Los Angeles: Renowned Music Director, AR Rahman created history by winning two Grammy Awards for the Oscar-winning movie, 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Rahman had won two Oscar awards last year. He became the fourth Indian to win a Grammy Award in the 51-year-old history of Grammy.
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles on Sunday night (Monday morning in India). His score in Slumdog Millionaire won the 'Best Compilation Soundtrack' for a motion picture category. Later, his composition 'Jai Ho' won the 'Best Motion Picture Song', beating competitors like Bruce Springstein.
'Jai Ho' was composed by AR Rahman, while it was written by Gulzar and sung by Sukhvinder. Unfortunately, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who were nominated for this year Grammy Awards, could not win the honours.
Earlier, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar was the first Indian musician to bag a Grammy in 1967 for his performance 'West Meets East' with violinist Yehudi Menuhin in the 'Best Chamber Music Performance' category. He again won a Grammy in 1972 for 'The Concert For Bangladesh'. Pt. Ravi Shankar won a Grammy for the third time in 2001 for 'Full Circle - Carnegie Hall 2000'.
Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain won his first Grammy in 1992 for his album 'Planet Drum'. He again won a Grammy in 2009 for his collaborative album Global Drum Project. Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, who created the Mohan Veena, won the Grammy along with Guitar wizard Ry Cooder for 'A Meeting by the River' in the World Music Album section in 1994.
The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.
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