It was India's day at the 81st Academy Award, or as they are popularly known as, The Oscars. Slumdog Milllionaire, a British film based in Mumbai with Indian cast including Bollywood stars Anil Kapoor and Irfan Khan, Child Actors from India and music by Inidan Composer A.R.Rahman won 8 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Original Score (A.R.Rahman), Original Song (Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman, Lyrics Gulzar), Sound Mixing (Resool Pookuty), Cinematography, Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on the novel Q & A by Indian Diplomat Vikas Swarup. It had been nominated for 10 Oscars with two nominations for original song for A.R.Rahman. It lost to "The Dark Knight" in Sound Editing.
Apart from Slumdog Milllionaire An Indian Documentory film "Smile Pinky" also won the Oscar. the complete list of nominations and winners can be found here
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