Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle in line for 'Freedom of the Borough' accolade

Danny Boyle blasts ‘child actors paid unfairly’ claimsLondon, February 26 : 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle is being considered to be honoured as a Freeman of Bury, Lancashire, in recognition of his Oscar-winning flick.

According to reports, council officials are proposing to offer the Freedom of the Borough to the 52-year-old filmmaker, who was born in the Radcliffe area of the Lancashire market town.

Boyle, whose family still live there, studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in nearby Bolton.

Danny Boyle in line for ‘Freedom of the Borough’ accolade

Danny Boyle in line for ‘Freedom of the Borough’ accoladeLondon, February 26: `Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle is being considered to be honoured as a Freeman of Bury, Lancashire, in recognition of his Oscar-winning flick.

According to reports, council officials are proposing to offer the Freedom of the Borough to the 52-year-old filmmaker, who was born in the Radcliffe area of the Lancashire market town.

Boyle, whose family still live there, studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in nearby Bolton.

Danny Boyle in line for ‘Freedom of the Borough’ accolade

Danny Boyle in line for ‘Freedom of the Borough’ accoladeLondon, February 26 : `Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle is being considered to be honoured as a Freeman of Bury, Lancashire, in recognition of his Oscar-winning flick.

According to reports, council officials are proposing to offer the Freedom of the Borough to the 52-year-old filmmaker, who was born in the Radcliffe area of the Lancashire market town.

Boyle, whose family still live there, studied at Thornleigh Salesian College in nearby Bolton.

Being slum kid in Delhi is a way life for some

Delhi Slum KidsNew Delhi, Feb 23 : While Danny Boyle''s Slumdong Millonaire has received a mixed response of both appreciation and outrage in India for showing the life of slum children, there are many children in this part of the world for whom being a slum kid is just a way of life.

Fifteen-year-old Mehboob has no regret for not being sent to school by his family. He is happy that he is earning a livelihood out of collecting garbage from colleges in Delhi University''s north campus, opposite the Law Faculty.

Murtaza, his eight-year-old brother, helps him to collect and bring the garbage from colleges on a rickshaw.

`Slumdog Millionaire’ may have won Oscars, but protests in India don’t subside

Danny BoyleNew York/Mumbai, Feb. 23 : Danny Boyle's movie "Slumdog Millionaire" is a hit across the world, but in India, protesters have taken to the streets to attack the film.

According to the New York Times, several Indians find the word "Slumdog" insulting to slum-dwellers. More generally, the rags-to-riches romance has been called "poverty porn" for the way it casts a glowing light on a very poor section of Mumbai society and promotes "slum tourism."

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Cast Members Walk The Red Carpet At 81st Annual Academy Awards

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Cast Members Walk The Red Carpet At 81st Annual Academy AwardsWith gorgeous red carpets, blinking cameras and a thrilled deluge of global stardust – Hollywood's biggest night has finally arrived!!!

Ace British director Danny Boyle shepherded the extended ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ cast members down the red carpet Sunday to the Kodak Theatre for the star-studded 81st Annual Academy Awards.

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