can you mention some of the categories under which the former is given?
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
including the Best Picture and Best Director. It is the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards and the eleventh Best Picture Oscar winner
who was freida pinto? She is an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. which part of india she is from? Mumbai which was her debut movie? Slumdog Millionaire when was it released? In India on 23 January 2009 where else was it released? In the United Kingdom and in the United States was it a commercially successful movie? Yes, the film topped the worldwide box office. did it receive any award? The film won eight out of ten Academy Awards and seven BAFTA awards.
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Slumdog Millionaire [SEP] Accolades
"Slumdog Millionaire" was critically acclaimed and named in the top ten lists of various newspapers. On 22 February 2009, the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including the Best Picture and Best Director. It is the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards and the eleventh Best Picture Oscar winner without a single acting nomination and was the last film to do so until "Parasite" in 2019. At the same time, "Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)", India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, failed to make the short list of nominations and was frequently compared with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the Indian media.