It could be a double whammy for maestro AR Rahman again at the Academy Awards as his work for Pele: Birth of a Legend has found a spot in the 2017 Oscar contenders.

Rahman had registered a double win for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, winning the Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “Jai ho“, with lyrics by Gulzar. This time, his name features in a long list of 145 scores in contention for a nomination in the Original Score category for the 89th Academy Awards.

Also, “Ginga“, his acclaimed number from the 2016 biographical film, is in the Oscar race too. It is part of the long list of 91 songs, which are competing for a spot in the final nominations for the Original Song category.

The long lists of both the categories were released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on its official website on Tuesday. Final nominations for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, ahead of the presentation ceremony, which will take place on February 26 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.

In 2014, Rahman's work in Hollywood movies like Million Dollar Arm and The Hundred-Foot Journey, and Indian film Kochadaiiyaan was also among the contenders. In 2011, he received two nods for original score in Boyle's 127 Hours and Original Song “If I Rise“.