Academy awards, Cannes, Sundance, etc...(Any Film festival)

[ajaybaskar]

From a facebooker (Shared by Venkiraja)

ஆஹா..! தனது La Separation படத்திற்காக சிறந்த அயல் மொழித் திரைப்படத்துக்கான ஆஸ்கர் வென்ற இயக்குநர் ஃபர்ஹாடிக்கு நேற்று வாழ்த்து சொல்லி மின்னஞ்சல் செய்திருந்தேன். இரவோடு இரவாக நன்றி தெரிவித்தும் என் முயற்சிகளுக்கு வாழ்த்து சொல்லியும் ரிப்ளை செய்திருக்கிறார். 'ஃபர்ஹாடி... சினிமாவைத் தவிரவும் உங்களிடம் கற்றுக்கொள்ள ஏராளம் இருக்கிறது..!'

[kid-glove]

The Artist, like The King's speech or Slumdog Millionaire, owes a lot to the producers/distributors who distribute/promote screeners for the jury. So well done Harvey Weinstein.

Found it to be boring this year. Thrilled for Farhadi. Dragon tattoo won for editing, so deservedly. Hugo, I'm yet to watch..

It'd have been nice for Portman to award Oldman. And in her speech, she noted the nuance & restraint portrayal of coldest(Antithetical of the coolest) spy. Two decade past since she witnessed live the tour-de-force performance of pill-popping murderous DEA agent. That was so loud that it'd break Smiley's owl-rimmed spectacles.

[groucho070]

Watched the repeated telecast last night. Slightly disappointed with Crystal. First Oscar show that I stopped watching early. Yawn.

[raagadevan]

9 Films Vie for Best Picture Oscar; 'Lincoln' Tops With 12 Nominations; 11 for 'Life of Pi'

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)

* "Before My Time," from "Chasing Ice"; music and lyric by J. Ralph
* "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from "Ted"; music by Walter Murphy, lyric by Seth MacFarlane
* "Pi's Lullaby," from "Life of Pi"; music by Mychael Danna; lyric by Bombay Jayashri
* "Skyfall," from "Skyfall"; music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
* "Suddenly," from "Les Miserables"; music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...picture-410627

[raagadevan]

Pi's Lullaby:

[raagadevan]

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)

* "Anna Karenina," Dario Marianelli
* "Argo," Alexandre Desplat
* "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna
* "Lincoln," John Williams
* "Skyfall," Thomas Newman

Here is the full sound track:

[raagadevan]

‘Ang Lee is a genius, he guided me through it’ - Bombay Jayashri

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/a...cle4299249.ece


Film frat overjoyed at Jayashri's Oscar nomination

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/17981223.cms


Will Indian original work ever shine at the Oscars?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/17981688.cms

[stULana]

Hearty congratulations to Bombay Jayashri on getting Oscar nomination for "Pi's Lullaby" - Original Song, from Life of Pi. I would love to see her win it.
This is what it is to take Indian music to the world..rather than becoming wannabes/sounding Western/un-Indian to draw others attention.

My Telugu speaking colleague liked this song "instantly" when he watched the movie last month and told me about it the next day at work..not knowing it was a Tamil song sung by Bombay Jayashri. Very glad this is for a Tamil lullaby, which sounds like one, able to retain the originality..without losing it's nativity.
Thereafter, he has played it multiple times at work during late evenings

and indebted to Director Ang Lee and Music Composer Michael Danna for their understanding and conviction in making it sound the way it does, without losing out on the regional lullaby flavour/Indianness in it.
Should be taken as a good (implicit) lesson for our Directors and MDs After all, it is never easy to even think to begin and end an English/international movie with a lullaby in an Indian regional language (over 3 mins). Reminds me of Bala and IR's Naan Kadavul starting with a Hindi bhajan (Maa Ganga - over 3 mins) and ending with a Sanskrit devotional (Om Shivoham - over 6 mins)

A lesson to remember.

[P_R]

pAttu nemba sumArA irukkE
idhukkellAmA reward kuduppAnga

[raagadevan]

‘Ang Lee is a genius, he guided me through it’ - Bombay Jayashri

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/a...cle4299249.ece

"Mychael Danna got to listen to Jayashri’s rendition of ‘Omana thingal kidavo..’, a traditional Malayalam lullaby in the album ‘Vatsalyam’, one of her famous albums with traditional lullabies in various Indian languages. He had also heard a few other songs by her and approached her for Pi’s lullaby."

Here is one version of ‘Omana thinkal kidavo..’, composed by Irayimman Thampi on the birth of Maharajah Swathi Thirunal of Travancore: