It could be a double delight for Indian Music Maestro AR Rahman at the Academy Awards for Pele: Birth of a Legend. His work has been found in the initial list of Oscar contenders for the year.
Rahman had made a record of Double Oscar win in 2009 for his music for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Rahman was honoured for his Best Original Score for Slumdog Millionaire and also the Best Original Song Jai Ho from the same film.
This time, his name features in a long list of 145 scores in contention for a nomination in the Original Score category for the 89th Academy Awards.
Also ‘Ginga’, his renowned number from Pelé, a biographical film released in 2016 is is the Oscar race too. It is part of the long list of 91 songs, which are competing for a spot in the final nominations for the Original Song category.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the long lists of both the categories on its official website on Tuesday.Final nominations for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24.
Like the twin win moment in 2009, Rahman’s fans are expecting another twin win moment in the 89th Academy Awards.
