Slumdog Millionaire Wins Eight Oscars

'Slumdog Millionaire' Wins Best Picture at 81st Academy Awards

'Slumdog Millionaire', a Fox Searchlight production, picked up the final and most coveted Oscar of the evening: Best Motion Picture, bringing the film's total Academy Award collection to eight. The movie had been nominated for 10 Oscars. 'Slumdog Millionaire' was indeed the big winner of the night..

A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.

Total Nominations (10)

Achievement in Cinematography

Achievement in Directing

Achievement in Film Editing

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

Best Motion Picture of the Year Achievement in Sound Editing

Achievement in Sound Mixing Adapted Screenplay

Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire (8)

Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonFrost/NixonMilkThe ReaderSlumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director:
Danny Boyle - Slumdog MillionaireDavid Fincher - Benjamin ButtonRon Howard - Frost/NixonStephen Daldry - The ReaderGus Van Sant - Milk
Winner: Danny Boyle

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDoubtFrost/NixonThe ReaderSlumdog Millionaire
Winner: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture of the YearWinner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Christian Colson

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original SongWinner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman , Sampooran Singh Gulzar ("Jai Ho")

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreWinner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman

Best Achievement in EditingWinner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in SoundWinner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Ian Tapp , Richard Pryke , Resul Pookutty

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, only 8, slurped on a can of Coca-Cola at Fox Searchlight's packed after-party Sunday night at ONE Sunset in West Hollywood honoring " The Wrestler " and "Slumdog Millionaire." Filmed in the slums of Mumbai, "Slumdog" snagged eight Oscars, including best picture and director.

Mubai Celebrating Slumdog Millionaire

'Slumdog' celebrations fill Mumbai's crowded slums..Children broke into Bollywood dance numbers and crowds cheered in the narrow lanes of a teeming Mumbai slum on Monday as they gathered to root for the hometown heroes who nabbed the Oscars ' highest honor.