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Directed by
Danny Boyle | ||
Loveleen Tandan | .. | (co-director: India) |
Writing Credits
Simon Beaufoy | .. | (screenplay) |
Vikas Swarup | .. | (novel) |
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Dev Patel | .. | Older Jamal | |
Saurabh Shukla | .. | Sergeant Srinivas | |
Anil Kapoor | .. | Prem | |
Raj Zutshi | .. | Director | |
Jeneva Talwar | .. | Vision Mixer | |
Freida Pinto | .. | Older Latika | |
Irrfan Khan | .. | Police Inspector | |
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail | .. | Youngest Salim | |
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar | .. | Youngest Jamal | |
Jira Banjara | .. | Airport Security Guard (as Hira Banjara) | |
Sheikh Wali | .. | Airport Security Guard | |
Mahesh Manjrekar | .. | Javed | |
Sanchita Choudhary | .. | Jamal's Mother | |
Himanshu Tyagi | .. | Mr Nanda | |
Sharib Hashmi | .. | Prakash | |
Virendra Chatterjee | .. | Slum Man | |
Feroze Khan | .. | Amitabh Bachchan | |
Sunil Kumar Agrawal | .. | Mr Chi (as Sunil Aggarwal) | |
Virender Kumar | .. | Man on Fire (as Virender Kumar Gharu) | |
Devesh Rawal | .. | Blue Boy | |
Rubina Ali | .. | Youngest Latika | |
Ankur Vikal | .. | Maman | |
Tiger | .. | Punnoose | |
Chirag Parmar | .. | Young Arvind | |
Nazneen Shaikh | .. | Baby | |
Farzana Ansari | .. | Latika's Friend | |
Anupam Shyam | .. | Old Villager | |
Salim Chaus | .. | Ticket Collector | |
Singh Shera Family | .. | Family in Train | |
Harvinder Kaur | .. | Family in Train | |
Narendra Singh Bhati | .. | Family in Train (as Narendra Singh) | |
Tanay Chheda | .. | Middle Jamal (as Tanay Hemant Chheda) | |
Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala | .. | Middle Salim | |
Satya Mudgal | .. | Taj Mahal Guide | |
Janet de Vigne | .. | Ada / Mrs MacKintosh | |
William Relton | .. | Peter | |
David Gilliam | .. | Clark | |
Mia Drake | .. | Adele (as Mia Inderbitzin) | |
Kinder Singh | .. | Driver | |
Christine Matovich Singh | .. | Opera Singer | |
Thomas Lehmkuhl | .. | Opera Singer | |
Siddesh Patil | .. | Older Arvind | |
Najma Shaikh | .. | Woman at Brothel | |
Saeeda Shaikh | .. | Woman at Brothel | |
Alka Satpute | .. | Woman at Brothel | |
Tabassum Khan | .. | Woman at Brothel | |
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar | .. | Middle Latika | |
Sitaram Panchal | .. | Dance Teacher | |
Nigel Caesar | .. | Hotel Security Guard | |
Ajit Pandey | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Kedar Thapar | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Amit Leonard | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Rajesh Kumar | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Sagar Ghopalkar | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Pradeep Solanki | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Abdul Hamid Shaikh | .. | Javed's Goon (as Hamid Sheikh) | |
Dheeraj Waghela | .. | Javed's Goon | |
Shruti Seth | .. | Call Centre Instructor (as Shruti S Seth) | |
Arfi Lamba | .. | Bardi | |
Taira Colah | .. | Nasreen | |
Varun Bagri | .. | Call Centre Trainee | |
Ankur Tewari | .. | Dave | |
Anjum Sharma | .. | Operator | |
Madhur Mittal | .. | Older Salim | |
Sarfaraz Khan | .. | Autorickshaw Driver | |
Syed Fazal Hussain | .. | Autorickshaw Driver (as Syed Hussain) | |
Umar Khan | .. | Autorickshaw Driver (as Umer Khan) | |
Imran Hasnee | .. | Javed's House Doorkeeper | |
Homai Billimoria | .. | KBC Contestant | |
Udayan Baijal | .. | Cricket Commentator | |
Sandeep Kaul | .. | Floor Manager | |
Rufee Ahmed | .. | Double for Irrfan Khan | |
Rhea Lawyer | .. | TV Reporter | |
Deepali Dalvi | .. | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse | |
Anisha Nagar | .. | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse | |
Farrah Shaikh | .. | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse | |
Mamta Sharma | .. | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse | |
Neha M. Khatarawalla | .. | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse | |
