Movie observers believe it the biggest surprises in years, that 18-year-old Dev Patel has been nominated along with Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin, (Milk), Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) for the Screen Actors Guild awards, in the Best Supporting actor category.
The London critics placed Patel in two categories, Best British Actor of the Year and Young British Performer. He has already been declared Most Promising Performer by the Chicago Film Critics Association.
The announcement, which caught the attention of major newspapers and television channels, came just as Slumdog Millionaire was adding more 331 theatres in North America, taking its total count to 500. The film was at tenth spot on the North American box office chart on Thursday, and is expected to go up a notch or two with the new expansion.
SAG also nominated the film, which has grossed nearly $ 8.8 million in North America and $ 1 million in Italy, for ensemble acting just as the nomination and award count for it kept on piling up. The SAG nominations are crucial because fellow artists choose the best performers, the nominations also boost a film's profile at the Oscar nomination time.
Indeed, not even senior strategists at Fox Searchlight expected their film to show up anywhere today, not because it isn't worthy of all the recognition in the world, but because virtually none of the principal cast has ever been heard of outside of India.
The film will open in United Kingdom and India next month
After the success of "Slumdog Millionaire", Dev Patel is all set to play a villain in Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’. The 19-year-old has gone from being a poor slum boy to being quite opposite to his character in the upcoming flick
After playing an underdog in "Slumdog Millionaire", Dev Patel is all set to play a negative role in Dev Patel to play villain in Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender.
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Slumdog Millionaire – One of the most talked about movie of today is simply an out an out entertainer with the golden touch of reality. It is a story about a teenager Jamal, who has been taught by life answers to just the questions that are hurled at him at the game show. He answers all 14 questions right,” but is been arrested on suspicion of cheating..jpg)
In his attempt to explain how he knew all of the answers, Jamal is forced to recall the sometimes painful memories from his childhood. And through a series of flashbacks the secrets of Jamal’s life unfolds, filled with hardships, a tough relationship with his brother Salim and his unwavering love for his childhood friend Latika. Apart from the hardship shown one can also take a note of Slumdog being one of the sweetest love stories with all the thrills possible..jpg)
The film is told through a series of flashbacks linking the jailed Jamal in the present with the hardships of his past. While Jamal’s love for Latika remains the center of the story throughout, the film never strays away from giving big helpings of reality and gut-wrentching drama. It is fluffy, somewhat implausible love story in one moment and real world tragedy in the next, keeping its audience engaged at every turn..jpg)
