The history of Academy Awards are really interesting. The Oscar awards were started in 1929 and it was given in a low publicised event held in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel attended by only 270 people.
The annual award is given by the US-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in film industry, in [...]
Actress Freida Pinto has refuted the rumor of love relationship with her Dev Patel and at the same time she claimed that both are good friends.
Before this actor Anil Kapoor had claimed that both the Slumdog stars are in love relationship. Freida told reporters as she walked the red carpet with Dev “We are good [...]
Composer AR Rahman has created history by scooping two Oscar awards for Best Original score and Best Original song for Slumdog Millionaire.
The award for Best Song ‘Jai Ho’ was shared by Rahman and renowned lyricist Gulzar. Ressul Pookutty also walked away with the golden trophy for Best Sound Mixing.
The critically acclaimed film has also won [...]
Danny Boyle”’’s Slumdog Millionaire has become the fourth film along with Gandhi to get the highest number of Oscar awards.
The film, which tracks the journey of an 18-year-old boy from rags-to-riches, won eight Oscars out of the 10 categories it was nominated for.
The flick has not only earned the Best Director gong for Danny Boyle, [...]
Danny Boyle’s movie “Slumdog Millionaire” is a hit across the world, but in India, protesters have taken to the streets to attack the film.
According to the New York Times, several Indians find the word “Slumdog” insulting to slum-dwellers. More generally, the rags-to-riches romance has been called “poverty porn” for the way it casts a glowing [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has congratulated the Slumdog Millionaire team, saying A R Rahman have done India proud.
A PMO spokesperson said the Prime Minister “congratulates A R Rahman, Resul Pookutty (sound engineer), Gulzar (lyricist), and entire Slumdog Millionaire team for the success at the Oscars,”
The film bagged eight awards including two Oscars for Rahman for [...]
Indian fashion designer Anand Jon’s well- wishers are trying to have a petition to bring his case to U.S. president Barack Obama’s attention signed by 100,000 people.
Through this petition, they want to highlight that the haste with which the jury presided over the case has led to a great injustice.
The appeal says, “We are deeply [...]
Noted music composer A. R. Rahman who created a sensation on Sunday by winning two Oscars for Best Original Song and Original Score for the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, said he was both excited and terrified.
Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho’, received accolades from across the world.
Rahman is only the third Indian after Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya and [...]
Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan would be working in a flick directed by Farah Khan. The movie “Happy New Year” is said to fire the floor soon, according to the news reports.
Big Bachchan has given his consent for the same and movie will go on floors by end of this year, report said.
‘Happy New [...]
Rajasthan High Court has slapped Rs. 20 lakh fine for Salman Khan’s much ambitious project “Veer.” The movie was in trouble for causing damage to the Amer fort.
The producers have been asked for Rupees 20 lakh for damaging the wall of the protected Amer fort. The producers will have to pay and they’ve been given [...]