10 Oscar tickets for Slum dog millionaire

Yestrday night it the celebration for the Indo-british unit of Slum dog millionaire,as this film bagged 10 tickets for 81st OSCAR awards. At the time of announcement of these nominiess cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire were in Mumbai for the premiere of the film.

Achievement in Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in Direction - Danny Boyle
Achievement in Film Editing - Chris Dickens
Achievement in Music (Original Score) - A R Rahman Achievement in Music and Lyric (Original Song) (Jai Ho) - A R Rahman and Gulzar
Achievement in Music and Lyric (Original Song) (O Saya) - A R Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best Motion Picture - Christian Colson
Achievement in Sound Editing - Tom Sayers
Achievement in Sound Mixing - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy

They caught the nomination announcement at the premiere venue by a live video feed. On hearing the announcement the cast and crew present including Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy were overjoyed.You can sense the feelings of the crew of the film by their word's
Anil Kapoor, "It is unbelievable. We are so happy it feels like the entire country has been nominated. The film gave India the platform to show the kind of talent India has. Now we must grab the opportunity instead of getting petty and narrow minded."
According to Frieda Pinto, "The feeling is beyond words. 10 Oscar nominations! It's unbelievable."
"It's unbeleivable...the result, 10 nominations for the film and specially the three for Rahman. He is not here because he is finishing work on his other film, he is working right now," said director Danny Boyle.
Co-director Loveleen Tandon said, "It has really opened new doors for us and I am happy that Slumdog... became the vehicle for it. It is high time that the West woke up to Indian talent."
Irrfan Khan, feels the 10 Oscar nominations the film earned were a like a lottery and exudes confidence in A R Rahman in notching a coveted Academy award. "I am elated. It is unbelievable. I don't know how to react. It is like we have won a lottery," he said.
Diplomat-turned-writer Vikas Swarup said, "I think my book which was adapted into screenplay was nominated for the Oscar because Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy had heightened sensibility as people who loved India and Mumbai and that sensibility also came to the project. Even if they viewed it through the eyes of a 'foreigner', if I may use that word they also viewed us as people who felt greatly connected to Mumbai, the great city and its people."

However the 81st Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on 22 February, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network, Slum dog millionaire film is a compititor for the minute surge Benjamin Button's "The Dark Knight," which is at top race by bagging 13 tickets.
'Slumdog Millionaire', a rag to riches love story still the critic's hot favourite after sweeping a series of awards, including Golden Globes in the build up to Thursday's Academy Awards nominations, but experts say that 'Dark Knight' may be the dark horse for the coveted award.

81st Oscar nominee pic's
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-oscars-nominees-photos,0,3690147.photogallery -Courtousy - Newsday

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees - Courtousy - Oscar.com