A Video Response

The video below is a response to Mere Sajan Hain Us Paar by Confused.

Watch it here, if embedding doesn’t work for you.

Do you know any other songs on the issue of a Sajan being “us paar”? Drop me a comment, or post a video response on your blog and link to Confused and me.

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My Oscar Scorecard

Looks like I got most of the predictions right. The only major award I was wrong about was Best Actor, which went to Sean Penn rather than Mickey Rourke. Well, I should have guessed that the Academy is going to make a political statement with that one.

I’m very happy for A.R. Rahman, who snagged 2 Oscars. Slumdog Millionaire itself bagged 8, which is very good. If it gets some of the Indians associated with the film (looking at you, A.R. Rahman and Resul Pookutty) good Hollywood work, that would be a huge positive for the Indian film industry as a whole.

The Oscar Predictions

Here are mine:

1. Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
2. Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
3. Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
4. Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
5. Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
6. Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
7. Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
8. Best Documentary: Man on Wire
9. Best Animated Short: La Maison en Petits Cubes
10. Best Documentary Short: The Witness
11. Best Live Action Short: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
12. Best Original Screenplay: Milk
13. Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
14. Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Banjamin Button
15. Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
16. Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
17. Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
18. Best Costume Design: The Curious Case of Banjamin Button
19. Best Sound Mixing: The Dark Knight
20. Best Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
21. Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
22. Best Original Song: Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)
23. Best Makeup: The Dark Knight
24. Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Banjamin Button