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Jai Ho at Grammys 2010: A.R. Rahman and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan have been nominated for the Grammys awards. They are nominated for the Song ‘Jai Ho’ the best song written for Motion Picture, TV, ETC and from the film ‘Slum Dog’. The song is being composed and  written by A.R. Rahman, singer of the song is Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer, and Vijay Prakash are the team members for the composition. Whereas, the Great lyricist Gulzar has composed the lyrics for the same and was very happy to be nominated for Grammys and stated his happiness for honoring foreign film makers first time in India. This Song- Jai Ho really proved to be a miracle for A.R. Rahman as During Grammys and Oscars awards he has been nominated for the Best Original Score and Best Song and Best music director too.

Talented Sarod Amjad Ali Khan’s participation to the Song: Sarod Amjad Ali Khan has given his precious participation and value to the song ‘Jai Ho’ from the film- Slum Dog’. Without Sarod Amjad Ali Khan’s great participation of his ever valued Sarod playing, for the song it could not be possible to reach such heights of award winning nominations at Grammy’s precious awards. He was just 6 years old when he gave his first recital for sarod. He represented India in the first World Arts Summit in Venice, received Hon’ry Citizenship to the States of Texas, Massachusetts, Tennessee and the city of Atlanta. April 20th, 1984 was declared as Amjad Ali Khan Day in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1995, Mr. Khan was awarded the Gandhi UNESCO Medal in Paris for his composition Bapukauns. Two books have been written on him, one is ‘The world of Amjad Ali Khan’ by UBS Publishers in 1995 and another one is ‘Abba- God’s Greatest Gift to us’ by his sons, Amaan and Avaan published by Roli Books-Lustre in 2002.

‘Slum Dog’ Box Office Hit- Credit to Jai Ho: Although the movie Slum Dog proved to be the  Big-Hit of the Box Office but the credit goes to the well versed Song ‘ Jai HO’ which is  composed and directed by very talented A.R.Rahman and lyrics given by Gulzar. Gulzar Sahib feels that this song has become the part of special nominations as it was the part of Non-Indian Film. Actually, just like Gandhi, Slum Dog is also a non-Indian film. Gulzar really appreciates the approach of honoring the non-Indian scripts too. A.R. Rahman and Gulzar sahib both have worked so hard to make the successful song, but he solely gives credit to A.R. Rahman for its big hit success. Gulzar Sahib suggested having a category of best foreign cinema in our national awards so that we may also have a chance to recognize films outside India. In this Song Gulzar Sahib tried to fill the Indian sentiments in words.