"Slumdog Millionaire" Composer In Oscar Spotlight

"Slumdog Millionaire" Composer In Oscar Spotlight

A. R. Rahman knows how big a deal it would be if he wins an Oscar on Sunday.

One of the most prolific and successful film composers in India, he has three nominations, all for "Slumdog Millionaire": best original score and best original song, for both "Jai Ho" and "O ... Saya," a collaboration with the Sri Lankan-British rapper M.I.A. (The film, by Danny Boyle, has 10 nominations, and last month Mr. Rahman won a Golden Globe for best score.)

"It would be a great honor," Mr. Rahman said with characteristic diffidence in a phone interview this week from Los Angeles, where he was preparing to perform at the ceremony. "It would help me to do bigger things."

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