Slumdog did it !!! AR Rahman snatches 2 Oscars

[Ecstasy]

Congrats to ARR but i won't wish the same for the movie.

 

[forum67]

for those who didnt like Slumdog.......STOP TAKING THE BLUE PILL....lol

 

[scarezebra]

I seriously don't understand WHY PEOPLE are COMPLAINING!!!!!!

It doesn't matter whether Rahman's other works were better than this ... The point is HIS WORK IN SLUMDOG got noticed... Thats what really matters doesn't it????

He has composed better music in the past but it was Slumdog that got him recognition .. So instead of cribbing why can't ppl be just happy that he has bagged OSCARS !!!

As for the movie ... I liked the movie ... But about being the best picture... I am not sure how the other movies were cos except for BB I haven't seen the others.....

And enuff of crying abt the fact that Slumdog was selling India's poverty to the world and that it showed India in the bad light.....

ONE movie is not going to change anyone's perception about the country...

Why the hell are we Indians so crazy about how others perceive India???

Do something to improve the condition of India rather than cribbing about the fact that some movie showed Indian poverty to the world (it was not exactly a secret to begin with)......

Just look around THERE IS POVERTY everywhere.. So nothing depicted in the movie is wrong ..... But if you want to make a movie about the Ambani's and the TATA instead of the slums ..

Then go ahead but don't bullshit about India's negative image etc......

 

[MAGNeT]

I dont know why ppl are talking about a movie which wasnt made for an award stuff first of all....

It was just pure luck they tried in toranto festival..else it would had been any other documentary...and with the word documentary we ppl would had accepted its the shocking truth about INDIA and should have cried it should hav gone for OSCARS...

Now when they get u cry............Well i m no supporter of this movie...but would be happy if the slum crew is financed in studies for future purpose....

Btw a more shocking stuff is that Hollywood or foreign crew is coming on a reality show....

he show will feature real, live rich folks going “undercover” in Mumbai’s slums, befriending the impoverished residents, and eventually—ta-da!—revealing their true identities before handing out wads of cash.

Now thats disguisting

Who Wants to be a Secret Slumdog Millionaire? - Travel Blog - World Hum

And now, Slumdog... a reality TV show?- Media-Media / Entertainment -News By Industry-News-The Economic Times

Regarding safin post regarding filmfare.....Forget dude all awards in India are fixed big time by their PR.......

If u can recall the 2nd IIFa awards..the jury decided they wont let ppl know who are wining ...and all Bollywood stars boycotted it...Only salman and feroz khan were there and than all c grade actors like chunkey pandey...after seeing they made loss they also started fixing...and now the same goes with SRK movies.....and when ekta kapoor stop receiving awards she started her own awards.....what crap....same is with filmfare now

 

[scarezebra]

would be happy if the slum crew is financed in studies for future purpose....

Yes they are ... The children from the slums featured in the movie are going to be provided with free education ........

OT:
Also some days back I had read in the newspaper that the coprorator of the slums in which the guy who played Salim lives is asking for HIS CUT from the payment that the boy recvd for his role in the movie..... Because of his constant harrassment the boy and his mother had to go underground......
This is really shockung .. Extortion from ppl living in the slums !!!! :no:

 

[forum67]

u r kiddin ....right !!

I dont know why ppl are talking about a movie which wasnt made for an award stuff first of all....

[now

2009

2009 Academy Awards

* Won: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Original Score – A. R. Rahman
* Won: Best Original Song – "Jai Ho", by A. R. Rahman (music) & Gulzar (lyrics)
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens
* Won: Best Sound Mixing – Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp
* Nominated: Best Sound Editing – Tom Sayers
* Nominated: Best Original Song – "O... Saya", by A. R. Rahman & M.I.A. (lyrics)

2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.[2]

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Film Music - A.R. Rahman
* Won: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
* Won: Best Editing - Chris Dickens
* Won: Best Sound - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
* Nominated: Outstanding British Film
* Nominated: Best Leading Actor – Dev Patel
* Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Freida Pinto
* Nominated: Best Production Design - Mark Digby, Michelle Day

2009 Golden Globe Awards[3]

* Won: Best Motion Picture - Drama
* Won: Best Director - Motion Picture - Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Original Score - A. R. Rahman
* Won: Best Original Song(Jai Ho) - A. R. Rahman
* Won: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
* Won: Best Sound Mixing - Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp
* Won: Best Editing - Chris Dickens
* Nominated: Best Sound Editing - Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers
* Nominated: Best Original Song(O Saya) - A. R. Rahman

2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards

* Won: Technical Achievement - Mark Digby
* Nominated: Best Director - Danny Boyle
* Nominated: Most Promising Newcomer - Dev Patel

2009 Directors Guild of America

* Won: Best Director - Danny Boyle

2009 Producers Guild of America Awards

* Won: Best Theatrical Picture

2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards

* Won: Best Cast – Rubiana Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto
* Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Dev Patel