Tanya Singh | .. | Newsreader | |
Anand Tiwari | .. | Newsreader | |
Faezeh Jalali | .. | Newsreader | |
Meghana Jhalani | .. | Newsreader | |
Rupali Mehra | .. | Newsreader | |
Anju Singh | .. | Newsreader | |
Saurabh Agarwal | .. | Call Centre Manager | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Mark Boucher | .. | Himself - South African Cricketer (archive footage) | |
Andre Nel | .. | Himself - South African Cricketer (archive footage) | |
Yuvraj Singh | .. | Himself - Indian Cricketer (archive footage) | |
Sachin Tendulkar | .. | Himself - Indian Cricketer (archive footage) | |
Amitabh Bachchan | .. | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Samin Kaysar | .. | Purse Thief (uncredited) |
Produced by
Christian Colson | .. | producer |
François Ivernel | .. | co-executive producer |
Ivana MacKinnon | .. | associate producer |
Cameron McCracken | .. | co-executive producer |
Tabrez Noorani | .. | line producer |
Paul Ritchie | .. | co-producer |
Tessa Ross | .. | executive producer |
Paul Smith | .. | executive producer |
Music by
A.R. Rahman |
Cinematography by
Anthony Dod Mantle |
Film Editing by
Chris Dickens |
Casting By
Gail Stevens | ||
Loveleen Tandan | ||
Meredith Tucker | .. | casting director: additional: North America (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Mark Digby |
Art Direction by
Abhishek Redkar | ||
Ravi Srivastava | .. | co-art director |
Set Decoration by
Swapnali Das |
Michelle Day |
Costume Design by
Suttirat Anne Larlarb |
Makeup Department
Virginia Holmes | .. | hair designer / makeup designer |
Natasha Nischol | .. | hair designer / makeup designer |
Kamlesh U. Shinde | .. | makeup artist |
Production Management
Sachin Agarwal | .. | location production manager |
Rajeesh Dham | .. | assistant unit manager |
Lucie Graves | .. | post-production supervisor |
Sanjay Kumar | .. | unit production manager |
Digvijay Purohit | .. | unit production manager |
Pravesh Sahni | .. | production supervisor |
Chanpreet Singh | .. | assistant unit manager |
Jennifer Wynne | .. | production manager: UK |
Bill Daly | .. | post production executive: Warner Bros. (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raj Acharya | .. | first assistant director |
Avani Batra | .. | second assistant director |
Sonia Kanwar | .. | second second assistant director (as Sonia Nemawarkar) |
Yugandhar S. Narvekar | .. | third assistant director |
Chirag Nihalani | .. | key on set production assistant |
Rohit Ved Prakash | .. | first assistant director: second unit |
Tanya Singh | .. | second assistant director: second unit |
Ankit Srivastav | .. | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Manoj N. Bhoyar | .. | assistant art director |
Sachin Dabhade | .. | property master |
Sushil Kumar Giri | .. | graphic designer |
Kathy Heaser | .. | graphic artist |
Praveen Kumar Hendway | .. | graphic designer |
Brendan Houghton | .. | storyboard artist |
Ravi Joshi | .. | property master |
Aditya Kanwar | .. | stand-by art director |
Manasi Kolhe | .. | construction coordinator |
Srinivas Konda | .. | property master |
Mayur Mulam | .. | assistant standby props |
Wahid Shaikh | .. | assistant art director |
Vishal Srivastav | .. | construction coordinator |
Vishal Srivastava | .. | construction coordinator |
Andrew Tapper | .. | graphic designer |
Prashant Vichare | .. | assistant art director |
Marc Knapton | .. | computer graphics (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Hugo Adams | .. | foley editor |
Niv Adiri | .. | sound effects editor |
Shalini Agarwal | .. | additional sound / location sound: second unit / sound assistant |
Ben Barker | .. | sound effects editor |
Peter Burgis | .. | foley artist |
Ricky Butt | .. | foley artist |
Roberto Cappannelli | .. | re-recording mixer |
Rachel Carberry | .. | assistant adr recordist |
Jayesh Dhakan | .. | adr recordist (Hindi version) |
Gillian Dodders | .. | supervising dialogue editor |
Thomas Dodgson | .. | consultant: dolby film sound |
