Slum dwellers in Patna burn effigies of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ director

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of the slum dwellers, residing on the banks of Yamuna River, are suffering with the river crossing the danger level following incessant rains in the national capital. A flood alert was issued Saturday after water levels of Yamuna reached 204.55 meters.

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 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 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 25th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian NGO working in the slums of India Tuesday hailed multiple Oscars for ``Slumdog Millionaire' as the film has highlighted the hard life of people in urban slums the world over. Criticising of those who have slammed the film for ``glamorizing poverty'', the organization said 'Slumdog Millionaire' has put the hard truth about urban slums before world audiences.

February 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday exempted India-themed film 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has won eight Oscar awards, from entertainment tax in the state for one year. 'The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' has been made tax free with immediate effect in the state for a period of one year by the commercial taxes department on the instructions of Chief Minister Raman Singh,' said an official statement issued here.

February 24th, 2009 BANGALORE - They are ecstatic, celebrating every moment of it. The slum dwellers of India's IT hub are short of words to express their joy at the huge success of 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the Oscars.

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 17th, 2009 PATNA - A Bihar court Wednesday began hearing a defamation case against the Indian cast of Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionaire' and music maestro A.R. Rahman for allegedly 'abusing slum dwellers'.

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 4th, 2009 PATNA - A court here Thursday deferred hearing in a defamation case against the Indian cast of Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionare' for allegedly 'abusing slum dwellers'. The court slated the next hearing for Feb 18.

January 25th, 2009 PATNA - Slum dwellers in Bihar's capital continued to protest Monday against Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionaire', demanding the film's makers remove the word dog from the title. The protesters said their sensibilities had been offended by the title, which they said was abusive of people who live in slums.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Simon Beaufoy, the screenplay writer of Danny Boyle's Golden Globe winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' Wednesday said the title of the film was only a 'metaphor'. 'There was absolutely no sense I wanted to insult anybody.

January 20th, 2009 PATNA - A man, who claims to fight for the rights of slum dwellers, has taken the Indian artistes of the acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire' to court, contending that their sensibilities have been offended by the movie title that he found abusive of people who live in slums. The case was registered by the chief judicial magistrate Tuesday against the movie's music director A.R.

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'.