Although winning awards and accolades has become a habit for Mr. A. R. Rahman, the winning of the Golden Globe, BAFTA and the Oscar awards for his wildly intuitive, highly experimental and marvelously evocative music is the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ deserves special mention and appreciation.

The event will witness a host of luminaries from the music fraternity of the country.

The chief guest of the function will be ‘Chevalier’ Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna. The other dignitaries whose presence deserves a mention are Sri. A.V.M. Saravanan, director Sri K. Balachander, Sri M.S. Viswanathan, Sri Illayaraja. This special program will be exclusively telecasted by Sun TV.

The Cine Musicians’ Union will be felicitating the double Oscar award winner A.R. Rahman on March 01, 2009 at 6.00 p.m. The event will be held at the Cine Musicians’ Union Auditorium, No. 297, N.S.K. Salai Vadapalani, Chennai-600026.