AR Rehman, Gulzar and _____ won the 52 nd annual Grammy Award for the best motion picture song ‘Jai ho’.
- (a)Danny Boyle
- (b)Dev Patel
- (c)Tanvi Shah
- (d)Freida Pinto
Answer
Why
Correct — C. Tanvi Shah shared the 52nd Grammy Award with AR Rahman and Gulzar for Jai Ho, which won Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the ceremony held in 2010.
Shah wrote and sang the Spanish lines of the song, and this Grammy category goes to the songwriters — composer and lyricists — which is why three names carry it.
That win made her the first Indian woman to receive a Grammy. Option (c).
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Danny Boyle — Danny Boyle directed Slumdog Millionaire and was honoured for it at the Academy Awards. A director takes no songwriting credit, so the song's Grammy is not his.
- (b)Dev Patel — Dev Patel acted in the film as Jamal. An acting credit does not appear on a songwriting award.
- (d)Freida Pinto — Freida Pinto acted in the film as Latika. Like the cast names beside her, she has no writing credit on Jai Ho.
Concept
Slumdog Millionaire's music produced two separate award stories, so keep them apart.
At the Academy Awards for 2008, AR Rahman won Best Original Score, and Rahman with Gulzar won Best Original Song for Jai Ho. Two Indian names on the song.
At the 52nd Grammy Awards the same song won in the visual-media songwriting category, and there the credit runs to three, adding Tanvi Shah for the Spanish lyric. Rahman also took Best Compilation Soundtrack for the film that night.
The distractor set is built from the film's cast and director, which is the whole trick. The award is for writing the song, and just one of the four names appears on it.
Key facts
- Jai Ho won Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
- AR Rahman, Gulzar and Tanvi Shah share that Grammy.
- Tanvi Shah wrote the Spanish lyrics of Jai Ho and is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy.
- At the Academy Awards, Jai Ho won Best Original Song for AR Rahman and Gulzar, and Rahman also won Best Original Score for the film.
Study next
Common traps
- The Oscar for Jai Ho credits two people and the Grammy three. The extra name is Tanvi Shah.
- A film's cast has no claim on a songwriting award.
- The 52nd Grammy ceremony was held in 2010, a year after the film's Oscar night.
A Grammy is asked the same way, person plus award plus year, at 09 Sep 2024, 09:00, GA Q.9 (Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 1994).
A civilian honour is asked with the same pairing at 09 Sep 2024, 09:00, GA Q.3 (Lata Mangeshkar, 2001).
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