India’s hopes of winning an Academy award this year are still alive in the form of music maestro AR Rahman’s music academy, ‘Qutub-E-Kripa’. The Academy of Motion Pictures has just announced the original songs shortlisted in the category of the Best Original Song, and three songs composed by Rahman’s music academy have made it to the cut.
Qutub-E-Kripa is an ensemble of student musicians of AR Rahman’s music academy KM Music Conservatory. Three songs composed by the team for the Hollywood film “Lake of Fire” have been shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards. Rahman, who himself won two Oscars in 2009 for “Slumdog Millionaire” in two categories – Best Original Score and Best Original Song, congratulated his team of students for getting shortlisted for Oscars.
Qutub-E-Kripa has been co-credited with AR Rahman for the background score of several films scored by the Mozart of Madras previously.
On a related note, two songs from Mohanlal’s blockbuster film, “Pulimurugan” have also been nominated under the Best Original Song category. The 90th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on 4th March, 2018.
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