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A R Rahman at Nobel Peace Prize Concert


Global superstar A.R. Rahman will perform at the 17th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11th in Oslo, Norway, it was announced today. The two-time Grammy and Academy Award winning artist will join a star studded line-up of musicians that include Barry Manilow, Jamiroquai, India.Arie, Florence, The Machine, Herbie Hancock, Robyn, Elvis Costello and Colbie Caillat.

Academy Award winning Actor Denzel Washington will host the event, which will be broadcast around the world following the Nobel Peace Prize Awards. The performance comes at a time of international critical acclaim for A.R. Rahman’s score for the recently released Danny Boyle film 127 HOURS. 127 HOURS marks the second collaboration for A.R. Rahman and Danny Boyle.

In a 180-degree turn, they have gone from capturing the sounds and propulsive rhythms of Mumbai, India in Slumdog Millionaire to shooting in a claustrophobic canyon in the middle of nowhere – barely large enough to squeeze in just one man. Boyle needed the right music to capture the film’s exploration of one man’s extraordinary triumph over incomparable circumstances. For that, he turned to A.R. Rahman to inhabit the unique world of 127 HOURS and to capture the transcendent beauty of Aron Ralston’s escape.

Rahman’s superbly eclectic score succeeds by balancing ambient sound, silence and driving rhythms that deliver an emotionally powerful and uplifting score.

As Peter Travers notes in his review of the film for Rolling Stone, “Like the A.R. Rahman score that drives the movie, the triumphant, enthralling 127 HOURS pays fitting tribute to Aron by being thrillingly alive.”

Currently in the middle of his world tour, Rahman will perform for the first time in South Africa this November. Rahman’s performance will be part of the 150th anniversary of Indian presence in the nation and caps off a national celebration of Indian culture in South Africa.

The tour kicks off on November 20th at The Sun City Superbowl and travels to Cape Town on November 24th at the Grand Arena. He will also perform on November 26th at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban.

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Nobel Prize Concert
   


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A.R. Rahman won the Best Composer award as Mumbai-set hit film “Slumdog Millionaire” swept the 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winning five top prizes including Best Picture of 2008.The film also won Best Director for British Director Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, and Best Young Actor/Actress for British Indian actor Dev Patel.

Patel plays the protagonist in the film telling the heart warming story of an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who goes on to win a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” game show.

The awards were given out in Los Angeles Thursday night by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which represents 200 of the top film critics across the United States.

The Critics’ Choice Awards have been a strong indicator of the Oscar front-runners with 70 percent of its award winners also going on to win at the Academy Awards. Last year, “No Country for Old Men” from Joel and Ethan Coen won Best Picture and Best Director from the BFCA and went on to win those same awards at the Oscars.

Starring Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel, and Freida Pinto, the film is also nominated for four Golden Globe Awards which will be given out Sunday including Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.


Earlier Thursday Directors Guild of America (DGA) named Danny Boyle among its five nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the year 2008.

DGA’s announcement of its pick of the winner Jan 31 will be closely watched as the DGA winner usually goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Director as well.

In fact, in its 60-year history the DGA’s pick also won the Oscar a stunning 54 times. Last year, Joel and Ethan Coen won the DGA award as well as the Oscar for directing “No Country For Old Men”.

“Slumdog Millionaire” has now won nominations for the top award by all five of the US film industry’s major artistic guilds – Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, and American Society of Cinematographers.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF RAHMAN RECEIVING THE AWARD

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