"Jai Ho" (Hindi: जय हो) (English: May you be victorious) is an Academy Award-winning Hindi song composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics by Gulzar for the film Slumdog Millionaire. It accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. The song also features vocals by Mahalakshmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah and Vijay Prakash and Sukhwinder Singh, who is the main vocalist. A version featuring the Pussycat Dolls was released with English lyr...
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"Jai Ho" (Hindi: जय हो) (English: May you be victorious) is an Academy Award-winning Hindi song composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics by Gulzar for the film Slumdog Millionaire. It accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. The song also features vocals by Mahalakshmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah and Vijay Prakash and Sukhwinder Singh, who is the main vocalist. A version featuring the Pussycat Dolls was released with English lyrics.
"Jai Ho" was originally composed for Yuvvraaj, but was turned down by director Subhash Ghai who thought the song was not suitable for actor Zayed Khan to perform onscreen. After his Oscar win, A. R. Rahman revealed in an interview that it was Ghai who had asked him to use the words Jai Ho in a song. After its inclusion in Slumdog Millionaire, it was later nominated for best song at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, the 2008 Satellite Awards and at the 2008 Houston Film Critics Society Awards. In 2009, it won the Academy...
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