Comments on: Slumdog's Jai Ho vs. O Saya… Which One Yah Got?

By: Not telling the Stalkers my name

Not telling the Stalkers my name — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:53:03 +0000

I honestly think O Saya was much better, because i feel that it has a truly unquie mix of culture. I used to prefer Jai Ho, but after I saw Slumdog Millionaire, I feel as though O Saya really deserved to win

By: Prawin

Prawin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:46:20 +0000

My god… I feel o saya was much better than jai ho… And should have fetched an oscar…

By: Arunava

Arunava — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:45:39 +0000

O Saya is definately better overall , but the last few fading seconds of the Jai Ho track makes up for it , i mean the last 10-12 seconds when the track is about to come to end ….it's theme , " eternal triumph of life " kind of stuff.

By: nmlhats

nmlhats — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:25:32 +0000

@viral:

True, Viral. Slumdog Millionaire id definitely not ARR's best work. I prefer several others over this…like Rang de Basanti, Lagaan, Guru…there are so many and it's hard to say which is best overall. I have heard parts of his latest, Delhi-6, and it sounds excellent.

Just curious, do you dislike Sukhwinder on this song in particular or dislike him in general?

By: viral

viral — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:38:55 +0000

yey for rahman nay for sukhwinder singh (cringe) ARR has done better music in other movies… but the world seems to be going crazy over SDM… me ? not so much

i still prefer the dark knight for best original score… that is an epic fail… this is LOTR all over again… so now nolan makes the third batman movie and the Robin get best supporting actor and catwoman the best actress and bale the actor nod too?

oscars are fast becoming irrelevant

By: nmlhats

nmlhats — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:14:18 +0000

@mihirkula:

And to make Jai Ho even more interesting, it was originally written for Yuuvraaj! AND the train station dance scene had already been filmed, so ARR took Jai Ho, which lay unused from Yuuvraaj, and recalibrated it to match the movements of the people dancing!!

Speaking of good lyrics in Slumdog, I don't speak Hindi but thought the (translated) lyrics for Ringa Ringa were great, and the whole chik a chik thing creates the perfect aural image for a bedbug.

People have no idea how really great ARR is and I hope they pay attention to his other film music.

And I really hope to see Sukhwinder perform Jai Ho at the Oscars!

By: Rickey

Rickey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:43:45 +0000

Jai Ho! Should win best song of the year.

By: mihirkula

mihirkula — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:58:50 +0000

Jai Ho!! because 1) i speak Hindi and the lyrics are just exquisite (though i don't know if the academy considers that)

and 2) the song was shot really well (trust me, its no joke to shoot a film at the CST station in Mumbai)

By: Abhishek-The Oscar Maniac

Abhishek-The Oscar Maniac — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:34:07 +0000

u just can't write off the O saya….the starting song was good………..

By: Abhishek-The Oscar Maniac

Abhishek-The Oscar Maniac — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:30:33 +0000

whoever wins…it's gonna come to India….but i think Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman's song "Dpwn to Earth" has big chance of winning it….i am sad that Bruce Springsteen was not nominated for the Wrestler song….

By: lizer

lizer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:22:45 +0000

I suspect the same thing would happen this year. Down to Earth would won because of the split votes between two songs from Slumdog.

Had any song with a foreign language won an Oscar before?

I pick Jai Ho. Because it has a 'classic meets modern' vibe

By: McGillian

McGillian — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:18:47 +0000

I think they both deserve it more than Down To Earth. Jai Ho deserves it more for me though. It has more of a multiethnic aspect with the integrated latin and the classical/new age ending (the classical ending is 58 seconds long in the actual song; it was cut in the video above). O…Saya is great too, but I think the Academy did make the right decision.

By: Danny D.

Danny D. — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:29:15 +0000

The same thing happened with Dreamgirls, which had three song nominees but lost to one from "An Inconvenient Truth" or something ridiculous like that.

By: USC film 04

USC film 04 — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:07:48 +0000

Down to Earth will win it. The Best Pic omission will galvanize Wall-E supporters within the Academy. This will be one of it's at least 2 Oscar wins.

By: JM

JM — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:07:46 +0000

I like Jai Ho the best.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:28:19 +0000

Down to Earth is definitely my favorite.

By: adu

adu — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:09:31 +0000

None, I am hoping for Down to Earth to upset them!