two oscars nominations for ar rahman

Mozart of madras has done it again. He has got two oscar nominations for Original music and original song category. This is the second time for the two academy award winning music composer....
Nominations for the 'original score' and 'original song' categories for 83rd academy awards are

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount)  John Powell
Inception (Warner Bros.)  Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)  Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight)  A.R. Rahman
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing)  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Watch the oscar nomination video here:

Ar rahman concert in south africa

Oscar winner ar rahman will be continuing  african leg of the jai ho world tour with a concert later this year. The concert will be for celebrating the 150th year of the arrivals of Indians to the rainbow nation. He will be organising a concert in moses mahbida stadium in durban

Currently he is busy with european leg of the jai ho world tour. Later this year, after european leg, a specially designed jai ho world tour will kick off in Africa. Sam Hendrikse, chief executive of Hunta Live, who are bringing Rahman to the country, said that he was an amazing entertainer who fused Hollywood and Bollywood.
"Most importantly, it is 150 years since Indians arrived in South Africa, and Rahman was very keen to coincide his tour with the celebrations." He said the event would be a "natural fit for us, especially as we celebrate 150 years of the arrival of Indians in SA". Rahman will perform at Sun City Superbowl on November 20 before moving to Grand West in Cape Town on November 24 and Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on November 26.