composer with his score for Danny Boyle’s sleeper hit Slumdog Millionaire in 2009.
Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, guitarist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and tabla player Zakir Hussain are the other Indian musicians who have won Grammy Awards.
A.R.Rehman sings for Australia – India F’ship
Jan 16th
Forty thousand Sydneysiders Saturday night clapped and cheered as the ‘Mozart of Madras’ A.R. Rahman and his troupe provided a spectacular musical extravaganza to salute India-Australia friendship.
Seamlessly blending the traditional with the modern, the music spanned the differences of language, enthralling old and young, touching the very heart strings at a time when Australia-India bilateral relations have come under strain following attacks on Indians in this country.
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iPod Nano
Dec 10th
iPod Nano comes with a built in video camera. iPod nano comes with a polished anodized aluminum finish in nine electrifying colors. And a larger 2.2-inch color display for your viewing pleasure.
iPod Nano
- Video recording: A video camera records video in portrait or landscape,which is perfect for emailing or posting on Facebook or MobileMe. A built-in mic lets you capture audio. And when you play back your video on iPod nano, you’ll hear the recorded audio with it.
- Special effects: iPod Nano also comes with 15 inbuilt special effects which helps to give different effect to your video recording.
- Sync. Share: Share recorded video anywhere ie, youtube, facebook etc.
- FM Radio: The new FM tuner lets you see the names of songs and artists. And two amazing features — iTunes Tagging and Live Pause.
- VoiceOver:VoiceOver tells you the song name and who’s performing it without interrupting your music. VoiceOver comes with many languages support i.e. Chinese(Cantonese), Chinese(Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch,English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
H2O Interval Waterproof Headphone System
Dec 6th
H2o
The H2O Audio Interval Waterproof Headphone System is the perfect way for swimmers to bring their music into the water and break the monotony of their swim routines.The Interval works well for recreational, fitness, competitive, and open water swimmers and performs equally well in fresh and salt water environments.
* “Made for iPod” Certified.
* Features integrated Surge Waterproof Headphones.
* Durable Polycarbonate design.
* Works for those who wear a swim cap as well as those who don’t.
* With its compact design, the Interval fits comfortably on the back of both men’s and women’s heads.
* Interval’s small size and ergonomic design provide a low-drag, hassle-free swimming experience.
* Soft Elastomer pads on the back of the Interval help hold it securely in place.
* 1 year warranty
And the Franch honor goes to “Lata Mangeshkar”…
Dec 4th
India’s most beautiful and enigmatic voice from bollywood is indeed that of Lata Mangeshkar. The French Film Festival honored Lata Mangeshkar at its inaugural ceremony. She has been honoured with France’s highest civilian award, the Insignia of ‘Officier de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Officer of the Legion of Honour).
“I turned 81 on September last. But I am very young at heart. So I have reversed the order of the figure. I feel like an 18-year-old,” Lataji said while accepting the award.
Lataji also said in very humble & sweet tones that she was very grateful to the film industry for her achievements. She further said that she was an Indian singer and she owed all her success to the Indian audience.
She is the second Indian to be given this prestigious award by France. The first star to be given this honor was none other than the bollywood superstar Mr.Amitabh Bachchan.