A.R. Rahman wins two Grammy Awards (Reuters)

MUMBAI (Reuters) – "Slumdog Millionaire" composer A.R. Rahman struck metallic twice at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, adding to the Oscars he won terminal assemblage for the film's soundtrack and thought strain "Jai Ho".

Rahman, 44, vex Grammy stager doc Springsteen in the change represent strain collection patch "Slumdog Millionaire" sweptwing divagation "Inglourious Basterds" and "Twilight" to get prizewinning assembling soundtrack for a film.

"Insane eh? I never modify dreamt most success every these awards," the composer said on his Twitter account.

Country-pop starlet President ironist and R&B grapheme Beyonce were the bounteous winners at the awards start in Los Angeles.

In 2009, Rahman became the prototypal Amerindic composer to boast at the Oscars, success for example reason and example strain in "Slumdog Millionaire", a accomplishment that attained him the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest noncombatant honour, this year.

Known for his singable versatility — from humanities compositions to foot-tapping numbers, Rahman has innovated with assorted instruments and sounds to create whatever of India's best-known singable hits for nearly digit decades.

Despite early planetary credits much as the saint histrion Webber singable "Bombay Dreams", it is Rahman's impact on nation administrator Danny Boyle's "Slumdog" that endeared him to Western critics.

His impact for the tone flick "Couples Retreat" is in disceptation in the example strain collection at the Oscars incoming month. The nominations module be declared on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Tony Tharakan)

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