Danny Boyle to head Shanghai film fest jury

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - No one in the 'Slumdog Millionaire' film crew predicted its Oscar success - except for one of the child actors, director Danny Boyle has said. 'When things like this happen, it's always unexpected really because that's what makes them so extraordinary,' Boyle said at a glittering Empire award ceremony Sunday night, where he picked up the prize for outstanding contribution to British cinema.

March 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Danny Boyle, Oscar winning director of 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been asked to direct the next James Bond film. Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has asked Boyle to direct the 23rd Bond film, reports thesun.co.uk.

February 25th, 2009 LONDON - The child actors of 'Slumdog Millionaire' - particularly the two real-life slum kids - had a blast on their Hollywood holiday, getting all sentimental, 'just like art folk', the director of the movie said. 'They loved it, they laughed and cried and got very over 0sentimental, which is like all arts folk,' Danny Boyle said after the movie won eight Oscar awards.

February 24th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday congratulated the makers of 'Slumdog Millionaire', which won eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle. 'I would like to congratulate Danny Boyle and all those who worked on 'Slumdog Millionaire' on winning an incredible eight Academy Awards,' Brown said.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Longinus Fernandes would have been just another Indian choreographer striving to make it big if Danny Boyle hadn't signed him on for 'Slumdog Millionaire' and mentioned his name in his Oscar acceptance speech. Fernandes is now on cloud nine with his newly found fame.

February 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - British filmmaker Danny Boyle received the best director Oscar for his movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' that tells the heartwarming tale of a Mumbai slum boy who goes on to win a multimillion dollar quiz show on TV. Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' highlights the pain and misery of the impoverished section who lives in the slums of India.

February 21st, 2009 LONDON - Danny Boyle, the son of a weaver, rose from rags to riches in a way similar to the hero of the Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionaire' he has directed, says the woman who was his next-door neighbour when he was born in the Manchester suburb of Radcliffe. The Oscars ceremony is scheduled Sunday night (Monday morning in India).

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.

February 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Gupta Tuesday said he was on the brink of cracking a deal with Indian diplomat-author Vikas Swarup to make a film on his book 'Q & A'. Gupta, however, missed the deal as the rights of the book were already sold to British-Irish filmmaker Danny Boyle, who made the Oscar-nominated rags-to-riches drama 'Slumdog Millionaire' on the same.

January 30th, 2009 LONDON - Indian actress Frieda Pinto recently performed an impromptu dance on a US talk show stage. Contactmusic.com reports that the 24-year-old actress who stars in the Oscar nominated 'Slumdog Millionaire' appeared on the Late Late show hosted by Craig Fergusson to promote the film.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After his Golden Globe-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', English director Danny Boyle wants to return to Mumbai again for a dark thriller. 'I'd love to make a dark thriller on Mumbai.

January 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Danny Boyle, director of the award winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', said he had the highest regard for Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and so would rather take Big B's blog comments about the film in his stride. 'First and foremost, 'Slumdog Millionaire' is not a documentary,' Boyle said while addressing the media with the film's entire key cast in attendance here Tuesday evening.

January 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Will Smith says he could make a Bollywood-style film with 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle, according to a report Friday. Speaking at the premiere of his new thriller 'Seven Pounds', he said he had been 'looking at a few things' with the British director, whose film has won four Golden Globe awards and 11 Bafta nominations.

January 12th, 2009 LONDON - Danny Boyle, the British director of the award-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', wants to return to Mumbai to make another film. 'I'd love to do a thriller there next - the energy is extraordinary,' he told thelondonpaper.

January 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Citing prior commitments, Bollywood choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan has declined an invitation to serve on the main jury of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival - the Berlinale - Feb 5-15. 'I have been invited to be on the main jury of the Berlin Film Festival,' Farah, who is credited with hits like 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Om Shanti Om', told IANS, adding that the 10-day schedule was too demanding and she had instead decided to be there just for three days as a panellist for a forum that will be a part of the renowned film festival.