same here. Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[email protected]>wrote: > I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho.. > > --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Vinod Raju <[email protected]> > Subject: [arr] FOX pushes "Jai Ho" for Best Song > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM > > > 'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best > song, not that one > Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD > featuring two of "Slumdog Millionaire' s" three music nominations: > best song ("Jai Ho") and score. Missing from the CD was "Slumdog > Millionaire' s" other contender for best song ("O Saya"). > > Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The > studio wants voters to focus their "Slumdog Millionaire" love on one > song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to > lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, > the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind > the song not being hyped. > > In this case, the strategy is probably wise because "Jai Ho" is the > obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of "Slumdog > Millionaire. " Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily > confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in > Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the > studio. > > What's unfortunate about this decision is that "O Saya" is written > by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. > is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys ("Paper > Planes"). > > There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might > backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. > After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted > an Oscar nomination for the title tune to "Hustle & Flow," but ended > up getting one for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" — which won! > > However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar > nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being > shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When > Disney nabbed bids for three songs from "Enchanted," it was clear > that "That's How You Know" — the big dance spectacular staged in > Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same > amount of attention and campaign push as "So Close" and "Happy > Working Song." All three lost to "Falling Slowly" from "Once." > > DreamWorks didn't single out one of "Dreamgirls" three nominees — > "Listen," "Patience," "Love You I Do" — and lost the Oscar to > Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth." > > Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, > though. "The Lion King" (1994) had three nominations for song and > triumphed for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" > > http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ > slumdog-<http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog-> > million.html > > > >