Amrit Pritam Dutta | .. | production sound mixer |
Danny Freemantle | .. | assistant sound editor |
Glenn Freemantle | .. | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
Steve Haynes | .. | adr recordist |
Lee Herrick | .. | dialogue editor |
Vijay Kumar | .. | adr editor |
Adam Mendez | .. | foley recordist |
Jordan O'Neill | .. | dts sound mastering engineer |
Resul Pookutty | .. | adr mixer / sound mixer |
Richard Pryke | .. | re-recording mixer |
Vivek Sachidanand | .. | additional sound recordist |
Tom Sayers | .. | co-supervising sound editor / sound designer |
Adam Scrivener | .. | assistant sound re-recording mixer |
Firoz Shaikh | .. | sound |
Sudesh Sidhu | .. | boom operator |
Dara Singh | .. | sound & dubbing mixer: 2nd unit |
Jack Stew | .. | foley artist |
Ian Tapp | .. | re-recording mixer |
Kevin Tayler | .. | adr recordist |
Siegler | .. | sound trainee (uncredited) |
John Soukup | .. | sound transfer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Shivananda R. Mohili | .. | special effects supervisor (as Shivananda Mohili) |
Visual Effects by
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Matthew Bristowe | .. | digital lab producer: MPC |
Stefan Ciupek | .. | digital camera supervisor |
James Cundill | .. | online editor |
Nick Drew | .. | visual effects production manager: CIS London |
Paddy Eason | .. | digital compositor: CIS London |
David Emeny | .. | digital compositor: CIS London |
Alec Feegrade | .. | film recording |
John Frith | .. | technology support: MPC |
Adam Gascoyne | .. | visual effects supervisor |
Matthew Hangar | .. | software support |
Matthew Hanger | .. | software support |
Warwick Hewett | .. | assistant vfx producer: Rushes |
Simon Hughes | .. | compositor: CIS London |
Tom Kemplen | .. | visual effects editor |
Matthew Lawrence | .. | motion graphics |
Brad Le-Riche | .. | motion graphics |
Begoña Lopez | .. | digital lab producer: MPC |
Hugh Macdonald | .. | senior digital compositor: CIS London |
Collette Nunes | .. | visual effects editor: CIS London |
Roma O'Connor | .. | visual effects executive producer |
Jonathan Opgenhaffen | .. | matte painter: CIS London |
Jesse Parkhill | .. | digital compositor |
Matthew Redding | .. | visual effects artist: DEAD |
Becky Roberts | .. | visual effects producer |
Jean-Clement Soret | .. | digital colourist |
David Wahlberg | .. | digital compositor: CIS London |
Shamsher Walia | .. | second telecine colorist: Pixion |
Pat Wintersgill | .. | online editor |
Nikhil Ghoorbin | .. | scanning and recording technician (uncredited) |
Stunts
Sham Kaushal | .. | stunt coordinator |
Sunil Rodrigues | .. | assistant stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Telfer Barnes | .. | first assistant camera |
Udita Bhargava | .. | assistant camera |
Arjun Singh Bhurji | .. | key grip |
Dharmendra Bhurji | .. | key grip |
Bidhan Chanda | .. | best boy grip |
Stefan Ciupek | .. | camera operator: 'b' camera |
Mulchand Dedhia | .. | gaffer: India |
R. Dee | .. | interview camera operator |
Mrinal Desai | .. | cinematographer: second unit |
Rishi Garg | .. | assistant camera |
Ikram Hussian | .. | grip |
Vishal Jain | .. | first assistant camera |
Sunil Khandpur | .. | Steadicam operator |
B. Durga Kishore Kumar | .. | second assistant camera |
G. Monic Kumar | .. | first assistant camera |
Kerry Monteen | .. | still photographer |
Ishika Mohan Motwane | .. | still photographer (as Ishika Mohan) |
Thomas Neivelt | .. | gaffer |
Kevin Nunes | .. | still photographer |
Gyanendra Pratap | .. | digital media Manager |
Satish Venkataramana | .. | second assistant camera |
Casting Department
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Kelly Valentine Hendry | .. | casting associate |
Swapnil Kore | .. | casting assistant |
Rhea Lawyer | .. | casting assistant |
Tom Reed | .. | casting assistant |
Meredith Tucker | .. | additional casting: North America (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Riyaz Ali Merchant | .. | assistant costume designer |
