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American director Gregg Helvey’s Hindi film Kavi, which deals with the issue of child labour, has been nominated in the Short Film (Live Action) category at the upcoming 82nd annual Academy Awards.

The film, produced by Guneet Monga, Harish Amin and Helvey, was filmed entirely in Wai, near Mumbai. It tells the story of a young boy who wants to play cricket and go to school, but is forced to work in a brick kiln.

“We are extremely happy and would like to thank each and every person who has put in his or her efforts into this project. We had celebrated when we won the Student Oscar for Kavi and that is just what we are planning right now,” Monga told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Helvey, who was a student of the University of South California, came to India without enough finances to produce the film. The film has been subtitled in English and won various awards at international festivals.

Made at a shoestring budget of just over $30,000 (Rs.1.4 million) it was shot in just eight days.

MUSICIAN A R Rahman is in the Oscar shortlist yet again for ‘Best Original Song’ thanks to his first Hollywood film ‘Couple’s Retreat’. The Tamil song ‘Na Na‘ from this movie has been short listed for nomination in the original song category for the 82nd Academy Awards. ‘Couples Retreat’ a film by Emmy nominated Peter Billingsley revolves around four couples trying to rekindle the magic through a tropical-island vacation.

The song will be in competition with 62 other tracks from eligible feature-length motion pictures. The nominations will be announced on February 2 according to the official Academy awards website.

Click here Listen to free online and download the mp3 songs from Couples Retreat by A R Rahman OST Soundtrack, inlcuding the superhit oscar nominated song Na Na.

These are the first Hollywood English film songs by A R Rahman.

The songs (tracklist) :

1 Sajna
2 Kurukuru Kan (Afro Nisha)
3 Jason & Cynthia Suite
4 Na Na
5 Tour of the Villas
6 Meeting Marcel
7 Itinerary
8 Undress
9 Sharks
10 Luau By John O’Brien
11 Salvadore
12 Intervention
13 The Waterfall
14 Jason & Cynthia Piano Theme
15 Animal Spirits