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Celebrating the victory of Indians at the Oscars....

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India celebrates Slumdog Millionaire's eight-Oscar victory

(Embraced ... Danny Boyle with Rubina Ali, one of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire, and one of the film's eight Oscars)

India finally laid claim to Slumdog Millionaire – after weeks of controversy the country basked in the glory of the film's eight Oscars, the most of any movie this year, including the top prize of best motion picture.

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Release: 2008
3. Country: UK
4. Cert (UK): 15
5. Runtime: 120 mins
6. Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
7. Cast: Amil Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Azharudin Mohammed Ismail, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Rubina Ali
8. More on this film

News channels broadcasting live commentary of the Hollywood event called the presentation of the best film award – when Slumdog's vast cast and crew took to the dais – a "victory for India". Shown repeatedly was the clip of the movie's producer Christian Colson speaking of the "shared love of the extraordinary city of Mumbai".

Cameras shot celebrations erupting in the family homes of AR Rahman, the composer who took home two golden statuettes, and Resul Pookutty, the Bollywood sound engineer who was part of the winning sound mixing team.

The star for India was definitely Rahman, known as the Mozart of Madras, who picked up the Oscar for best original score before scooping the best song award moments later.

He thrilled the home audience by speaking in his native Tamil, closing his second acceptance speech with the evocation: "God is great." His sister, Rehana, told Indian television that "we won't lose Rahman to Hollywood … he belongs to everyone but he's Indian".

The film's use of Indian actors and the country's landscape produced a welter of stories in the national press, ranging from fascination with the rapid ascent of Mumbai model Freida Pinto to the pages of Vogue; the controversy over whether child actors from the slums had been paid enough; and even the bad Hindi spoken by British Asian actor Dev Patel.

There was almost universal praise for Slumdog Millionaire's director Danny Boyle for choosing to capture, in the words of Bollywood lyricist Gulzar, "the spirit of Mumbai". "I am thrilled and happy ... Danny and Rahman helped to capture the spirit of this city," said the songwriter who penned the lyrics of Slumdog's winning song, Jai Ho.

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Miss India World.....

India boasts of Miss Worlds like Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000). Now to join the list is Parvathy Omanakuttan. She was adjudged the first runner-up of Miss World 2008 at a glittering ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, while Miss Russia Kseniya Sukhinova won one of the most prestigious crown of the year.

DEFEATING THE 31 semifinalists, Miss Russia Ksenia Sukhinova became the Miss World 2008 on Sunday (December 14). While Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan became the first runner up, Miss Trinidad & Tobago, Gabrielle Walcott, became the second runner up.

The Indians felt proud as the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World’08 Parvathy Omanakuttan won the first runner up position. She was also the second runner-up at the Miss World Top Model contest that took place at Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in Soweto, South Africa on December 3. Omanakuttan won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2008 in December last year, from where she started for the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008 title in April.

Among the top five performers, Miss Angola, Brigith dos Santos, ranked third and Miss Russia, Ksenia Sukhinova, stood fourth. Miss South Africa, Tansey Coetzee, grabbed the fifth position.

Mumbai Peace March after Terror Attacks

Not only did thousands of people turned up for the peace March at the Gateway of India yesterday but they were loud and clear about what they wanted..... "A Change & Action not bhashan "


This is what the people of Mumbai felt about our so called babus and netas( local terrorists ) .....Please forward this to each and every Indian so that the message reaches out to our politicians ...

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