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`Slumdog Millionaire' wins BAFTA Awards as best film

London Angeles Feb. 08, 2009
Asha Sharma

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards 2009 ceremony had taken place at The Royal Opera House in London, on Sunday night and Slumdog Millionaire had won seven awards including:

• Best Film- Danny Boyle
• Best Director- Danny Boyle
• Best Adapted Screenplay-Simon Beaufoy
• Best Music- AR Rahman
• Best Editing (Chris Dickens),
• Best Sound- Resul Pookutty, Glen Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp)
• Best Cinematography-Anthony Dod Mantle

Danny Boyle, when named best director for Slumdog Millionaire, he said he revealed that at one point he thought the movie was going "straight to DVD".

Slumdog Millionaire swept the Golden Globes, recently won a top Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as the Producers Guild of America prize.

Danny Boyle also won the Directors Guild of America Award, nominated for 10 Academy Awards and is considered the odds-on favorite to win the best film Oscar

The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke took home the best actor trophy.Kate Winslet for her roles in Revolutionary Road and The Reader won the Leading Actress category

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts referred to as "BAFTA" has worked hard to fulfill its charitable remit by identifying excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public since November 04, 1947.

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This is Mr. Boyle's first DGA Feature Film Award

• Mr. Boyle's Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Sanjay Kumar
• First Assistant Director: Raj Acharya
• Second Assistant Director: Avani Batra
• Second Assistant Director: Sonia Nemawarkar
  

DANNY BOYLE

Slumdog Millionaire

(Fox Searchlight Pictures
and Warner Bros. Pictures)