British director Danny Boyle's film 'Slumdog Millionaire,' about a Mumbai teenager's rags-to-riches story has received four nominations for the 66th Golden Globe Awards, with music director A R Rahman being nominated for Best Original Score.
"It is good to hear about all these nominations," Rahman told reporters on the sidelines of a press conference. "I always feel that I am just one of the elements and then combining it with other elements it becomes something else. So with the same instinct I had done the music in two to three weeks," he said.
The film has bagged nominations for Best Picture-Drama, Best Director for Boyle and Best Screenplay for writer Simon Beaufoy at the awards that would be announced on January 11 in Los Angeles.
Boyle's film is based on the book 'Q and A' by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It details the story of a slum-dweller Jamal, who wins twenty million rupees at a reality game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', the Indian version of US TV show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'.
The film was extensively shot at various locations in Mumbai, including the Victoria Terminus, which was hit by terrorists last month.
"It is wonderful, wonderful news obviously for everybody in Mumbai who helped make this film. There are lots of people, who worked in the film for a tough couple of weeks," director Danny Boyle told a TV channel.
Earlier this week, the film also won two awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director for Boyle and Best Music for Rahman. It also won the runner-up prize for Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle.
'Slumdog Millionaire' is expected to be a strong contender for the Oscar race as Golden Globe are often assumed as a key indicator to the Oscars.
The Golden Globe Awards are held annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in the US and the ceremony is scheduled to be held on January 11, 2009.
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