India's musical genius A.R Rahman has yet another Hollywood honour bestowed on him.

The music-director who won accolades and myriad awards for Slumdog Millionaire has now been invited by the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be its voting member.

The Academy, which also gives the Oscar awards, issued invitations to 'artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.'

What this means is that if he accepts the offer, Rahman will be among the members who decide the Academy Award in the Best Music category, as well the Best Motion Picture category.

This year 134 invitations have been sent out as opposed to 166 that are sent every year. The reason given is that 'several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them.'

A number of Oscar nominees of 2009 like Viola Davis (Doubt), Taraji P. Henson (Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) have been invited to join the Academy this year along with A. R Rahman.

As expected, Slumdog Millionaire features in a big way in the list of invitees. Apart from A.R Rahman, director Danny Boyle, cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, film editor Chris Dickens, and producer Christian Colson have also been invited.

The final list of members is compiled after the invitees have accepted the offer.