Slumdog Millionaire Won 8 Oscars, Rahman Got Best Music

By admin on February 23rd, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire won 8 oscars out of total 10 nominations categories. This movie has created history for many reasons like first movie to won oscar without any big names, won first oscar for india in history and lot others.

Out of the ten Oscars that it was nominated for, Slumdog Millionaire swept eight Oscars which included two Oscars for music maestro A R Rahman, Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Sound Mixing for India’s Resul Pookutty.

The film opened its Oscar account by winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Simon Beaufoy.

After that, there was no looking back as the film went on a dream run to win awards in Film Editing for Chris Dickens, Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle and Sound Mixing for India’s Resul Pookutty.

36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing . Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collabrative work for the film

“This is unbelievable. I share this stage with two magicians…I dedicate this award to my country,” Pookutty said while accepting the award .

The biggest success for India came with a double Oscar treat for Rahman for Best Original Music Score and Best Song (Jai Ho).

British filmmaker Danny Boyle won the Best Director award. Boyle was visibly excited and overwhelmed as he said “I want to thank my dad, my sisters and my wife… one person we haven’t thanked is the choreographer who directed the last song in the film - Longines. I want to thank him too,” said Boyle after receiving the award .

Boyle, 52, who had never before been nominated for an Oscar, beat David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Gus Van Sant (Milk), and Stephen Daldry (The Reader).

Slumdog Cast and Crew For 10 Oscar Nomination