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Slumdog Millionare At Oscar Awards

“Slumdog Millionaire” took 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.
A story of hope amid squalor in Mumbai, India, “Slumdog Millionaire” came in with 10 nominations, its eight wins including adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and both music Oscars (score and song).

Grammy Awards: Zakir Hussain again wins one, Robert Plant wins five
Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is one of the four international musicians to be awarded Grammy for their -Global Drum’ project. Hussain, along with musicians Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo, has been awarded the coveted gramophone for -The Global Drum’ in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category.

A R Rahman wins BAFTA award
ndian music composer A R Rahman won the BAFTA award in the Best Music Score category for Slumdog Millionaire on Sunday evening in London. Rahman’s winning streak continues. After scooping the Golden Globe in January, the music wizard has now bagged the award which is considered the British Oscars.

Freida Pinto on Vanity Fair magazine
Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire is an International star now and the actress graces the cover page of -Vanity Fair’ March issue. She was a simple model in Mumbai with dreams to make it big in tinsel town. Little did she know that destiny will make her sit, posing pretty for a renowned International Magazine. All this is reality for the 24-year-old model-turned-actress Freida Pinto, who is basking in the success of her first film -Slumdog’.

Slumdog Millionaire sweeps Gloden Globes and now the BAFTA awards
With Slumdog Millionaire sweeping the Gloden Globes and now the BAFTA awards wouldn’t you like to know more on how and what the director saw in Mumbai before he shot the film with this city as its backdrop?

The movie Slumdog Millionaire has occupied every conversation space in local chat and news. A few instances are given below.

According to reports, most American theaters are witnessing people dancing in the aisles as the credits roll and Indian Style filmi dancing is underway on the screen.

His much appreciated role in the film Slumdog Millionaire is making people look at Anil Kapoor in a very different way than before.

The epitome of humbleness has finally opened up to vent out his opinion against the several brickbats that have been hurled at Slumdog Millionaire over the past days.A.R.Rahman, the winner of the prestigious Golden Globe awards.

Fashion bible Vogue has declared Freida Pinto to be number 1 on this weeks list of -Ten Best Dressed’ beating stars such as Renée Zellweger and Rosamund Pike. Slumdog Millionaire is Freida’s first movie and after already garnering such plaudits it seems that Freida, who plays the protagonist’s winsome love interest, Latika, has been charming audiences both on-screen and off.

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