Hit British film Slumdog Millionaire has won the top prize at the Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars including best director and best picture.
In a great night for Britain, Kate Winslet won the best actress Oscar for The Reader, finally clinching the award on her sixth nomination.
The big surprise of the night was Sean Penn, winning best actor for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for The Dark Knight.
But the night belonged to Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches tale that has enchanted audiences around the world.
Director Danny Boyle, 52, bounced up and down in delight as he received his award, telling the audience: "I swore [to my children] if this miracle ever happened I would receive it in the spirit of Tigger."
Kate Winslet
Winslet was presented her Oscar by five previous best actress winners
The film, set in the slums of Mumbai (Bombay), won eight awards in total, including gongs for best adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound mixing, film editing, best original score and best song.
"There are certain places in the universe you never imagine standing. For me, it's the moon, the South Pole, the Miss World podium and here," joked British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, previously best known for writing The Full Monty.
Indian composer AR Rahman, who received two Oscars - for best song and best score - praised the city which inspired the book, and subsequently the film.
He hailed "all the people from Mumbai and the essence of the film, which is about optimism and the power of hope and our lives".
As anticipated - after years of waiting in the wings - Winslet, 33, won her Academy Award for playing a Nazi prison officer in The Reader.
"I'd be lying if I hadn't made a version of this speech. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into a mirror," she said.
She thanked her husband, Revolutionary Road director Sam Mendes, and her children, for "letting me do what I love and who love me just the way that I am".
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Slumdog Won OSACR
As Slumdog Millionaire bagged eight Oscars, India celebrates A R Rahman's two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, which made history. Resul Pookutty also got one for Best Sound Mixing. They dedicated their awards to the people of India. Meanwhile, Smile Pinki has bagged the Oscar for Best Short Documentary.
was the day of the Slumdog at the Oscars!
Out of the ten Oscars that it was nominated for, Slumdog Millionaire swept eight Oscars which included two Oscars for music maestro A R Rahman, Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.
The film opened its Oscar account by winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Simon Beaufoy.
After that, there was no looking back as the film went on a dream run to win awards in Film Editing for Chris Dickens, Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle and Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.
36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing . Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collabrative work for the film
"This is unbelievable. I share this stage with two magicians...I dedicate this award to my country," Pookutty said while accepting the award .
The biggest success for India came with a double Oscar treat for Rahman for Best Original Music Score and Best Song (Jai Ho).
The composer was overwhelmed and interspersed his speech with Hindi as well as Tamil on receiving the coveted trophy here Sunday.
"There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas ma hai" - which means I have nothing but a mother. My mother is here, I have her blessings. I am glad she could be here," said Rahman.
He ended the acceptance speech by saying "God is great" in Tamil, something he says after winning every award.
He shared the second Oscar for best original song for the film's theme number Jai Ho with noted Indian lyricist Gulzar.
"All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here," said Rahman after receiving his second golden statuette.
British filmmaker Danny Boyle won the Best Director award. Boyle was visibly excited and overwhelmed as he said "I want to thank my dad, my sisters and my wife... one person we haven't thanked is the choreographer who directed the last song in the film - Longines. I want to thank him too," said Boyle after receiving the award .
The film also won an Oscar for Best Motion Picture. The announcement for Best Picture saw a jubiliant cast and crew of the film, clebrating together on the stage.
was the day of the Slumdog at the Oscars!
Out of the ten Oscars that it was nominated for, Slumdog Millionaire swept eight Oscars which included two Oscars for music maestro A R Rahman, Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.
The film opened its Oscar account by winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Simon Beaufoy.
After that, there was no looking back as the film went on a dream run to win awards in Film Editing for Chris Dickens, Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle and Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.
36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing . Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collabrative work for the film
"This is unbelievable. I share this stage with two magicians...I dedicate this award to my country," Pookutty said while accepting the award .
The biggest success for India came with a double Oscar treat for Rahman for Best Original Music Score and Best Song (Jai Ho).
The composer was overwhelmed and interspersed his speech with Hindi as well as Tamil on receiving the coveted trophy here Sunday.
"There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas ma hai" - which means I have nothing but a mother. My mother is here, I have her blessings. I am glad she could be here," said Rahman.
He ended the acceptance speech by saying "God is great" in Tamil, something he says after winning every award.
He shared the second Oscar for best original song for the film's theme number Jai Ho with noted Indian lyricist Gulzar.
"All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here," said Rahman after receiving his second golden statuette.
British filmmaker Danny Boyle won the Best Director award. Boyle was visibly excited and overwhelmed as he said "I want to thank my dad, my sisters and my wife... one person we haven't thanked is the choreographer who directed the last song in the film - Longines. I want to thank him too," said Boyle after receiving the award .
The film also won an Oscar for Best Motion Picture. The announcement for Best Picture saw a jubiliant cast and crew of the film, clebrating together on the stage.
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