Chhattisgarh makes ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ tax free

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, on Monday felicitated artistes of Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' before the movie was screened for the lawmakers. A special screening of the movie was held for members of both the houses.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The street kids of New Delhi had a rendezvous with Oscar winning sound mixer of 'Slumdog Millionaire' Resul Pookutty here last evening. Continuing his association with the rags to riches Oscar winning flick, Resul interacted with the homeless kids as part of the initiative of a self-help group 'Butterflies India', working for the cause of street children.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali is said to have been paid more than the Oscar winning film for a drinks commercial with Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman. According to the nine-year-old slum dweller's father, the money Rubina is receiving for doing the ad is more than the total she got for the film.

March 18th, 2009 BEIJING - 'Slumdog Millionaire', the Academy Award-winning best picture of the year, will hit Chinese screens March 26, an official said Wednesday. 'The movie will be available at cinemas nationwide,' said Zhang Xiaosong, an official with the China Film Group Corporation (CFGC).

March 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-director Loveleen Tandan is still to get over the Oscar experience. She says her worst fear before the ceremony was she would trip and fall on her sari on the red carpet.

March 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Over 500 children from slums here were treated to a special screening of the Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Coming out of the theatre, the kids said the story of Jamal, an orphaned and poor kid, who eventually becomes a millionaire overnight after winning a television quiz show, inspired them that they too should not take slum life for granted.

February 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - 'Slumdog Millionaire' that won eight Academy Awards has been made tax-free in Maharashtra, an official said Monday evening. The movie, in which a number of Mumbai children, majority of them from slums, play different roles, swept the 81st Oscar ceremony with eight honours, including two for music director A.R.

February 24th, 2009 BRUSSELS - European Union Monday congratulated the makers of the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' which won eight Oscars at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. The film was co-funded under the EU's film support programme MEDIA.

February 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Following is a list of the Oscars won by 'Slumdog Millionaire': 1. Best Picture 2.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following is the list of Indians who have won an Oscar over the years: 1. Bhanu Athaiya - Best Costume Design for Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' in 1982 2.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has won as many as eight awards at the Oscars, was Monday granted entertainment tax exemption in Delhi, with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit saying it had 'created history in the field of Indian cinema'. Dikshit expressed her pleasure over 'Slumdog Millionaire' - a film by British director Danny Boyle with India as its backdrop and at its heart - sweeping the 81st Academy Awards.

February 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Model-turned actress Freida Pinto refutes the rumours that she is dating her 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-star Dev Patel. She said they are just 'good friends'.

February 13th, 2009 LONDON - British-Irish director Danny Boyle has won praises and Oscar nominations for 'Slumdog Millionaire' but his father slept through the movie. Patrick Boyle, 88, believes the highly praised, India-based drama is not his son's best offering and prefers Danny's debut 1995 release 'Shallow Grave' over it, Contactmusic.com reports.

January 31st, 2009 LONDON - The producers of movie sensation 'Slumdog Millionaire' are to launch a British television spin-off in which millionaires will visit Mumbai slums to help poor families, the Daily Express reported Sunday. The new show, called 'Secret Slumdog Millionaire', also takes its name from the successful British television show 'Secret Millionaire', in which wealthy businessmen and women move incognito into poor communities and select a person or project for charity.

January 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Danny Boyle's internationally applauded 'Slumdog Millionaire' will have an odd-sounding title for its Hindi dubbed version - 'Slumdog Crorepati'. The intended Hindi title 'Slumdog Millionaire: Kaun Banega Crorepati' was shortened, thanks to copyright issues by the producers of the international game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'.