AR Rahman becomes 1st Indian to get 3 Oscar nominations! Slumdog bags 10 Oscar nominations

81st Annual Oscar Nominations
First things first, A R Rahman has, in one shot, become the indian with most Oscar nominations!  3 nominations! The amazing thing is that they reduced the number or nominations for ‘Best Original Song’ from 5 to 3 and ARR has 2 of those 3 nominations!! WOW!!

Best Musical Score
Alexandre Desplat-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard-Defiance
Danny Elfman-Milk
AR Rahman-Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman-Wall E

Best Song
“Down to Earth”
Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho”
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya”
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIR gets 10 Oscar nominations