Slumdog Millionaire bagged as many as eight Oscar Awards including the biggest that of being the Best Film. The movie was nominated for ten Academy awards and it was virtually a clean sweep for Director Danny Boyle and his crew.
The Director of Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle, who himself got the Oscar for Best Director was humble enough to admit his mistake of not crediting a choreographer in the movie. An Indian by the name Longinus Fernandes had choreographed the Oscar Award winning song ‘Jai Ho’ which appears at the end of the film. Unfortunately, Longinus’ name wasn’t credited which was known to the rest of the world only through Boyle’s speech at the Oscars. Danny Boyle said that “There’s one guy I should mention, we’ve mentioned a lot of people, I forgot the guy who choreographed the dance at the end of the film, he’s called Longinus [Fernandes] and I forgot him off the credits, and I only found out about it two weeks ago. I’m an idiot… and I apologize from the bottom of my heart Longinus”.
Well here is a list of Oscars that the Slumdog Millionaire has won:
- Best Picture
- Best Director which went to Danny Boyle
- Best Original Music Score for AR Rahman
- Best Song for AR Rahman and Gulzar for Jai Ho
- Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy
- Best Film Editing for Chris Dickens
- Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle
- Best Sound Mixing for Resul Pookutty
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