The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has nominated renowned Indian music director A.R. Rahman for its Golden Globe award. A.R. Rahman has been nominated for the Best Original Score for his music in British director Danny Boyle's film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The film has bagged three other nominations for Best Picture-Drama, Best Director for Boyle and Best Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards.

 

The film deals with the story of an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai who becomes millionaire by winning a staggering Rs.20 million ($420,000) on India's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' game show. Earlier, 'Slumdog Millionaire' clinched the best director and best music awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The award for best director went to Danny Boyle while the best music award was bagged by A.R. Rahman.

 

Besides these, the film has also won the Best Cinematography prize from The New York Film Critics' Circle and earned six Critics Choice Award nominations for Picture, Director (Boyle), Writer (Simon Beaufoy), Young Actor (Dev Patel), Composer (Rahman), and Song ('Jai Ho'). The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' set and shot in Mumbai is currently playing in several major cities.