A. R. Rahman and the entire Bollywood industry was ecstatic yesterday as the Oscar winner brought home two Grammy’s.  Rahman won awards for Slumdog Millionaire as Best Compilation Soundtrack for a Motion Picture and Jai Ho for being the Best Motion Picture Song.

“This is insane, god is great again,” Rahman said as he accepted his second award.

Jai Ho was sung by Rahman, Vijay Prakash, Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Tanvi Shah.  A. R. Rahman joins the ranks of Zakir Jussain, Ravi Shankar, Vishvamohan Bhatt, and Vikku Vinayak who have won a Grammy in the past.

What others have said about Rahmans amazing feat:

He is great! Rahman has taken India’s music places.
Javed Akhtar

We all are proud of Rahman. He has opened doors for other music directors and we will be thankful to him for his contribution… I have no words to explain it. My best wishes to him.
Manoj Bajpayee

Rahman congratulations! That’s a fantastic achievement. We wish you many more. God bless.
Lara Dutta

Amitabh Bachchan has roles in two up coming films: Rann and Teen Patti.  Rann is about a media mogul and will be discussed in another post.

Teen Patti is a story about two mathematicians who meet in London.

Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue on mathematics forever, but one that has already left an indelible impression of guilt - for many painful reasons - on Venkat’s life. As it turns out, the reclusive genius Venkat has cracked a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness.
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Ben Kingsley also plays a crucial role in the movie.  Ben Kingsley is the mathematician that Amitabh meets in London, and from which the story ensues.

Look forward to this movie and Rann in the coming future.

After nearly 20 years Mithun and Amitabh teamed up on Dance India Dance this weekend.  Amitabh Bachchan visited the set to promote his film “Teen Patti”.

At Dance India Dance they talked about their history together and the movies they worked on together such as Agneepath and Coolie.

Announced this morning, Priyanka Chopra winned a National Award for her 2008 role in Fashion.

YouTube has signed a deal with the Indian Premier League (IPL) to broadcast live cricket online.

Google announced in India on January 20, 2010 that it had secured the deal.  YouTube will stream all 60 IPL matches in the Twenty20 Tournament.  They’re setup a dedicated channel and have gained exclusive rights for two years.  Lalit Modi, Indian Premier League Chairman and Commissioner, was on hand at a press conference to announce the partnership.

There will be 20 different user-selectable camera feeds, like stumpcam and a view from behind the bowler. Google says it will also add non-live videos including highlights, interviews, pitch-side reports - “an alternative view of the match not available on television or any other media”. And it will use its social network Orkut to host an IPL-branded community supporting live chats with players and team owners, plus competitions and match polls.
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Expect to see the live streaming starting March.

Amitabh Bachchan was recently in Bangalore to promote his upcoming film Rann.  The movie is about challenges and difficulties faced in journalism world.

Rann also stars Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Gul Panag and Manisha Koirala.

The movie, although not release, has already come accross some controversy.

Before its release, the film has landed up in controversy with the title song which has been inspired by the National Anthem, for which the Honorable Supreme Court has banned the promos and the screening of the song in the film. The matter is sub judice and the Censor Board and Ram Gopal Verma are trying to get the matter solved at the earliest.
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Head over to YouTube to see the official trailer.

The Toronto International Film Festival will be host to three Bollywood movies this year (2009).  The three movies playing are:

• Dil Bole Hadippa
• What’s Your Raashee
• Road
• Cooking with Stella

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Freefonix is a new show developed by BBC and UK-based Cinnamon Entertainment that has been made in Trivandrum in Kerala. Kerala is the southern most state in India. The animation has its parts from all over the world:

• the scripts were written in Los Angeles and New York
• the voices were recorded in Galway in the Irish Republic
• the the animation was modeled in Cinnamon’s studio on the Isle of Man
• the series was then animated in India.

Katrina Kaif reveals all in this interview with Times of India. The interview asks a lot of personal questions including how she would feel working in a movie with Aishwarya Rai or Salman Khan.

Well it seems like Himesh Reshammiya might finally be ready to take off his cap. That’s what Apun Ka Choice is reporting. They believe his hair transplant is finally complete and it’s now time to take off the cap.