Aamir’s Oscar blow Aamir Khan
A R Rahman at
the 2009 Critic’s
Choice Awards
PEOPLE
India Abroad
January 28, 2011
A hit, a miss and
a lost shirt
AR Rahman made an interesting style statement at the 16th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony. The white shirt his styl- ist had given him to wear with his Paul Smith tuxedo had disap-
peared, reported the Indian Express. ‘The hotel, where Rahman was a
guest, had lost his shirt, and he had to make do with a (black) T-shirt
under his tux,’ his Mumbai-based stylist Vijayeta Kumar told the news-
paper. Rahman, who is known for not being finicky, smilingly walked
into the awards in his tux-T-shirt outfit — without raising any fashion
critic’s eyebrows — and walked out with the Best Original Song award
for ‘If I Rise’ for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, starting off the award season
on the right note. Though he lost out at the Golden Globe Awards a
few days later, the composer is still going strong. Not only is the Critic’s
Choice Award considered a strong indicator of the Oscars (for which
he has been shortlisted), Rahman has also bagged a British Academy of
Film and Television Arts awards nomination for Best Original Music
for 127 Hours. He is up against Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland),
John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon), Hans Zimmer
(Inception) and Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech).
DANNY MOLOSHOK/REU TERS
And the hottest vegetarians are…
Vidya Balan
HI TESH HARISINGHANI/REDIFF. COM
The Aamir Khan-produced Peepli [Live], India’s offi- cial entry for the Oscars
this year, did not make it to the
shortlist of nine movies, of
which five will make it to the
Foreign Language Film catego-
ry, at the 83rd Academy
Awards. The film became one of
Bollywood’s top five grossers in
2010, but failed to impress the
Oscar bosses, just like Aamir’s
directorial debut Taare Zameen
Par. Looks like the star will
have to try harder to replicate
Lagaan’s success at the Oscars.
Shashi Tharoor PARESH GANDHI
There is no denying that lawmaker Shashi Tharoor and actress Vidya Balan are hot. But the two, according to People for Ethical Treatment of Animals India’s hottest vegetarian
celebrity contest, are the hottest. Tharoor, who has been turning
the idea of an Indian politician on its head, says, ‘I just don’t want
to bite into anything, which in its natural living state might have
bitten me back. Indian vegetarians have no idea how lucky they are
to have vegetarian options everywhere, even in the buffets of five-
star hotels.’ Balan, who believes adopting a vegetarian diet has an
enormous impact on the world, says, ‘The hottest vegetarian recog-
nition is an honor, but if you ask me, everyone who goes vegetarian
is ‘hot.’ The two beat out actors R Madhavan, Lara Dutta, Mallika
Sherawat, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and even interna-
tional names like Natalie Portman and Bryan Adams. Now that’s
what we call truly hot!
MANAV MANGLANI/REU TERS
