Posts Tagged ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Child star of Slumdog Millionaire to publish book about her life story

Thursday, June 11, 2009 22:44 By GSerrano

Rubina Ali, the 9-year old actress who played the young Latika in Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, will soon publish her autobiography under UK’s Transworld Publishers and Random House Children’s Books. Both publishing houses are divisions of Random House Group Ltd.
Her book will detail her impoverished childhood, as well as her recently earned international fame. To be released in July, [...]

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A Charity Amount of $ 747000 to Mumbai from Slumdog Filmmakers

Friday, April 17, 2009 22:27 By MB

Slumdog Millionaire, the film that bagged eight Oscars in 2009 is indebted to the slums of Mumbai, India. After grossing an approximate profit of $ 300 million worldwide, the filmmakers are now doing some charity work as well.
A donation of $ 747000 is donated to Plan, the international institution that works for the welfare of [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto Vogue’s Cover Girl

Thursday, February 26, 2009 22:02 By MB

Eight Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is the Vogue’s new cover girl for the Indian edition of the magazine.
After the outstanding success of the film which bagged Best Director and Best Picture award along with other six awards, Freida Pinto is already booked for her next film. The cover girl had been [...]

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Voyeurism of Poverty

Thursday, February 26, 2009 20:26 By GSerrano

To me, it seemed that the filmmakers behind Slumdog Millionaire started out with the concept of the great pipe dream via a contest where millions of cash are at stake. The word ‘millionaire’ just has to be in the very title of the game show that will be used. Since drama is all about conflict, [...]

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Slums, Dogs and Millionaires

Monday, February 23, 2009 18:45 By Madhuri Katti

I am bemused to see so much hype about Slumdog Millionaire. Let me confess on the onset I haven’t seen the movie yet. But have read a lot about it everywhere and seen clippings on TV. Going by the movie storyline, music, interviews, Oscars and other awards the movie seems to be must see. But [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire’s Real Stars – Life After The Big Night??

Monday, February 23, 2009 15:19 By Preeti

 
After the Oscar Awards ceremony, the A-list crowd moved on for a long night of expensive celebration and public back-slapping. Some 9000 miles away, another kind of celebration was taking place in a tiny, pink shack in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai. Munni Qureshi, watched the Academy Awards as her three other children slept on [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire walks away with 8 Oscars

Monday, February 23, 2009 9:41 By MB

Slumdog Millionaire, the Indian rag-to-riches story bagged 8 Oscars, at the 81st Annual Academy Award. It won Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Music, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Background Score, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay. Although Slumdog had Oscar written all over it, Danny Boyle, the director of this film was quite [...]

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Oscar Hopes Gets People to Dream Big

Sunday, February 22, 2009 19:32 By Jaiyant Cavale

The biggest question that is hanging on everyone’s head is whether Slumdog Millionaire will win it at the Oscars or not. The music director of the movie Rahman feels if the movie wins at the Oscars, it will lead to ‘bigger things‘. In my opinion, it surely shall lead to bigger things with respect to [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire, Oscars, Hypocrisies and More

Saturday, February 21, 2009 22:23 By Jaiyant Cavale

Most people in India have high hopes about Slumdog Millionaire winning an Oscar. This comes after criticizing and accusing the movie for being almost pornographic about poverty and slums. Indians have also secretly loved the movie because it was one of the rare occasions when Indian faces were seen on the global screen. However, this [...]

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