Editorial Department
Udayan Baijal | .. | assistant editor |
Matthew Bristowe | .. | digital intermediate supervisor |
Paul A. Byrne | .. | dailies supervisor |
Celia Haining | .. | assembly editor |
Tom Kemplen | .. | second assistant editor |
Jaime Leonard | .. | on-line editor |
Begoña Lopez | .. | digital intermediate supervisor |
Tim Maxwell | .. | digital transfer |
Alexandra Montgomery | .. | post-production coordinator |
Vivek Pratap | .. | assembly editor |
Catriona Richardson | .. | first assistant editor |
Ejaz Shalkh | .. | first assistant editor |
Prashant Sharma | .. | telecine dailies colorist |
Anuradha Singh | .. | assembly editor |
Dan Dolan | .. | digital scanning (uncredited) |
Location Management
Navit Dutt | .. | location manager |
Akram Malik | .. | location liaison: Agra |
Mahendra Singh | .. | assistant location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Niv Adiri | .. | music editor |
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak | .. | score co-producer |
Nikhil Paul George | .. | guitars |
Gulzar | .. | lyricist |
Noel James | .. | music coordinator |
Robert Kraft | .. | executive in charge of music |
T.R. Krishnachetan | .. | music programmer & sound engineer (as T.R. Krishna Chetan) |
Pravin Mani | .. | arrangement & programming |
Aditya Modi | .. | music engineer |
Simon Mortimer | .. | music associate |
Nora Mullally | .. | music business/legal services |
Srinivas Murthy | .. | music assistant (as Srinivasa Murty) / vocal supervisor (as Srinivasa Murty) |
A.R. Rahman | .. | music producer |
Shadab Rayeen | .. | music engineer |
Andy Richards | .. | original score mixer |
Anthony Seyler | .. | Executive Producer: Soundtrack |
Tanvi Shah | .. | playback singer |
H. Sridhar | .. | music engineer |
Vinayak Vijayan | .. | Additional Music Editor |
Viviane | .. | music engineer |
Puneet Samtani | .. | recording engineer (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
Bhawani Singh | .. | transportation manager (uncredited) |
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Other crew
Nazar Abbas | .. | director: behind-the-scenes |
Flavio Aquilone | .. | Italian dubbing: voice |
Maxima Basu | .. | assistant: director |
Paresh Behera | .. | production accountant |
Thom Berryman | .. | media transfer engineer |
Aarti Bhatia | .. | production coordinator: Mumbai |
Ganesh Singh Bist | .. | production assistant |
Angelica Bolognesi Bonacini | .. | voice actress: Rubina Ali |
Neil Calder | .. | completion guarantor: Film Finances Inc. |
Ted Cawrey | .. | legal counsel: Olswang |
Sanjay Chaturvedi | .. | base camp manager |
Stefan Ciupek | .. | post production consultant |
Tonia Cohen | .. | script clearance |
Matt Curtis | .. | title designer |
Dina Dattani | .. | business and legal consultant |
Harry Dixon | .. | business & legal affairs |
Monal Dutia | .. | film courier |
Gaia Elkington | .. | assistant to Danny Boyle and Christian Colson |
Lisa Garner | .. | marketing |
Ollie Gatehouse | .. | post production assistant |
Paul Grindey | .. | Head of Business Affairs: Film4 |
Ruth Hodgson | .. | completion guarantor |
Juliette Howell | .. | script editor |
Deepak Jaitely | .. | production accountant |
Polly Johnsen | .. | studio executive (uncredited) |
Rahul Khandare | .. | assistant to location manager |
Pankaj Kothari | .. | marketing: In film integration: ATL: BTL |
Sam Lavender | .. | developmental editor: Film4 |
Akram Malik | .. | liaison |
Diarmuid McKeown | .. | production executive |
Tushaar Mehra | .. | technical consultant |
Tariq Mirza | .. | production legal |
Debbie Moore | .. | finance controller |
George Pank | .. | business affairs: Pathe |
Raakesh Parekh | .. | tech support head: Pixion |
Karam Patel | .. | production assistant |
Gyanendra Pratap | .. | media management |
Joni Rubin | .. | Publicist |
Neil Sadwelkar | .. | technology manager: Pixion |
Diraj Sarode | .. | assistant business manager: Pixion |
Nuvendra Singh | .. | script supervisor (as Nikki) / script supervisor |
