Desi Indian Anoop in American Idol

In a popular American reality Show, American Idol Indian origin Anoop Desai makes a place among top 13 contestants. Judges liked Anoop greatly that they changed the pattern of the show by picking top 13 instead of top twelve in the wild card episode. As per the format of the show, judges have to select top 12 contestant but they choose Anoop Desai as the 13^th contestant. By getting Anoop Desai back on show, judges have created history in American Idol show. Earlier also there was an Indian name in American Idol, Sanjaya Malakar, but this time Anoop is like a star of the show.

Thus in the final round of American Idol there will be 13 contestants who will fight for the title. Anoop Desai is 22 years guy and a student in a college, from North Carolina. His native place in India is Gujarat. Although, he was the favorite contestant of the Judges and fans across America but he was out of the show last month. It was truly dramatic when judges get him back to the show by making a list of final 13 contestants. One the judge Randy Jackson is huge fan of Anoop.

Anoop after getting into top 13 said, “He got really thrilled when one of the judges Simon Cowel announced top 13 instead of 12”. Judges of this season believes that Anoop has magnificent talent in him. After his first live performance, it was implicit that, he would attain a position in the final round of the challenge. However, with his feeble performance in the song Angel of mine, he could not make it till last round. With his performance in the song My Prerogative, he proved himself with a bang. Other wild card entries in the show are Jasmine Murray, Matt Giraud and Megan Joy.

The other finalists in the eighth season of American Idol are Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Scott Macintyre, Jorge Nunez, Lil Rounds and Michael Sarver.

India Shines out in Oscars

Slumdog Millionaire won eight World’s most prestigious Oscar awards. Voyage of awards begins with Four Golden Globe Awards then Seven BAFTA and finally eight esteemed Oscar awards. Slumdog truly stroke the peak of international cinema. Two awards are won by our great music scorer, A R Rahman. Other two Indians who made us proud are Gulzar, the lyricist of the best song award and other one is Resul Pookutty for best Sound mixing.

In A R Rahman’s speech he recalls the famous dialogue from film Deewar, by saying “mere paas maa hai” (With my mother’s blessings by my side). Also he pleasures everyone through his speech; he further added I have always preferred the way on love in life. He expressed thanks to god for all his blessings on him. By winning two awards in Oscars, Rahman proved that he is a sovereign of fusion music. This victory of Rahman made India and all Indians proud at world’s podium. A R Rahman truly comes out as representative of India on this victory. He actually created history for India. Indian music lovers are always fan of A R Rahman since his first film as music director, "Roja". Slumdog proved globally that even music can play a significant component in defining the story of a film. This is a victory of Indian music internationally.

With the presence of lots of Indian in Oscar’s ceremony, it emerges as our own nation event. Slumdog Millionaire provides a booming entry of Indian Cinema at International level. Earlier also Indian based film "Gandhi" bagged Eight Oscars, but at that time India was not in the focus frame of appreciation. Slumdog provided a huge platform for Indian cinema and Indian actors internationally. To receive the best film award each and every actor of the film got on the stage for the honor, this marked the presence of India globally.
We Indians really hope to receive lots more appreciation of our art and culture globally, this is just a beginning of our journey.