Rahman to sizzle Oscar Night

A. R. Rahman has received an invitation he would remember for a very long time to come. The music wizard will be opening Oscar Night on February 22 with a song that features in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ‘Jai Ho’. Singer Sukhwinder Singh would accompany Rahman on stage.

Latest reports reveal that Rahman is altering the song a bit so that it will be in perfect synchronization with the live orchestration that will accompany his song. The musician as already reported has been nominated in three categories and is considered a front runner to win the highly coveted Oscar. ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘O Saaya’ have been nominated in the original song category and Rahman has been nominated in the Best original Score category.

Noted lyricist Gulzar is also expected to be present with his team when the famous ceremony unfolds.

Rahman being invited to perform is widely considered as a giant leap by an Indian musician especially because the performance is expected to enthrall global audiences. Indian music would most certainly be on the most desirable list among worldwide music lovers.

WINSLET’S ANNOYING GERMAN ACCENT

Kate Winslet annoyed her children by practicing her German accent at home.

The “The Reader” star – who plays a former Nazi guard in the film – was told to drop the fake voice when she was around her two kids and speak in her normal British accent.

Kate said: “They got mightily fed up with me reading bedtime stories with a German accent. They said, ‘Mom, just be plain. Don’t do any funny stuff like voices. Just be regular.’”

“Then I had to say, ‘But, I’m not regular and I’m never going to be regular. When you’re a teenager you’re going to know that it’s cool.’”

The 33-year-old actress – who has been nominated for an Oscar for her role in the Holocaust drama – has also revealed how her children mistook her for their grandmother when she was made up to look like an old lady in some scenes.

Kate – who an eight-year-old daughter, Mia, from a previous relationship, and a five-year-old son Joe with her husband Sam Mendes – added to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “They saw the pictures and said, ‘Is that Nana?’ I said, ‘No, it’s me.’ ‘Oh, you look yucky.’”

“I took it as a compliment that they genuinely thought I looked old. Needless to say, I didn’t tell my mother.”