Rakesh Singh | .. | production coordinator |
Antony Swiatek | .. | production legal: Olswang |
Asheet Thakur | .. | business manager: Pixion |
Ian Thomson | .. | publicist |
Derek Townshend | .. | insurance broker |
Vishal Tyagi | .. | armorer |
Helen Varty | .. | assistant: Tessa Ross |
Bhavna Vohra | .. | interior director / interview producer |
Longiness Fernandes | .. | choreographer: 'Jai Ho' dance sequence (uncredited) |
'Jai Ho' | |
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Single by A. R. Rahman featuring Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash | |
from the album Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture | |
Recorded | 2008; Chennai, India (Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios) |
Length | 5:19 |
Label | Interscope |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | A. R. Rahman |
'Jai Ho' is a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. When Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire, approached Rahman to compose its soundtrack, he included the song. 'Jai Ho' accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. The song features vocals from Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. Indian singer Tanvi Shah wrote and provided vocals for an English section of the song. 'Jai Ho' is a Hindi phrase which can be roughly translated as 'Let [the] victory prevail', 'Let there be victory', or 'May there always be victory'.
'Jai Ho' was, at the time of its release, 'the toast of the town in almost every part of the world'.[1] Covers and remixes of the song and performances of the 'Jai Ho' dance were posted on YouTube. 'Jai Ho' received universally favorable reviews from music critics, who cited it as the best song on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. It was also the official campaign song of the Indian National Congress during the 2009 election.
American girl groupThe Pussycat Dolls recorded an English interpretation of 'Jai Ho'. Entitled 'Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)', and credited to 'A. Ptv home. R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger', the song appeared on the re-release of the group's second studio album Doll Domination (2008).
Background[edit]
In 2008, while working on several films, A. R. Rahman received an email from Danny Boyle, the director of the film Slumdog Millionaire, stating: 'Hey I'm Danny Boyle, I like your work, and it would be great for us to have you on our film'. Rahman was unsure how to answer, but after exchanging several more emails, they met in Mumbai. Rahman summarized their first meeting by saying 'when I talked to him, I had some interest and I wanted to see the film. He had a first cut of the film already, and when I saw that I was really interested and wanted to do it. So I left another film to do this one. I made time for it'.[2]
While composing the soundtrack to the Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman aimed to mix modern India with eighties Hindi film soundtracks. Boyle, who 'hated sentiment and cello', told Rahman to 'never put a cello in my film'. Boyle also insisted on a 'pulsey' score. Rahman stated that Boyle wanted 'edgy, upfront' music that did not suppress sound. He noted that 'There's not many cues in the film. Usually a big film has 130 cues. This had just seventeen or eighteen: the end credits, beginning credits'.[3]
The soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire took Rahman two months to plan and two weeks to complete. He recalled that: 'Usually it takes six months with the musical films I'm doing in India'. Rahman said the soundtrack 'isn't about India or Indian culture. The story could happen anywhere: China, Brazil, anywhere. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is on in every damn country'.[3]
Writing and composition[edit]
'Jai Ho' was originally composed for Subhash Ghai's 2008 film Yuvvraaj, but the director felt the song to be 'too subtle and soft' for inclusion in the film.
