The winner of 4 Golden Globe Awards and 7 BAFTA awards, Slumdog Millionaire is a favorite at the Oscars on February 22, 2009 with 10 Academy Award nominations.
The script of the movie is based on the novel, `Q&A`, written by Vikas Swarup who was inspired by NIIT’s Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd (HiWEL) initiative which provides children in the slums unsupervised access to computers with an internet connection.
To read more about this inspiring connection, please go through the links below:
Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS191330+17-Feb-2009+BW20090217Marketwatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/oscar-favorite-slumdog-millionaire-inspired/story.aspx?guid={ED64B012-4EE7-4DD1-BA3C-F1388610D505}&dist=msr_4Yahoo Businesshttp://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090217/20090217006136.html?.v=1
PR-Inside http://www.pr-inside.com/oscar-favorite-slumdog-millionaire-inspired-r1064438.htmEarthtimes (press release) - London,UK Oscar Favorite Slumdog Millionaire Inspired by NIIT’s ‘Hole in the ...