<img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/sep/chulbuli.jpg" border="0" /><br />  <table class="ae_noborder" id="informer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="420" border="0">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td class="infstr" align="middle" width="100"><a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-4.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>Previous</a></td>  <td class="infstr" align="middle">u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-1.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>1</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-2.htm" inc blank.htm#? http: ms.mid-day.com>2</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-3.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>3</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-4.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>4</a>u00a0u00a05u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-6.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>6</a>   <td class="infstr" align="middle" width="100"><a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-6.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>Next</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Apart from AR Rahman, no Indian composer has managed to grab a place at the Oscars. But that seems to have changed this year.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/dec/veteran.jpg" border="5" /><br /><br />Three songs from the film Dam 999, composed by veteran Kerala-based National Award winning composer Ousephachan's (who composes for most Malayalam films) are part of the final 39 songs selected for the Academy's Original Songs category.<br />u00a0<br />Interestingly, this is Ousepachchan's first English film and though the film did not manage to garner great response, the music obviously has. Theu00a0 Oscar nominations will be announced on January 24.<br /><br />  <table class="ae_noborder" id="informer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="420" border="0">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td class="infstr" align="middle" width="100"><a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-4.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>Previous</a></td>  <td class="infstr" align="middle">u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-1.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>1</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-2.htm" inc blank.htm#? http: ms.mid-day.com>2</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-3.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>3</a>u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-4.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>4</a>u00a0u00a05u00a0u00a0<a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-6.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>6</a>   <td class="infstr" align="middle" width="100"><a class="infstr" href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/dec/211211-informer-6.htm" cms.mid-day.com inc blank.htm#? http:>Next</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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