Music Composer A.R.Rahman Winning Oscar Awards in 2009

February 23, 2009, - AR Rahman was a blend of humility and pleasure while walking down the red carpet with wife Sairaa, and later receiving two Oscars, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22.

Rahman won Oscars for unique Score and Original Song for Slum dog Millionaire, the runaway success story of the evening which swept the awards night with 8 wins from 10 nominations.
Rahman also performed O Saya and Jai Ho during the evening watched by millions all over the globe.

Known to be creative and fertile when composing music, Rahman was largely at loss of words when collecting the Oscars.

"I just want to thank again the whole crew of Slum dog Millionaire, especially Danny Boyle, for giving me such a great opportunity," the composer said in his award acceptance speech.

"All my life I've had a option of hate and love. I chose love, and I'm here. God bless," he added.
For the red mat walk, the 43-year-old composer from Tamil Nadu in India wore black single button satin collar suit with dark grey satin shirt and silver grey silk tie.

His wife Sairaa was stylishly dressed in a black and gold salwar and kameez set. The kameez with full length sheer sleeves was overstated with zardozi work. Elegantly draped around her head was a similar dupatta with heavy zardozi work and red edges.

Her auburn crimped locks peeped through the dupatta.

She wore coral lip color and golden eye shadow with broad black eyeliner on the eyelids.
Rahman becomes the 3’rd Oscar winning Indian after costume designer Bhanu Athaiya for her work in Gandhi (1983) and director Satyajit Ray in year 1992.