‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids may get an opportunity to work with Anthony Hopkins

The child actors of Oscar-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire”, Rubina Ali and Azhar Ismail, may get an opportunity to work with Hollywood legend Anthony Hopkins in an upcoming project.

Rubina and Azhar have been roped in for “Lord Owen’s Lady”, about a Welsh nobleman who falls in love with an Indian girl, reports imdb.com.

The film will be shot in Wales and India and the producers are in negotiations with Sir Anthony Hopkins to play Lord Owen’s father.

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Slumdog leads nominations for World Soundtrack Awards

It looks like 'Slumdog Millionaire' has not yet ended it's award winning spree. After eight Academy awards and four Golden Globes, the Mumbai based potboiler is leading the nominations for the 9th World Soundtrack Awards.

Composer A R Rahman who won two Oscars for his work in the Danny Boyle directed film, has collecting three more nods at the World Soundtrack Awards, reported Variety magazine online.

The rag-to-riches drama was nominated in three categories

including 'Best Original Score of the Year' in which it will compete with 'Burn After Reading' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' among others.

The other two for the category are, 'Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film'.

While it collects the most number of nods for the awards held annually in Ghent, Belgium, Rahman has missed out on the list of 'Film Composer of the Year'.

Musicians Danny Elfman, Carter Burwell, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino and Hans Zimmer are vying for the honour.

Winners of 2009 World Soundtrack Awards will be announced at the closing ceremony of this year's Ghent International Film Festival on October 17.

It will feature performances by composers Alexandre Desplat and Marvin Hamlisch, who are the recipients of the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.

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