Mumbai: We remember him as the skinny Jamal from Danny Boyle's Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire. But that was four years ago. Dev Patel recently celebrated his 22nd birthday and is already working in his fourth feature film. While in Los Angeles, Dev engaged in an exclusive phone interview with HitList to discuss life as a travelling actor, challenges in Hollywood, sweetheart Freida Pinto and his upcoming film. How has life changed...
11:29 AM, May 02, 2012
London: Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali is reportedly in talks to be part of a small budget British film which will also have Hollywood veteran Anthony Hopkins. The romantic comedy set to be filmed in India, England and Wales later this year is about a young Welsh nobleman who falls in love with an Indian girl. Former rugby player Gavin Henson is all set to make his acting debut...
03:15 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Music composer A.R. Rahman's says his composition "If I Rise" from the film "127 Hours" has been nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards (WSA). "'If I Rise' from '127 Hours' nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards in the category - 'Best original song written directly for a film'. The event will be held at Ghent, Belguim on the 22nd of October," Rahman posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. The...
10:46 PM, Aug 25, 2011
Los Angeles: Indian actress Freida Pinto got her big break when director Danny Boyle cast the ex-model as the love interest in the 2008 Oscar-winning hit 'Slumdog Millionaire.' Now, she's hitting silver screens in her first big-budget, effects-driven Hollywood movie. Since then, the 26-year-old has appeared on People magazine's 'Most Beautiful People List,' starred in smaller, art-house films for Woody Allen and Julian Schnabel, and is the current face of...
11:45 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Mumbai: Child actor Rubina Ali, who featured in the Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' has lost her home in the major fire, that gutted several shanties in suburban Bandra. "I have lost everything including the film memorabilia," Rubina said on Saturday. The 12-year-old said she was inside her home when fire broke out in the Garibnagar slums on Friday. Nine people were injured and hundreds were rendered homeless in the incident. Rubina...
10:56 AM, Mar 05, 2011
There's more reason to cheer with two Indians being nominated for an Oscar this year. ...
09:31 AM, Feb 26, 2011
Mumbai: Music maestro A.R. Rahman has bagged two nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards for his work in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours and the film frat is hoping that the composer triumphs again at the gala event on Sunday. His colleagues and friends wish him luck and are hoping he brings the golden statuette home again, having bagged two Oscars for the best original score and the song in 2009...
06:13 PM, Feb 22, 2011
London: 'The King's Speech' swept away the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards as the movie received seven trophies across various categories, including the original music title, leaving behind Indian composer A R Rahman's work in '127 Hours'. At a glittering ceremony on Sunday night, the British royal drama, which is about a stammering monarch, took away the awards for best film, outstanding British film, original screenplay,...
07:05 AM, Feb 14, 2011
Los Angeles: Indian music maestro A R Rahman has done it again! He received two nominations on Tuesday for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for the original score in Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' as well as original song 'If I Rise' for the same movie. The composer, who won a double Oscar for his work in 'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009, is now vying for the golden statuette for the original...
09:59 PM, Jan 25, 2011
After the phenomenal success of Slumdog Millionaire, Director Danny Boyle has once again teamed up with Fox Searchlight Pictures, producer Christian Colson, writer Simon Beaufoy and music maestro AR Rahman for an action drama starring James Franco. The film, called 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (played by James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps...
02:25 PM, Jan 25, 2011
Music maestro AR Rahman won the Best Original Song award at the 16th Critics' Choice Movie awards Friday. The 45-year-old music mogul won the award for the song If I Rise for Danny Boyle's film 127 Hours, a collaboration between Rahman and pop star Dido. The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) to honour the finest in cinematic achievement. The star-studded ceremony...
10:42 AM, Jan 16, 2011
Danny Boyle's new movie is not for the faint hearted - two moviegoers passed out while watching gory scenes in 127 Hours and paramedics were called in to help. The cinema has put up warning notices post the incident. One woman fainted and another had a seizure as they watched the true story of US climber Aaron Raston, who cut off his arm after being trapped under a boulder for...
10:47 AM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: Oscar winning music composer A.R. Rahman, who has got a Golden Globe nomination for his work in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, is upbeat about the film's release in Britain. "I'm very excited about 127 Hours releasing in the UK... ,and what makes it even more special is that we scored the music here... in London (sic)," Rahman posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday. The soundtrack of 127...
04:54 PM, Jan 05, 2011
New Delhi: Double Oscar-winning Indian music composer A.R. Rahman is ecstatic about being nominated for the Golden Globe award for his work in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. He says it is a "blessing beyond words". "I am very grateful to the Hollywood foreign press for recognising our film. To collaborate with Danny Boyle is a joy in itself, and to receive recognition for the score makes it all the more...
08:38 PM, Dec 15, 2010
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