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--- On Mon, 12/1/09, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Vithur <[email protected]> > Subject: [arr] Rahman wins Golden Globe, 'Slumdog' bags top prizes > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 12 January, 2009, 11:34 AM > *Rahman wins Golden Globe, 'Slumdog' bags top > prizes* > > Washington (IANS): Music maestro A.R. Rahman has become the > first Indian to > win the prestigious Golden Globe award for best original > music score as the > Mumbai-based "Slumdog Millionaire" bagged four > top prizes, including Best > Motion Picture-Drama. > > The film also won Best Director award for British director > Danny Boyle and > Best Writer award for Simon Beaufoy. > > The 66th annual Golden Globe awards run by the Hollywood > Foreign Press > Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show > business for > overseas outlets, were presented at a glittering ceremony > in Beverly Hills, > California Sunday night. > > "Golden Globes, or the GGs as we very affectionately > refer to them - your > mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated. > Really, deeply > appreciated," Boyle said. > > Sunday's award was a first Golden Globe for Boyle, who > is best known for his > cult 1996 movie "Trainspotting", "The > Beach" and "28 Days Later". > > His latest offering won over "The Curious Case Of > Benjamin Button", > "Frost/Nixon", "The Reader" and > "Revolutionary Road". > > "We really weren't expecting to be here in America > at all at one time, so > it's just amazing to be here," said Beaufoy, whose > winning script was > adapted from Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel > "Q & A". > > Bollywood super star Shah Rukh Khan was one of the > presenters. Also present > were "Slumdog" stars Anil Kapoor, Dev Patel, and > Freida Pinto. > > British Indian actor Dev Patel plays the protagonist in the > film telling the > heartwarming story of an 18-year-old orphan from the slums > of Mumbai, who > goes on to win a staggering Rs.20 million (approx $412,000) > on India's "Who > Wants To Be A Millionaire?" game show. > > Rahman also won the Best Composer award Friday as > "Slumdog Millionaire" > swept the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards winning > five top prizes > including Best Picture of 2008. The film also won Best > Director for Boyle, > Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, and Best Young Actor/Actress > for Dev Patel. > > Besides the Golden Globes, "Slumdog Millionaire" > has now won nominations for > the top award by all five of the US film industry's > major artistic guilds - > Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors > Guild of America, > Writers Guild of America, and American Society of > Cinematographers. > > Members of these groups represent a substantial block of > the 5,810 voting > members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences > which will award > the Oscars Feb 22. > > Meanwhile, the film took its total gross earning to over > $34 million to > surpass the $32.5 million gross of "Bend it Like > Beckham". It has also > exceeded the combined grosses of "The Namesake" > ($13.6 million) and "Monsoon > Wedding ($13.9 million). > > With a weekend gross of $3.7 million, down 21 percent from > last weekend, it > scored a per-theatre average of $6,206. > http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901121140.htm > > -- > regards, > Vithur Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in..messenger.yahoo.com/
