The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, one of the world’s largest film museums located in Los Angeles, US, has announced an event celebrating the music of Indian cinema at the Oscars. The event will highlight three Indian films—Lagaan, Slumdog Millionaire and RRR —that have been honoured at the Academy Awards and delve into the “musical tapestries” woven by their acclaimed …
Remember Rubina Ali Qureshi who played the role of Latika in 'Slumdog Millionaire'? Rubina was just eight years old when she appeared in Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning film that featured Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor in key roles. RUBINA ALI QURESHI GETS MARRIED On November 17, Rubina Ali Qureshi who played the role of young Latika in 'Slumdog Millionaire', …
An Indian film or a song winning the Oscar or the Golden Globe is a double-edged sword. It comes with worldwide recognition but also ends up reducing a country’s culture and its people to a monolith — a trope which played out with Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Rahman’s Jai Ho. Decades later, Naatu Naatu’s Best Song win is oddly …
The Best Original Score category in the upcoming Oscars is an interesting one. Celine Dion’s smash-hit Titanic song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ was so overplayed in 1997-98 that by the time the Oscars were held, it was a no-brainer that the film would decisively dominate the Best Original Score category as well. This bifurcation gave space for diverse soundscapes …
Actor Madhur Mittal, who played the role of Salim in Slumdog Millionaire, has been accused of sexually assaulting and battering his former girlfriend on February 13 at her Mumbai residence. He tried to see her again on the 15th, but the girl’s lawyer Niranjani Shetty asked him to leave the premises, and he complied.” Shetty told Bombay Times, “That girl …