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A
penniless, eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, he's
one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on
India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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UPDATED:
`Slumdog
Millionaire' wins Oscar for Best Movie
'Slumdog' shines with 8 Oscars: 2 for Rahman,
one for Pookutty
London Angeles Feb. 22, 2009
Asha Sharma
"Slumdog Millionaire" wins the best-picture
Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director
for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film's
unlikely rise to Hollywood's summit. It is the most coveted recognitions
in the film industry today, and have been since 1929, when they
were first handed out. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS).
"Slumdog Millionaire was made for around $14
million and was nearly passed over for cinema release, has so far
grossed approaching $100 million at the box office. ........Read
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- `Slumdog
Millionaire' wins BAFTA Awards as best film: 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......Read
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Jan. 31, 2009: Danny Boyle's `Slumdog
Millionaire' wins DGA Feature Film Award - Following
the welcome by DGA President Michael Apted to an audience of more
than 1,500 guests at Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award dinner
on January 31, 2009, ......Read
- Jan. 27,
2009: 'Slumdog Millionaire' bags
award at Oscars indicator: 'Slumdog Millionaire'
inched closer to the Oscars after winning the "Outstanding
Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture" at the
2009. ....More
- Jan.
23, 2009: God has blessed Indian
music: Rahman - The honour of being the first
Indian music director to be nominated for three Oscars sits lightly
on the shoulders of A.R. Rahman, who attributes his success ...Read
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Jan. 23, 2009:
“Slumdog Millionaire” bags ten Oscar nominations
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Danny Boyle's Golden Globe-winning Slumdog Millionaire ––a
story based on Mumbai slums has been nominated in ten categories
. ....Read
Slumdog
Millionaire won 4 trophies at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Jan. 11, 2009
Raj, NRIpress.com
More than 50 Hollywood stars have been set as presenters
at "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" to be telecast
live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly
Hilton. Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood’s biggest film star and
recently named by Newsweek as one of the 50 most powerful people
in the world (the only film star on the list), has been set as a
presenter at “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards”
NRI Actor Dev Patel and Freida Pinto
"Slumdog Millionaire" sweep all four of
its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle.
"Slumdog Millionaire" also won musical score-composer
for AR Rahman and best screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.
"We really weren't expecting to be here in America at all
at one time, so it's just amazing to be here," said Simon Beaufoy,
whose winning script was adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel "Q
& A."
Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle introduced a Hindi
expression to the backstage press: "Dil se." The mantra
the production worked on means "from the heart." "This
film was made it form the heart," he said. "And we never
expected to be here." Boyle also made a connection to the four
wins the movie garnered -- motion picture drama, director, screenplay,
soundtrack -- to the "The Three Musketeers," the novel
that is key to the movie. "There were four musketeers in the
book, and there are four musketeers here." Boyle also talked
so passionately about shooting in Mumbai -- how the city is a gift
to filmmakers, how there is horror in the city but also an extraordinary
happiness thanks to an effervescence -- that it brought out an almost
imperceptible tear from actress Freida Pinto, who hails from that
city.
Actor Dev Patel is an award-winning English actor
known for his roles as Anwar Kharral in the E4 TV teen drama series
Skins. Patel was born in Sudbury, London, England, to Indian Gujarati
Hindu parents, both of whom were born in Nairobi, Kenya.
The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik
(Dev Patel), 18, became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who
Wants to be A Millionaire?" Jamal has one brother and their
mother killed in religious conflict between Hindus and Muslims.
He grew up in the slums of Mumbai and becoming involved in a plot
that involves gangsters, brotherly loyalty and
befriend a homeless girl, Latika. His endeavor made without prize
money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend
Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show. Haunting images of children
being tortured to earn more money as disfigured beggars will prove
difficult to shake.
Latika, a girl who escaped his village after her family
was killed and whom he and his brother liberated from prostitution.
Now, she’s the kept woman of an abusive gangster. In her mature
incarnation, Latika is played by Freida Pinto and is impossibly
model-gorgeous. That’s the point at which Slumdog Millionaire
becomes floridly romantic — and even more superficial
The host, Anil Kapoor, who looks like Omar Sharif if he'd been
a high-end vacuum-cleaner salesman, models his act on the British
version of the show, which may be why he's a lot more condescending
than the courtly Regis Philbin. Mercilessly, he mocks Jamal for
being a ''chaiwalla''. Yet the kid is immune to insults or, it seems,
nerves , and he becomes a folk hero as he keeps knocking out those
impeccable final answers.
Producer- Christian Colson
Actor Dev Patel, actor Anil Kapoor, actress Freida Pinto,composer
A.R. Rahman
Directors: Danny Boyle
Loveleen Tandan (co-director: India)
Writers:Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) and Vikas Swarup (novel)
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