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01/02/2009

Slumdog Millionaire Oscar Talk

Filed under: Award, Bollywood, General, Gossip, India, New Movies, News — Tags: , , , , , , , , — stevnima @ 2:38 pm

Bollywoodsamachar.com reports:

Will Slumdog Millionaire earn an Oscar?

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Despite its cast of relative unknowns, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has become this season’s buzz film and is now being tipped as a frontrunner for an Oscar.

‘Slumdog Millionaire is a fictitious story about an 18-year-old Indian, who wins India’s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Shot on location in Mumbai before the terror attacks, the film has already charmed critics and Golden Globe voters, earning four nominations, including best director and picture.

Boyle couldn’t be happier with the industry recognition.

“You need it for a film like this because we don”t have huge stars in it, who are going to do all that automatic [promotion] work for us,” Sky News quoted Boyle, as saying.

Read the entire article here: Bollywoodsamachar.com

1 Comment »

  1. This Film i will be Definetely watching .

    Comment by Nitin — 01/03/2009 @ 4:58 am


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