Slumdog Millionaire wins at Golden Globe Awards and Critic’s Choice Awards

Slumdog Millionaire collected 9 awards over the past week with wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. The film had repeat wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Composer/Musical Score. Here’s the list of awards won.

THE 14th CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

BEST DIRECTOR – Danny Boyle

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay) – Simon Beaufoy

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21) – Dev Patel

BEST COMPOSER – A.R. Rahman

THE 66th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Director (Motion Picture) – Danny Boyle

Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) – Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score (Motion Picture) – A. R. Rahman

Although the critics love the film, will the American public like it too? Since its limited release in the US, Slumdog Millionaire has already raked in over $34 million. With the 9 awards added, we expect the Fox Searchlight Pictures to expand the distribution of the film as well as making a bigger splash when the film comes out on DVD. This could be the breakthrough film that bridges Hollywood and Bollywood even more. There have been previous discussions of Steven Spielberg doing Bollywood. We hope to see more Asian/Asian American actors and sctresses on the big screen in the US.

Golden Globes 2009 Danny Boyle, Dev Patel & Freida Pinto