Rahman composed 'Jai Ho' using Logic Pro, a digital audio workstation and MIDIsequencer software application created by Apple Inc. At the time of the song's production, Rahman had been using the software for almost 12 years. For 'Jai Ho', Rahman made extensive use of Logic instruments, including the EXS24, which comprises the EVP88 electric piano and ES2 synth mixed with a few plugins, such as the Channel EQ, Bitcrusher and Guitar Amp Pro. The bassline and the 'trancey, arpeggiated' musical line used ES2 presets. For the 'long chorus vocals' in the song, Rahman created a 'robotic, stair-stepping pitch-bend effect' with Logic's Pitch Correction plugin to achieve the 'exaggerated tuning effect'.[4]
The lyrics to 'Jai Ho' were written by Gulzar and are a combination of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. Lyrics in Spanish are also included in the song 'to go along with his [Rahman] Latin American touch of music'. According to the India-EU Film Initiative, this inclusion 'really makes the song quite unique and international'.[1] Of the three singers credited, Sukhwinder Singh is the principal vocalist.[5]Vijay Prakash sang the portion with the words 'Jai Ho', which takes a high pitch at numerous junctures of the song.[6]Mahalakshmi Iyer sang the Hindi words between the 'Jai Ho' chants and the portions of the verses not sung by Singh.[7] Tanvi Shah sang and wrote the song's Spanish words.[8]
According to Rahman, 'Jai Ho' was meant to create 'a vision of the whole world celebrating this victory'.[9] The song contains a mix of 'multiple motifs from the traditional pieces on the soundtrack' with 'the big drums and blasting horns of the present'.[10] It was originally composed and shortlisted for Subhash Ghai's 2008 film Yuvvraaj. Although Rahman was excited about the song, Ghai 'wasn't too kicked about it'. Ghai felt it was 'too subtle and soft to be picturized on the character played by Zayed Khan'. Rahman and Gulzar believed the song had 'immense potential' and used it in Slumdog Millionaire.[11] Following the song's win at the Oscar's, Rahman stated that: 'He [Ghai] said the words had a positive feel. It was like a prayer. I honestly didn't think the song would win me an Oscar though. But like the film Slumdog suggests, everything has its own destiny'.[12]
When asked if he considers 'Jai Ho' as his best creation, Rahman stated: 'Sometimes it's not about a best creation, but the best for a particular moment of the film. 'Jai Ho' was right for that particular moment, that particular mindset in Slumdog Millionaire. I know there's lot of debate over this song winning the Oscars. But then, I didn't send the song to the Oscars, the makers did. I just composed the tune in three weeks and was done with it. However, I too feel 'Jai Ho' was apt for that particular moment in the film—the protagonist comes out of darkness and pain to light amid 'Jai Ho' hammering in the background.'[13]
Critical response[edit]
A thirty second sample of 'Jai Ho'. | |
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'Jai Ho' received universally favorable reviews from music critics. Bhasker Gupta of AllMusic labelled the song a highlight of the soundtrack.[14] Tajpal Rathore of BBC Music gave the song a positive review, calling it a 'quintessential Rahman track'. He praised Sukhwinder Singh, saying that he 'does an amazing job'.[15] Sean Daly of the St. Petersburg Times called the song and its choreography 'brilliant'. He described it as 'two lovers consummating their long, winding courtship not with sex but a hand-waving, side-stepping, totally cathartic shimmy'.[16]
Emily Heward of Music OMH called 'Jai Ho' an 'exuberant Bollywood dance number' that 'encapsulates the film's feel-good-factor, and reminds us just how much this score deserves the accolades it has already won and the many it is sure still to receive – just as India's most treasured composer deserves the new-found global recognition it has earned him'.[17] In a review of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, Joginder Tutej of Bollywood Hungama deemed 'Jai Ho' the 'flagship number' of the film. Tutej complimented Sukhwinder Singh's vocals as being 'energetic' and concluded that the singer 'can comfortably add on another big chartbuster to his name'. He also stated that the song, while 'boasting of an amazing mix of melody and rhythm' remains 'Indian at heart' and is 'instantly catchy'. He concluded that: 'No wonder, it is the lone promotional song of the film and also sees a music video being dedicated to it. Gulzar saab celebrates the spirit of love and life with 'Jai Ho' and infuses enough power in it that justifies all the nominations it is receiving today'.[18]
