| Slumdog Millionaire | |
|---|---|
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| 10 Nominations / 8 Wins | |
| Year | 2008 |
| Director | Danny Boyle |
| Writer | Simon Beaufoy |
| Starring | Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor |
| 81st Academy Awards | |
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.
Wins
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Simon Beaufoy
- Best Cinematography — Anthony Dod Mantle
- Best Director — Danny Boyle
- Best Film Editing — Chris Dickens
- Best Original Score — A.R. Rahman
- Best Original Song — "Jai Ho" by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
- Best Picture — Christian Colson
- Best Sound Mixing — Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Nominations
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Simon Beaufoy
- Best Cinematography — Anthony Dod Mantle
- Best Director — Danny Boyle
- Best Film Editing — Chris Dickens
- Best Original Score — A.R. Rahman
- Best Original Song — "Jai Ho" by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
- Best Original Song — "O Saya" by A.R. Rahman and M.I.A.
- Best Picture — Christian Colson
- Best Sound Editing — Tom Sayers, Glenn Freemantle
- Best Sound Mixing — Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Plot[]
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
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