Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the British drama film of the same name, directed by Danny Boyle. The original score and songs were composed by A. R. Rahman, who planned the score in two months and completed it in 20 days, a far shorter time period than usual.
Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture
"Jai Ho" is a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. When Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire, approached Rahman to compose its soundtrack, he included the song. "Jai Ho" accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. Indian singer Tanvi Shah wrote and provided vocals for an English section of the song. "Jai Ho" is a phrase which can be roughly translated as "Let [the] victory prevail", "Let there be victory", or "May there always be victory".
"Jai Ho" was originally composed for Subhash Ghai's 2008 film Yuvvraaj, but the director felt the song to be "too subtle and soft" for inclusion in the film.
The Pussycat Dolls performing "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" as the opening act of Britney Spears' 2009 tour, The Circus Starring Britney Spears