2009 Writers Guild of America Awards

* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy

[edit] 2008

2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Unforgettable Moment Award
* Won: Cultural Crossover Award
* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 American Society of Cinematographers Awards

* Won: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases - Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 Austin Film Festival

* Won: Audience Award – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

2008 Black Reel Awards

* Won: Best Actor – Dev Patel
* Won: Breakthrough Performance – Dev Patel
* Won: Best Original Soundtrack – A. R. Rahman
* Nominated: Best Ensemble – Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tanay Chheda

2008 Boston Society of Film Critics Award

* Won: Best Picture (shared with Wall-E)
* Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens

2008 British Independent Film Awards

* Won: Best British Independent Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Most Promising Newcomer – Dev Patel
* Nominated: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Nominated: Best Technical Achievement (cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle)
* Nominated: Most Promising Newcomer – Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Writer – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Young Actor/Actress (under 21) – Dev Patel
* Won: Best Composer - A.R. Rahman
* Nominated: Best Song – "Jai Ho", composed by A. R. Rahman, performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar

2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Best Director - Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Most Promising Performer - Dev Patel
* Nominated: Best Picture
* Nominated: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
* Nominated: Best Original Score - A. R. Rahman

2008 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Nominated: Best Newcomer – Dev Patel

2008 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

* Won: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Houston Film Critics Society Awards

* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Runner-up: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Runner-up: Best Original Score - A. R. Rahman
* Runner-up: Best Original Song - "Jai Ho" performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar

2008 London Film Critics' Circle

* Won: The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
* Won: Best Screenwriter Of The Year – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best British Director Of The Year – Danny Boyle
* Nominated: Best Director Of The Year – Danny Boyle
* Nominated: Best British Actor Of The Year - Dev Patel
* Nominated: The NSPCC Award: Young British Performer Of The Year - Dev Patel

2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman
* Runner-up: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 National Board of Review Awards [4]

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Breakthrough Performance, Male – Dev Patel
* Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards

* Won: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

* Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 New York Film Critics Online Awards

* Won: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle with Loveleen Tandan
* Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman

2008 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

* Won: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens
* Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman
* Won: Break Out On Camera - Dev Patel
* Won: Best Performance By a Youth, Male - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

2008 San Diego Film Critics Society Award

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens
* Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman

2008 Satellite Awards International Press Academy

* Won: Best Motion Picture - Drama
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Original Score - A. R. Rahman
* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Nominated: Best Original Song - "Jai Ho" performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar
* Nominated: Best Film Editing - Chris Dickens

2008 Scripter Award

* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay

2008 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Runner-up: Best Picture
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Foreign Language Film
* Nominated: Best Picture
* Nominated: Most Original, Creative or Innovative Film
* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Nominated: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 Toronto International Film Festival

* Won: People's Choice Award – Danny Boyle

2008 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

* Nominated: Best Picture
* Nominated: Best Director – Danny Boyle

2008 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Won: Best Breakthrough Performance – Dev Patel
* Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

 

[MAGNeT]

u r kiddin ....right !!

The point was it was not like the movie is being made and the staff is gaga.we will get oscars..recognition..what we are making will make us proud for rest of our life

What i know is..once the movie was complete times warner was down with recession and they were not ready to release the movie in theaters as it wasnt ready to spend on no cast movie....Later someone from the group top exect......watched it and suggested boyle inorder to garner fund he should showcase the movie in toranto festival...he did the same and rest is history it got raving reviews

But more detail stuff is mentioned here

'Slumdog': From mutt to 'Millionaire' - The Envelope - LA Times

Hope u got my point.....

This movie wasnt made for oscar like stuff it just happened....a total underdog to celeb type

And now suppose only dvd would had come we would had been crying here the americans are double standard they cant praise indian story and all.....and can finance bigger crap movies there

 

[ubergeek]

BAH ilost faith in oscars when pulp fiction didnt get the best film award

BTW iam totally happy that AR RAHMAN is finally getting recognized for his talents

 

[chiron]

Hope u got my point.....

This movie wasnt made for oscar like stuff it just happened....a total underdog to celeb type

You'd want to make your point a few more times if you want to stand up to the likes of praka.

 

[hussainattari]

FORUM 67 where did you get the data man....great work man...guess the ppl who think that the movie is not worth winning an award will, get the answer....

 

[blr_p]

The point was it was not like the movie is being made and the staff is gaga.we will get oscars..recognition..what we are making will make us proud for rest of our life

Would it be wise to assume any movie made regardless of budget is necessarily going to win ?

You don't know what the competition might come up with so you do your best with what you have and hope for the best.

The list is endless for movies that ought to have won, directors who should have won etc. Some get it very late in life if at all.

I'm still stumped how this movie got best director as well as movie, the highest award of them all :huh:

I guess forum67's list (a source reference would be good) goes some way to explaining this.

 

[Checksum]

I seriously don't understand WHY PEOPLE are COMPLAINING!!!!!!
It doesn't matter whether Rahman's other works were better than this ... The point is HIS WORK IN SLUMDOG got noticed... Thats what really matters doesn't it????
He has composed better music in the past but it was Slumdog that got him recognition .. So instead of cribbing why can't ppl be just happy that he has bagged OSCARS !!!
As for the movie ... I liked the movie ... But about being the best picture... I am not sure how the other movies were cos except for BB I haven't seen the others.....
And enuff of crying abt the fact that Slumdog was selling India's poverty to the world and that it showed India in the bad light.....
ONE movie is not going to change anyone's perception about the country...
Why the hell are we Indians so crazy about how others perceive India???
Do something to improve the condition of India rather than cribbing about the fact that some movie showed Indian poverty to the world (it was not exactly a secret to begin with)......
Just look around THERE IS POVERTY everywhere.. So nothing depicted in the movie is wrong ..... But if you want to make a movie about the Ambani's and the TATA instead of the slums ..
Then go ahead but don't bullshit about India's negative image etc......

Would agree with that. They have not fabricated anything, its all really happening. And its an adaptation for Gods sake! So if you are going to complain, then complain about the author of Q & A who is an Indian.

If this film had been released as a documentary, and had not won any awards, no one would have complained. Now that its won every goddam award, everyone wants a go at it. That's sad attitude! I saw the little boy's mother give an interview on TV and she was so happy. The producer has put him into a nice school, and when he passes out will get about 13 lahks rupees. At least they are recognizing their poverty, and helping the kid out. I'm happy for that.

But then it definitely did NOT deserve the best picture. There were better films this year, and I guess the jury just got carried away.

Just my 2 cents

 

[MAGNeT]

FORUM 67 where did you get the data man....

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Awards

 

[Shrey]

Ooooh, that's quite a bunch of awards its won. :O Good for the movie But the media IS going a little overboard with the 'celebrations'.

But hats off to ARR, the man's a genius and deserves all of it.

And I'm really happy for 'Smile Pinki' as well. It's been a little overshadowed by the slumdog hype, but its something I'd really want to watch.

All rejoice in Pinki's success-Varanasi-Cities-The Times of India

 

[forum67]

lol....source

List of Slumdog Millionaire awards and honours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I also forgot this to PASTE

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.[1]

* 1st - Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader[1]

* 1st - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times[1]

* 1st - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter[1]

* 1st - Kyle Smith, New York Post[1]

* 1st - Lou Lumenick, New York Post[1]

* 1st - Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle[1]

* 1st - Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald[1]

* 1st - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

* 1st - Robert Mondello, NPR[1]

* 1st - Steve Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer[1]

* 2nd - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal[1]

* 2nd - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[1]

* 2nd - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe[1]

* 2nd - Ben Lyons, At the Movies

* 2nd - Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

* 3rd - Michael O'Conor, [1]

* 3rd - Jake Hamilton, KHOU-TV

* 3rd - James Berardinelli, ReelViews[1]

* 3rd - Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun[1]

* 3rd - Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle[1]

* 3rd - Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter[1]

* 3rd - Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter[1]

* 5th - Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter[1]

* 6th - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News[1]

* 6th - Marc Doyle, Metacritic.com[1]

* 7th - Ella Taylor, LA Weekly[1]

* 7th - Richard Corliss, TIME magazine[1]

* 8th - Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer[1]

* 8th - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter[1]

* 10th - Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle[1]

* 10th - Rick Groen , The Globe and Mail[1]

* Top 20 - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times[1] (Ebert gave a top 20 list in alphabetical order)

OT--- i find wiki such better than imdb , for detailed info of any movie

 

[Params7]

PEOPLE, people : Rehman got 2 Oscars, even if for a song he didn't deserve it, but he does deserve that Oscar for his previous work...so take it like that! Like some lifetime achievement award!

Also, half the reason Slumdog is even so popular its because of it being a Holly movie. I'm so willing to bet that there's more whites here that have seen Slumdog than Indians in India.

And I'm dead serious, even with India's population taken into account >_> Slumdog is still gettings crowds in the nearest theater to me and word of mouth in the local college and schools is just amazing. I had to see the movie because they were giving me the looks as if I'm a bad Indian or something for not seeing the movie yet. Slumdog is pretty much a Life Is Beautiful Part 2 for them, heck, maybe more than that.

 

[muralimahe]

he deserves it

 

[blr_p]

I'm so willing to bet that there's more whites here that have seen Slumdog than Indians in India.

I would not be surprised either.

Its a hell of a gamble to produce a movie here for an international audience which runs the risk of doing poorly at home.

Has there ever been one ?

Slumdog is pretty much a Life Is Beautiful Part 2 for them, heck, maybe more than that.

Ahh, so they see it as a feel-good movie then ?