A.R. Rahman seems to have become a regular at big ticket international awards as the double Oscar-award winning Indian composer has bagged a Golden Globe nomination for Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours”. This is the 44-year-old’s second stint at Hollywood’s second most prestigious annual movie prize after Boyle’s Mumbai-based underdog drama “Slumdog Millionaire”. The Chennai-based composer is competing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 11, 2010
“Was The Hurt Locker a more distinctive success than Slumdog Millionare this year?” No and Yes. The argument for both sides. No. Slumdog Millionaire was one of the most landmark victories since Titanic (no pun intended) keep reading below to see the intentional irony to this comment. By capturing 8 of 10 categories in its Oscar sweeps of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Anything can happen in Bollyland and that’s why, despite running the risk of being called Filmy, I love this place. You can seriously get away with Murder and change your game faster than any tactic on the Cricket Field, especially at the IPL…However that is the story in Cricket aka SRK’s-lottery-ticket-in-South-Africa this year but back [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
Only-in-India!!!! This is such horrific news, if true, that Slumdog Millionaire star kid Rubina Ali’s father, Rafiq Qureshi, decided to sell her off to a Dubai based Shaikh for a reported 200K of course under the label of adoption…200K pounds or dollars or rupees, oh who cares? And I don’t care if this is wholly [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Fox Searchlight release SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has picked up 20 more awards this week. Here is an update: - Won 6 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Score from San Diego Film Critics Society. - Won 6 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2008
Danny Boyle’s acclaimed motion picture SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE took home more industry awards over the weekend. Here is an update: - Tied with WALL•E for the Best Picture award from the Boston Society of Film Critics. Also won the Best Editing prize. - Won 3 Satellite Awards including Best Picture - Drama. Also won Best Director for Danny [...]
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