Slumdog wins Eight

Slumdog Millionaire just picked up eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button appears to have picked up at least three, while both Milk and The Dark Knight picked up two each.

Oscar winners include: Penelope Cruz (supporting actress), Heath Ledger (supporting actor), Sean Penn (actor) and Kate Winslet (actress).

The night included two Oscars for A. R. Rahman, who, became one of three Indians to win an Oscar, the others being Gulzar (who shared one with Rahman for Original song) and Resul Pookutty (who shared one with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for sound mixing).

Wall-E won best animated feature, as expected.

Here's a partial list of winners:

— Best Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Best Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Best Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk."

— Best Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

— Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight."

— Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

— Foreign Film: "Departures," Japan.

— Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk."

— Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E."

— Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

— Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Sound Editing: Richard King, "The Dark Knight."

— Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman.

— Original Song: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar.

— Costume: Michael O'Connor, "The Duchess."

— Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire."

— Documentary (short subject): "Smile Pinki."

— Film Editing: Chris Dickens, "Slumdog Millionaire."

— Makeup: Greg Cannom, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

— Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes."

— Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)."

— Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

PS: "Smile Pinki" is a documentary about an Indian girl with a cleft lip. The director who won the award though is American.

Here's a clip of the best original song: