CM calls Rajini
Amidst this, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had called Rajini today to wish the superstar on
Rajini
his 58th birthday. Our sources have it that Rajini's fans have organized various welfare events across the state to coincide with their star's birthday. The star, it may be recalled, had appealed to his fans not to celebrate his birthday owing to the killings of innocent Tamils in the war-stricken Sri Lanka. Behindwoods.com joins its readers in wishing Rajini a very happy birthday!
A.R Rahman's Hollywood awardThe 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Music Score has gone to A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. Set in Mumbai, and directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame, Slumdog Millionaire has become an unexpected box office hit in the U.S. and U.K. It will be released in India in January. Based on Vikas Swarup's
bestselling novel, Q&A, it tells the story of a poor young man who wins the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ quiz show.
Rahman's brilliant score for the film has also been bestowed with another stupendous honor: the coveted Golden Globe nomination for best music score. On behalf of all his fans in India, Behindwoods congratulates Rahman for this fantastic double achievement.
The other major awards were:
Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Cinematography: Lik Wai Yu, Still Life
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York
bestselling novel, Q&A, it tells the story of a poor young man who wins the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ quiz show.
Rahman's brilliant score for the film has also been bestowed with another stupendous honor: the coveted Golden Globe nomination for best music score. On behalf of all his fans in India, Behindwoods congratulates Rahman for this fantastic double achievement.
The other major awards were:
Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Cinematography: Lik Wai Yu, Still Life
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York
Economic crisis, Rajini’s salary plummets
The financial slowdown across the globe has finally caught up with the film industry. There were reports that many big budget films were shelved by corporate productions. The classic example of this happens to be Kamal Haasan’s Marma Yogi.
Several Bollywood actors, including Sanjay Dutt, have come forward to
reduce their pay packet keeping in mind the present scenario. The latest to join this bandwagon is the Superstar. Rajinikanth has apparently conferred with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to reduce her salary by 30 per cent for Endhiran. It is said that she has also done so. Sources say that they make get back the amount after Endhiran fetches profits after its release.
It's Rajini's birthday today! The superstar is currently camping in Hyderabad to shoot for the animation film Sultan – The Warrior. This film is directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and produced by Ocher Studios.
Several Bollywood actors, including Sanjay Dutt, have come forward to
reduce their pay packet keeping in mind the present scenario. The latest to join this bandwagon is the Superstar. Rajinikanth has apparently conferred with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to reduce her salary by 30 per cent for Endhiran. It is said that she has also done so. Sources say that they make get back the amount after Endhiran fetches profits after its release.