Recognition[edit]
According to the India-EU Film Initiative 'Jai Ho' became 'the toast of the town in almost every part of the world'.[1] They noted that: 'Music experts are listening to the song again and again to appreciate the global texture of the song and at the same time they are admiring the beauty of the lyrics by India's foremost lyricist Gulzar who, like AR Rahman, has always experimented with his narrative'.[1] According to Sean Daly of the St. Petersburg Times: 'YouTube now has vids of babies and girlfriends doing this Jai Ho dance. There are remixes and tributes, too'.[16]
'Jai Ho' received an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.[19][20] The song beat out WALL-E's 'Down to Earth' by Peter Gabriel and 'O.. Love songs for your boyfriend. Saya', also of Slumdog Millionaire, by A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.[21] 'Jai Ho' also received a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture during the 52nd Grammy Awards on 31 February 2010.[22] The song received a nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Song during its 2008 award ceremony on 8 January 2009.[23][24] The Houston Film Critics Society nominated it for Best Original Song during its 2008 awards ceremony on 17 December 2008.[25][26] It was also nominated by the MTV Movie Awards for Best Song From a Movie during its 2009 award ceremony on 31 May 2009.[27]
Live performances[edit]
Rahman and Singh performed 'Jai Ho' live during the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009, the night it won for the award for Best Original Song. The song served as the opening of the ceremony. The song's lyricist, Gulzar, made a guest appearance during the performance. Rahman modified the song to 'set it in sync with the live orchestra and make it suitable for a stage presentation'.[28]
'Jai Ho' was performed as part of a medley with 'Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto' during the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on 28 August 2010.[29][30] Rahman, who wore a white bandhgala jacket, black pants and white shoes, was accompanied by hundreds of dancers wearing traditional Indian costumes. Following the performance of 'Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto', fireworks went off and 'Jai Ho' began. An editor from Sify wrote that, during the performance of 'Jai Ho', 'the chant at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, many would swear, was magical'.[30]
Usage in media[edit]
In March 2009, Super Cassettes Industries (T-Series), the music company which holds the song's copyright for India, received nearly $200,000 from the governing Indian National Congress party for its use in its national campaign in 2009 Indian General Elections.[31][32] Harindra Singh, vice-chairman and managing director of the advertising firm Percept, told BBC that: 'The tune of the song and the Jai Ho phrase have been used in the campaign. The lyrics have been written by a combination of people, they will be projecting what the Congress wishes to communicate'. 'Popular Bollywood numbers' are often 're-jigged' by political parties in India to 'convey their message to voters', but this is the first time that a party has ever bought exclusive rights to use a song for political promotion.[31] The version used in the campaign features altered lyrics sung by Sukhwinder Singh, who performed on the original song. A video was also shot for this version.[33] Rahman refused to comment on 'Jai Ho' being used for the campaigns, but stated that the song 'belongs to everyone'.[34] 'Jai Ho' was performed by Ravi K Tripathi, a Lucknow-based singer, at the closing ceremony of 16th Asian Games on 27 November 2010.[35]
English adaption[edit]
The Pussycat Dolls performing 'Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)' as the opening act of Britney Spears' 2009 tour, The Circus Starring Britney Spears
American girl group the Pussycat Dolls recorded an English interpretation of 'Jai Ho'. Entitled 'Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)', and credited to 'A. R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger', the song appeared on the re-release of the group's second studio album Doll Domination (2008). After watching Slumdog Millionaire, record executives Ron Fair and Jimmy Iovine wanted to turn 'Jai Ho' into a 'pop record without deviating from the original melody'.[36]
