Rahman brings pride to India

Noted music director A R Rahman won two oscars for the Orginal Score and Original Song at the Academy Awards 2009.

Humble Rahman thanks everyone. “I want to thank everyone. The essence of the film is optimism and hope. All through my life I had the choice of love and hate…I chose love and I am here,” noted excited Rahman.

Besides original song and original score, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire won six Oscar awards for best feature film, direction, sound mixing, editing, adapted screenplay and cinematography.

Below is the full list of winners:

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

LEAD ACTOR
Sean Penn in Milk

LEAD ACTRESS
Kate Winslet in The Reader

DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Departures - Japan

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black for Milk

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire

ANIMATED FEATURE
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Kunio Kato for La Maison en Petits Cubes

ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo for set decoration on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O'Connor for The Duchess

MAKEUP
Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

LIVE ACTION SHORT FIRM
Jochen Alexander Freydank for Spielzeugland (Toyland)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
James Marsh and Simon Chinn for Man on Wire

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Megan Mylan for Smile Pinki

VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

SOUND EDITING
Richard King for The Dark Knight

SOUND MIXING
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire

FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SONG
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire