The eight Oscar award winning feature film Slumdog Millionaire will be released in local cinemas on March 13. The film was originally supposed to be released on March 6. Screening for delayed for a week, however, due to the prevailing security conditions in the country.
The small-budget British film, shot in the teeming slums of Mumbai, was named best picture as widely predicted and won seven other Oscars. At the climax of the night, the stage was swarmed by jubilant members of the “Slumdog” cast and crew, including several schoolchildren who …

Chicago led the Academy Awards with six trophies, including best picture, at a ceremony Sunday that allowed Hollywood to exalt itself while muting the Oscar pageantry because of the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
The Academy Awards ceremony took place on Sunday allowed Hollywood to exalt itself while muting the Oscar pageantry because of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, was taken away by the Chicago who led the Academy Awards with six trophies, including best picture.
The razzle-dazzle satire Chicago became the first musical since 1968’s Oliver! to win the top Oscar. The …