Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.
After its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival and subsequent screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire initially had a limited North American release on 12 November 2008, to critical acclaim. It later had a nationwide grand release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and in the United States on 23 January 2009. It premiered in Mumbai on 22 January 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on 31 March 2009.
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), five Critics' Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. Slumdog Millionaire has stirred controversy concerning language use, its portrayals of Indians and Hinduism, and the welfare of its child actors.
AWARDS:
Slumdog Millionaire is highly acclaimed, named in the top ten lists of various newspapers. On 22 February 2009, the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including the Best Picture and Best Director. It is only the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards and the eleventh Best Picture Oscar winner without a single acting nomination. The film also won seven of the eleven BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film; all four of the Golden Globe Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Drama Film; and five of the six Critics' Choice Awards for which it was nominated.
| 1. Best Picture | ||||||
| 2. Best Director, Danny Boyle | ||||||
| 3. Best Adapted Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy | ||||||
| 4. Best Cinematography, Anthony Dod Mantle | ||||||
| 5. Best Original Score, A. R. Rahman | ||||||
| 6. Best Original Song - "Jai Ho", A. R. Rahman and Gulzar | ||||||
| 7. Best Film Editing, Chris Dickens | ||||||
| 8. Best Sound Mixing, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pyke, and Ian Tapp | ||||||
| BAFTA Awards record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Best Film, Christian Colson | ||||||
| 2. Best Director, Danny Boyle | ||||||
| 3. Best Adapted Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy | ||||||
| 4. Best Cinematography, Anthony Dod Mantle | ||||||
| 5. Best Film Music, A. R. Rahman | ||||||
| 6. Best Editing, Chris Dickens | ||||||
| 7. Best Sound, Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pyke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp | ||||||
| Golden Globe Awards record | ||||||
| 1. Best Picture - Drama | ||||||
| 2. Best Director, Danny Boyle | ||||||
| 3. Best Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy | ||||||
| 4. Best Original Score, A. R. Rahman | ||||||
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