Slumdog' hits the jackpot at the Golden Globes

I planned to watch that movie after my friend told me about it. But it wasn't in the theater in Switzerland. And could't download it online ;) Have to get the DVD out here. Must be a real good movie.

Four Golden Globes for Freida Pinto’s First Movie, Slumdog Millionaire

The big star of the Golden Globe Awards Sunday was "Slumdog Millionaire." The Bollywood fantasy took four awards, including best drama.


Much of the credit goes to the brilliantly beautiful and talented co-star Frieda Pinto.


Prior to her acting career, Pinto dazzled the modeling circuit in Mumbai [represented by Elite Model Management India] for two years. Her big break into the movie business came when director Danny Boyle picked her out in the audition process to play the female lead, Latika, for his latest project, Slumdog Millionaire.




"Is this really happening to me? My first film wins four Golden Globes? I just can't believe it," Pinto gushed to reporters backstage as she stood among her collaborators, including Danny Boyle, who won the best-director prize.


A favorite of movie critics and a solid box-office success, "Slumdog Millionaire" emerged on top of best-drama nominees that included Brad Pitt's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's "Revolutionary Road" and Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon."


Best screenplay and best-musical score prizes also went to "Slumdog Millionaire," the story of an orphan boy on the streets of Mumbai who rises from his hardship to achieve grand success on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," all the while trying to reunite with a childhood lost love.


With the Golden Globes under its belt, "Slumdog Millionaire" emerged as a potential favorite nominee and “film to beat” at the this year’s Academy Awards. This is an unexpected position for a movie with a cast of relatively new faces.


"They have this expression…in Hindi, which is when you do something, you should do it from the heart," Boyle said backstage. "The film was made from the heart, and we never expected to be here, and it's incredible that we are."