Another proud moment is going to be added to the pages of Rahman’s credits

The Music Guru of India has been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, along with 133 other artists and executives to join its organisation. The academy, the board behind Oscar awards, selects distinctive personalities - who made their mark in the theatrical motion pictures - to be the part the Academy’s roster of voting members.

Academy President Sid Ganis extended his hearty welcome to all the highly talented celebrities on their top-ranked board. It is said that these new members will be attending the Academy’s reception at its Fairbanks Centre for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September and after which they will become a part of the organisation.

The Academy’s membership would have allowed a maximum of 166 new members in 2009, but as in the previous years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.