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Slumdog Millionaire sequel and TV adaptation may be in works 16 years after original

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A sequel to the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire might be …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Slumdog Millionaire sequel in works? Producer confirms

India Today

Los Angeles-based production house Bridge7 has acquired the rights for a sequel and TV adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire. The newly established company, led by producer Swati Shetty and veteran CAA agent Grant Kessman, secured the rights from UK-based Celador, the studio behind the Oscar-winning film, alongside Film4. In a statement quoted by The Hollywood Reporter, Shetty and Kessman shared, “Some …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Academy Museum announces event honouring music of Indian cinema

The Hindu

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 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Bhanu Athaiya to MM Keeravaani, Indians who scripted history by winning the Oscars. On Monday Masala

India Today

India erupted in celebrations on March 13 after RRR won the prestigious Oscar award for Best Original song. Other than RRR, Guneet Monga’s The Elephant Whisperers also brought laurels to the country after it won an award in the Best short documentary category. Late Bhanu Athaiya Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty, along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, was the joint …

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1 year, 11 months ago

HistoRRRic Win: Naatu Naatu's Golden Globes victory puts Indian music on world map like AR Rahman's Jai Ho

Firstpost

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 …

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2 years, 11 months ago

When AR Rahman dismissed Ismail Darbar's allegations of him ‘buying’ his Slumdog Millionaire Oscars

Hindustan Times

In 2011, music director Ismail Darbar created controversy when he claimed that fellow composer AR Rahman had ‘bought’ the Oscars he won for his work in the film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman had won two Academy Awards in 2009 for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Nothing.” He added that the work on Slumdog Millionaire was much below Rahman’s other films. An irate …

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2 years, 11 months ago

AR Rahman Turns 55: Do You Know These Lesser-known Facts About The Music Maestro?

News 18

Happy Birthday AR Rahman: Referred to as ‘The Mozart Of Madras’, AR Rahman turns 55 today. AR Rahman is the first Asian to have won 2 Oscars in the same year for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. AR Rahman joined hands with Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart and Joss Stone to introduce a completely different kind of music under the name SuperHeavy. Reportedly, Airtel’s …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Anil Kapoor Reminisces Iconic Moment When Received SAG Award for Slumdog Millionaire

News 18

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor trod down memory lane to relive the iconic moment when he received the prestigious SAG Award for Slumdog Millionaire. Anil who was exhilarated couldn’t contain his emotions as he accompanied the rest of the cast including Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, and late actor Irrfan Khan on the stage to receive the award. It narrates the story …

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3 years, 7 months ago

When Irrfan Khan was asked where he'd keep his Oscar, if he ever won one: 'Not in the bathroom'

Hindustan Times

The late Irrfan Khan, who has appeared in Oscar-winning films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi, was honoured at the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday. Irrfan Khan honoured at the in memorium segment at the 93rd Academy Awards But did you know Irrfan had once been asked where he'd keep his Oscar, were he to ever win one? …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Examining the Academy's bias towards popular musicals over richer soundtracks in Best Original Score category