[Assam] Oscar success for the 'Mozart of Madras'

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

HOLLYWOOD
(AFP) — Indian composer A.R. Rahman's double Oscar win for "Slumdog
Millionaire" is his highest accolade yet in a career that has taken him
from provincial Indian cinema to the Hollywood red carpet.In
doing so, the 43-year-old once called "the Mozart of Madras" becomes
only the third Indian to be honored by the Academy, just weeks after
becoming the first person from the sub-continent to win a coveted
Golden Globe.sdetails :http://indiaonnews1.blogspot.com/2009/02/mozart-of-madras.html