‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a having a sweeping win at the Oscars, currently on in Los Angeles. The much acclaimed flick has won six awards till now, which include- ‘Best Original Score’, ‘Best Theme Song’, ‘Best Sound Mixing’, ‘Best Editing’ ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ and ‘Best Cinematography’.
Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to win an Oscar for sound mixing for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
Pookutty shared the award with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their work in the Mumbai-based fairy-tale journey of a slum boy. “This is unbelievable. I share this stage with two magicians? I dedicate this award to my country,” Pookutty said in his acceptance speech here on Sunday.
Simon Beaufoy bagged the first Oscar for this real to the core movie based on Indian slum of Dharavi. Other films in contention included ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, ‘Doubt’, ‘Frost/Nixon’, and ‘The Reader’.
While An
thony Dod Mantle bagged the Best Cinematography Oscar for the same.
In his Oscar winning speech, Beaufoy thanked the author of ‘Q&A’ Vikas Swarup from whose novel the movie screenplay was derived from. While Anthony thanked Director Danny Boyle for giving him the opportunity, and also thanked his beloved wife for the support.
‘Slumdog’ is in contention for ten awards and is being pitted to have a clean sweep at the ceremony.
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