The low-budget film continued its winning streak at the British Academy Film Awards 2009, winning seven of the top honours. Here's a dekko at the action in London last night
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WE ARE the champions: Music director A R Rahman, filmmaker Danny Boyle arrive at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Opera House in London yesterday. pics/ap, afp |
Actor Anil Kapoor at Red Carpet |
Dev Patel and Freida Pinto at Red Carpet |
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Danny Boyle with his award |
BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke with his Best Actor award for his role in The Wrestler and Penelope Cruz with her award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet for The Reader |
Slumdog Millionaire based on India's diplomat-turned author Vikas Swarup's novel, won seven awards at the British Academy Film Awards here.
The film had received 11 nominations.
Slumdog Millionaire bagged the awards for Best Film, Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Adapted screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Best Music (A R Rahman), Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Best Editing (Chris Dickens) and the Best Sound (Resul Pookutty, Glen Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp).
Rahman's success
After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting a triple Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie, Rahman, 43, is the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA award.
Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a BAFTA Award for Best Sound editing for Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman's composition 'Jai Ho' for British director Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire', earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best Composer in 2008 and the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score.
Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, was nominated in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of his compositions -- 'Jai Ho' and 'O Saya' at the Oscar.
The full list of Winners for the British Academy Film Awards in 2009.
BEST FILM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MAN ON WIRE Simon Chinn, James Marsh
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
For Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) Hunger
DIRECTOR
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
ANIMATED FILM
WALLE Andrew Stanton
LEADING ACTOR
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENÃÂLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MUSIC
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A R Rahman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo CHANGELING ÃÂ James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
COSTUME DESIGN
THE DUCHESS Michael O'Connor
SOUND
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
SHORT ANIMATION
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
SEPTEMBER Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Noel Clarke
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Terry Gilliam
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