Slumdog is top dog with 8 Oscars, Pinki also smiles
By Kolammal Shankar | Galatta | February 23, 2009 00:00 AM IST
Slumdog is top dog with 8 Oscars, Pinki also smiles
Party, party, party India! Slumdog Millionaire, a rags-to-riches Indian story with an Indian cast has created history at the Oscars. The movie has emerged as the top dog at the 81st Academy Awards winning 8 Oscars out of 10 nominations. Though The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was supposed to be a potential opponent, Slumdog Millionaire has swept the Oscars winning in all the categories it was nominated in.
Slumdog Millionaire's Oscars:
Best Picture
Christian Colson (Producer)
Best Director
Danny Boyle
Best Original Score
A R Rahman
Best Original Song
A R Rahman ('Jai Ho')
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy
Best Film Editing
Chris Dickens
Best Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Sound Mixing
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Smile Pinki, a short documentary on a cleft-lipped Indian girl in Uttar Pradesh directed by American director Megan Mylan, won the Oscar for the Best Documentary (Short).
With Slumdog Millionaire and Smile Pinki, it has been an out and out Indian night at the Oscars for the first time ever in history. Galatta.com congratulates the crew of Slumdog and Smile Pinki on the Oscars.