Slumdog Millionaire bags 10 nominations at Oscars

A. R. Rahman did India proud once again as he bagged a triple nomination at the 81 st Oscar Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire.

Slumdog Millionaire, bagged 10 nominations in all including Best Motion Picture category, Best Director — Danny Boyle and Best Adapted Screenplay — Simon Beaufoy. Other nominations include Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing.

At the same time, the romantic fantasy “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” led Academy Awards contenders with 13 nominations.

As expected, Heath Ledger had a supporting-actor nomination for “The Dark Knight” on the first anniversary of his death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Real-life couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will both go to the Oscars as nominees. Jolie had a best actress nomination for the missing-child drama “Changeling.”