The Slumddog actress rescued a fan from an oncoming car.
For a film that cost a mere $15 million and which is also substantially in Hindi, this is anything but a landmark achievement.
The Indian Independent Filmmakers Worldwide organised a masterclass, a fascinating Q&A session with director Sudhir Mishra and Boyle, discussing all of Boyle's films and his process, before opening up the floor to an eager set of filmmakers and writers.
Slumdog Millionaire bagged 10 Oscar nominations at the 81st annual Academy Awards.
John Shetty earns Rs 1000, out of which he pays 500 to train in a cricket club so that he can fulfil his dream.
The Goa unit of a Hindu organisation has demanded a ban on the release of Slumdog Millionaire, saying the award-winning film hurts the religious sentiments of the majority community.
After school, twelve-year-old Kokila washes dishes, and earns Rs 300 every month.
'Didi gave up her studies and took up a maidservant's job to help me continue with my studies,' says Monica Halder of a Kolkata slum.
Reader Pragati Kapoor sends us a photograph.
Slumdog Millionaire has received tremendous international recognition and highlighted Mumbai's underbelly. While some hail it as a grand endorsement for the city, others think of it as a sorry stereotype.
rediff.com correspondents met children in Mumbai's slums to find out what life really means for them.
AR Rahman has composed the soundtrack for the Hollywood romantic comedy starring Vince Vaughn.
Pictures of the two holding hands during a fashion show have appeared on a web site.
The flick starring Mariah Carey, bagged the People's Choice Award at the annual event
It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.
The 25-year-old actress is convinced she would be the wrong choice for a role in the superspy franchise.
Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto trying their best to remain 'undercover couple'.
But the icing in the cake will be the presence of its Oscar winners -- music director A R Rahman, lyricist Gulzar and sound engineer Resul Pookutty -- at the special screening.
The actress' official spokesperson in India, Divya Tejuja, has said that the Slumdog Millionaire star will not be playing Daniel Craig's love interest in his third 007 installment, Bond 23.
The Slumdog Millionaire star will play the suave spy's love interest in the 23rd James Bond movie after being approached by director Sam Mendes.
Azharuddin Ismail has finally moved into his new home.
Meet Sagar Salunke, who stars in the Oscar-nominated film, Kavi.
Children can be quite lucky at the box office too!
A British newspaper has posted the deleted scene on its website and has proposed that it be restored to the recently released DVD version.
Rubina Ali celebrated her 11th birthday at a shack close to an open sewer.
Judging from the trailer, the film starring Shah Rukh Khan is clearly the kind of film that will either be groundbreaking or groanworthy.
Fifty Dead Men Walking, written and directed by Kari Skogland, is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography, also called Fifty Dead Men Walking.
According to sources, the 24-year-old stunner was invited to a screen test for the 007 movie.
Tanushree writes in to say that Freida was her batchmate in the English Literature class of 2004-05, in Mumbai's St Xaviers' College. She shares her memories.
Mahalakshmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash and Tanvi Shah were the other three besides Sukhwinder Singh sang in Rahman's award-winning song Jai Ho. Here are their stories.
Some of you readers may have studied with her in school or college. Share your memories of times spent with Freida, maybe in the college canteen, maybe on the school playground, maybe in the neighbourhood where you and she live.
Celebrations after India's Oscar moment refuse to die down. Now, it is the telecom services providers who are laughing their way to banks, thanks to the Slumdog Millionaire's Oscar sweep.
Freida Pinto, the film's luminous leading lady who has been wowing the world on the red carpet and across television interviews lining up to the Slumdog's Oscar glory, has gone and signed up a film with director Woody Allen.
Indian cinema has gone from winning two Oscars in all its lifetime -- a lifetime achievement Honorary Oscar for Satyajit Ray, one for Bhanu Hathaiya for Costume Design in Gandhi -- to adding three more in the same day. Wow.
The Slumdog Millionaire team at the Oscar red carpet.
The adventure film titled Shyam's Secret will be made in French and English.
Sukhwinder Singh will not perform at the Oscars this year.
From just another model in a city of so many aspiring to be the next Jesse Randhawa or Ujjwala Raut, in a few short months the Slumdog star has become the toast of Tinsel Town.
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