So the HAWT news is how India has Kick Butt at the Oscars this time with Slumdog Millionaire. A couple of things I feel appropriate to highlight.

I always had this notion that the Oscars was more of a social-movies-award. They gave Russel Crowe the Oscar for Gladiator. He truly deserved it for a Beautiful mind. Denzel Washington got it for Training Day(beating Beautiful mind) which seems illogical and we all know it was more for the whole African-American sensitivity issue. You see Will Smith should have won it for Ali, but he didn’t and in my humble opinion they didn’t want to seem racist the next year and thus gave it to Denzel (Irony being they got caught in the racket they tried to avoid).Don’t get me wrong all these actors are spectacular (DW being one of my favorites), it’s just that sometimes performances shouldn’t unduly be deemed oscar-winning.

This time around, in the 81st Academy Awards , A.R.Rahman won two Oscars and I’m sure the world would agree when I state boldly that he truly deserves the honor. Again if Slumdog millionaire deserves it for the best motion picture is highly doubtful (Let’s face it my desi-brothers, the movie was good but not mind blowing), it was a simple-warm-cozy story and that’s about it. Nothing earth-shattering. Again I think the hype of the underdog getting somewhere and the hope for it winning the oscars enabled Slumdog to bag the best motion picture oscar (Mind you, again I’m talking only of the best motion picture award). I’m ecstatic that ARR bagged two. I hope this shoves those moronic critics who kept saying ARR uses too much technology, he doesn’t have that “genuineness” in his music. Ahem, I believe I strongly opposed these yahoos back then(Allow me this gloat).

I’m a music enthusiast and I truly relish ARR’s music. Some of his compositions even to this day remain the best in the world. Buzz me if you want a list of must-listen-to-ARR songs. If you’ll excuse me now, my boss is wondering why the hell I have this 42 teeth smile on my face.