Oscars 2017: AR Rahman in the Academy Awards race again

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, 14 December 2016: Music Maestro AR Rahman has done India proud again by making it to the nomination list of Oscars in the Best Original Score category for the film Pele: Birth Of A Legend. This time around, he is competing with 145 others in the same category.

Also, the song Ginga from the same film, has been shortlisted in the Original Song category along with 91 other songs.

Rahman had won two Oscars for his work in the 2009 blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle. He had won the Oscars for the Best Original Score and Best Original Song, Jai Ho, back then.

The final nominations for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 2017. The presentation ceremony is scheduled to take place on February 26, 2017.