Photos of Mirik, India
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Top Rahman: Slumdog Millionaire Composer Scores Big What a thrill the other night to see the low-budget Slumdog Millionaire surprise the world and trash its muscular competition at the Golden Globes. But when composer A.R. Rahman picked up the Best Score award for his film sound track, it came as no shock to Bollywood aficionados. The baby-faced, former jingle writer is (to borrow a Sanskrit word) a juggernaut, having scored over one hundred movies and sold over 100 million records in his career.
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