Back in 2009, when Indian composer A R Rahman won two Oscars on the same night, we were a proud lot. Now, Bollywood composer Ismail Darbar is taking the credit away from Rahman by accusing him of buying the Oscars.
It’s a claim that we’ll take with a pinch of salt, but at a press conference in Nagpur recently, Ismail Darbar went on to say that A R Rahman did not deserve the Oscars for his score in Slumdog Millionaire.
Darbar feels that Slumdog is not Rahman’s best work, and certainly not of the standard that would merit the best award on the globe. In fact, Darbar has gone on to claim to a tabloid that the Oscar winning song “Jai Ho!” is not Rahman’s composition but has been stolen by him.
In response Rahman, who likes to keep a low profile, has politely denied having bought the Oscars.
