After swept the Golden Globes, Britain's Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, comedy-drama about an orphaned boy of the streets whose life lessons pay off on a game show, has been got ten
nominations across nine categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted screenplay, Cinematography, Film editing, Sound editing, Sound mixing, Best Music and Best songs at 81st Academy Award on Thursday. Slumdog Millionaire got the second highest number of Oscar nominations Thursday at 81st Academy Award after David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttton", has begged 13 nominations. Three Out of 10 nominations for Indian musician maestro A R Rahman for his original score and two songs composed by him. He got the nomination for two songs composed by him "O Saya" and "Jai Ho". There is already a strong buzz going around that after his Golden Globe win, Rahman will definitely be winning the coveted Oscar trophy.
nominations across nine categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted screenplay, Cinematography, Film editing, Sound editing, Sound mixing, Best Music and Best songs at 81st Academy Award on Thursday. Slumdog Millionaire got the second highest number of Oscar nominations Thursday at 81st Academy Award after David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttton", has begged 13 nominations. Three Out of 10 nominations for Indian musician maestro A R Rahman for his original score and two songs composed by him. He got the nomination for two songs composed by him "O Saya" and "Jai Ho". There is already a strong buzz going around that after his Golden Globe win, Rahman will definitely be winning the coveted Oscar trophy."When we first began working on the film I don't think any of us ever imagined that we might
end up attending the Oscars ceremony as a result," said Patel after hearing of the nominations. "I'm just so proud to be a part of this project and I have been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to the film," he said. Rahman, the film's composer, also expressed his appreciation for the nominations. "Slumdog Millionaire has paid magical dividends for so many people around the globe. I am deeply honoured to be a part of a film that has inspired so many," he said.Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle received his first nomination for best director, alongside Britain's Stephen Daldry for The Reader and Benjamin Button's Fincher. On getting nominate for Oscar Danny Boyle said "I am fantastically happy and honoured. Not just for myself but for Vikas Swarup's wonderful novel without which I would have never started my journey to the world's Maximum City, Mumbai". The heart-warming story Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globes earlier this month - for best picture, best director, best screenplay and best soundtrack - and has 11 Bafta nominations in total. This past weekend, the film climbed to number 10 on the North American box office chart and has grossed $44.2 million to date. It is currently the number one movie in Britain and releases in India Jan 23.
The Oscar awards, to be hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, will be announced on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles which will televised on ABC.
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