After getting a green-light from Rahman, they asked Scherzinger, the leader singer of the Pussycat Dolls, to write an interpretation of the song. Scherzinger was hesitant at first, stating in an interview that: '[..] I was scared to death to touch it [and] afraid for people to hear it before I even wrote it'.[37] Scherzinger put her 'heart into writing the lyrics and put in themes from the film Slumdog Millionaire. Love and destiny were elements from the movie that she put into the track'. She stated that she 'prayed every night to do this right'.[38] Fair and Iovine additionally hired Brick & Lace, The Writing Camp and Ester Dean to write their own interpretation of the song.[39]
E. Kidd Bogart, a member of The Writing Camp, stated that: 'They [Fair and Iovine] wanted to get a bunch of different versions to see who could nail a version for the Pussycat Dolls'. Once all interpretations were complete, 'they [Fair and Iovine] took parts of The Writing Camp version, parts of Ester Dean's version, and parts of another version, and they put them together, and then Nicole [Scherzinger] and Ron [Fair] filled in the blanks that they thought were missing'. Bogart additionally stated that it was 'a very unique and awkward way of writing a song'.[39] Bogart, Dean, Fair, Erika Nuri, David Quiñones, Scherzinger, Candace Thorbourne, Nailah Thorbourne and Nyanda Thorbourne are credited for writing the track, while its production was handled by Fair Scherzinger.[40] The song was recorded in London, while Scherzinger and Rahman corresponded via webcam.[36]
Music critics responded generally favorably to 'Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)'. Newsround praised the song by saying '[Nicole Scherzinger] sounds right at home – making the most of her soulful R&B voice and hitting all the (incredibly) high notes on this Eastern-themed piece of pop!'[41] Nick Levine from Digital Spy wrote that, 'The Hindi original, which soundtracks the Bollywood dance routine at the end of the movie, is far more urgent and atmospheric, but this remake works nicely enough as a slick, shamelessly opportunistic PCD single. Well, that hollered 'JAI HO!' makes for a pretty sweet pop hook, you have to admit'.[42]
In 2010 Bond Quartet also covered Jai Ho song in the album called Play
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Well, what can I say about this one? Jai Ho is an Oscar winning Indian song after all. And who else could have done it for India other than A R Rahman? I have praised him a lot in my earlier posts as well. But now through this blog, I would like to salute him. He is in his own league. His understanding of music coupled with consistent variety is simply unparalleled.
But I would like to say something more. If this song can bring India its first Oscar, some of his previous songs from Rang De Basanti and other hits, including the marvelous movie Roja can bring the Oscar to its knees. A R Rahman has been giving out gems after gems since long and finally this song has given him the accolades and stature he rightfully deserves. After all this, I wonder what next Mr. Rahman?
The following strumming pattern can be used. If you have an alternative, please let us know in the comments section:
D-DU | D - | DU
You can just consider striking the chords once for the next four lines
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(Am)Aaja aaja jind shami(Am)yane ke tale
Aaja (Dm)jariwale (F)nile aas(G)man ke ta(Am)le
Start strumming here
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(Am)Aaja aaja jind shami(Am)yane ke tale
Aaja (Dm)jariwale (F)nile aas(G)man ke ta(Am)le
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
Jai (C)Ho.. jai (G)ho.. jai (Am)ho.. jai (G)ho..
(C)Ratti ratti sachi maine jaan gavayi hai
(Gm)Nach nach koylo pe raat bitayi hai
(C)Akhiyon ki neend maine phoonko se uda di
(Gm)Neele neele tare se maine ungli jalayi hai
the female voice .. of course the chords remain the same!
(Am)Aaja aaja jind shami(Am)yane ke tale
Aaja (Dm)jariwale (F)nile aas(G)man ke ta(Am)le
Jai (C)Ho.. jai (G)ho.. jai (Am)ho.. jai (G)ho..
(C)chakh le ha (C)chakh le ye (Am)raat shahad hai(F).. chakh (C)le
(C)rakh le ha (C)dil hai dil (Am)aakhri had hai(F).. rakh (C)le
kala kala (C)kajal tera (F)koi kala (C)jadoo hai na
kala kala (C)kajal tera (F)koi kala (C)jadoo hai na
(Am)Aaja aaja jind shami(Am)yane ke tale
Aaja (Dm)jariwale (F)nile aas(G)man ke ta(Am)le
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
Jai (C)Ho.. jai (G)ho.. jai (Am)ho.. jai (G)ho..
(C)kab se ha (C)kab se tu (Am)lab pe ruki hai(F).. kah (C)de
(C)kah de ha (C)kah de ab (Am)aankh jhuki hai(F).. kah (C)de
aisi aisi (C)roshan aankhe (F)roshan dono (C)bhi hai hai kya
(Am)Aaja aaja jind shami(Am)yane ke tale
Aaja (Dm)jariwale (F)nile aas(G)man ke ta(Am)le
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho
(F)Jai (Am)ho