A R Rahman and Resul Pukutty and Slumdog Millionaire in Oscar

A R Rahman has won Oscars for his music composition in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

Allah Rakkha Rahman ((born January 6, 1967 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India), is an Academy Award winning Indian Muslim film composer, record producer and musician. His work has garnered considerable acclaim and a large global fanbase since his film scoring career began in the early 1990s, and has won four National Film Awards,Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and Satellite Award for his work.

Resul Pookutty has won an Oscar for sound mixing in the rags-to-riches award winning film "Slumdog Millionaire".

In the village of Vilakupara, about 50 km from the Kerala capital, everyone is elated at Resul`s success. His elder brother Byju Pookutty told reporters: "Ours is a typical rural village and it was only last month that our village council gave a reception after he won the British awards and people here came to know what he was doing."

"Our father wanted Resul to be a doctor but he could not clear the entrance examination for medicine. Our father was very particular that Resul become a doctor because his brother`s son was one. But Resul`s destiny was different," said Byju, who is 38 and a businessman.


Slumdog Millionaire Makes History



Slumdog Millionaire makes history at Kodak by winning eight Oscar awards . Set and filmed in India, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.



Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, the most of any film that year, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. It also won five Critics' Choice Awards, four Golden Globes, and seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Film.