Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 OSCAR awards at 81st awards ceremony at Kodak theatre in Los Angeles. Resul Pookutty of India won Oscar award for Sound Mixing in Slumdog Millionaire. A.R. Rahman won Oscar awards for best original score and best music (song) in Slumdog Millionaire.
Jai Ho Song: Best Song
Music: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Gulzar.
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for Oscar (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) awards in 9 categories and for the first time, a film with an Indian soul has captured the imagination of the film world. Slumdog Millionaire was made basing on Vikas Swaroop’s novel Q&A. Indian technicians finally caught the attention of Western movie world. Slumdog Millionaire is a small budget film ($15 million) but already collected $220 million at Box-office.
Slumdog Millionaire wins Oscars in 8 Categories:
Best Movie, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Original Music Score and Best Music (Song).
81st Oscar awards winners:
1. Best Movie: Slumdog Millionaire
2. Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
3. Best Music (score): A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
4. Best music (song): “Jai Ho” song. A.R. Rhanman (Slumdog Millionaire)
5. Sound editing: The Dark Knight
6. Sound mixing: Resul Pookutty (Slumdog Millionaire)
7. Visual effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Best writing (original screenplay): Dustin Marc Lan (Milk)
9. Best writing (Adapted Screenplay): Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
10. Best actor: Sean Penn (Milk)
11. Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
12. Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
13. Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz
14. Animated feature film: Wall-E
15. Art Direction: The Curious case of Benjamin Button
16. Best Film Editing: Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire)
17. Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Milionaire)
18. Costume design: The Dutches
19. Best Documentary feature: Man on Wire
20. Best Short Documentary: Smile Pinki (Megan Mylan)
21. Best foreign language film: Departures (Japan)
22. Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
23. Short film (animated): La Maison en petits cubes
24. Short film (Live action): Spielzeugland (Toy Land)
Unforgettable day for Indian movie lovers. Historical day for Indian Cinema.
Watch “Jai Ho” song in Slumdog Millionaire:
Slumdog Millionaire: 10 Nominations- 9 categories- 8 Oscar Awards.
