10 FOR SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, 3 FOR RAHMAN
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Slumdog, Rahman sweep Oscar nominations
Published on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 19:17, Updated on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:52 in Entertainment section
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New Delhi: After bagging four Golden Globes and 11 BAFTA nominations, Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's rag-to-riches story about the coming of age of a Mumbai slum child has bagged 10 Oscar nominations this year.
Slumdog has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Best Picture, Best Original Score (A R Rahman), Best Song (One each for Jai Ho and O Saya), Best editing, Best Sound Mixing (Resul Pookutty), Best Sound Editing (Resul Pookutty), Best Cinematography and Best Director (Danny Boyle) at the Oscars.
Slumdog Millionare has already bagged four coveted Golden Globes and multiple Bafta nominations.
The nominations were announced at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theatre by Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker. The awards will be announced on February 22 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
"It's unbelievable. We've got 10 nominations and three are extraordinarily special because they are for A R Rahman who is not here because he's working on Dilli 6 in Chennai right now," said Danny Boyle at a press conference organised in Mumbai.
"The film is about this extraordinary city. I want to thank everyone in this city for making it this extraordinary place," he said.
This is the first time that an Indian has won more than one nomination in Oscar history. Reacting to the nominations, Rahman said: "I did not think it will get there. God has been really kind. And I have to really thank the prayers of all the people and their good wishes.
"Something good is happening and I am really happy about it," he said, adding there is a kind of optimism in the film and so much of positive vibes as you leave the movie hall."
Co-director Loveelyn Tandon said, "We have proved everyone wrong. It's a crazy feeling beyond words. Ten nominations is something unbelievable."
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