SIMON BEAUFOY
The British drama movie “Slumdog Millionaire” is one of the Oscar winning movies of 2009. Simon Beafoy won an Oscar Award for the “Best Adapted Screenplay” for “Slumdog Millionaire”. He has also won the ‘Critics’ Choice and ‘Golden Globe’ Award for his amazing screenplay. Simon is a British tradition of screenwriter.This award was his career’s first Oscar and it’s a biggest achievement of his future.”The Slumdog Millionaire” movie is based on the Novel ‘Q&A’ by ‘Vikas Swarup’. Simon Beaufoy’s script concept was different from the Vikas Swarup’s novel. He had completely rewritten the original story of that novel . The new script has made the film inspiring and encourages people of all ages. Simon Beafoy’s career’s first Indian made a movie is “Slumdog Millionaire”. It has given a great experience to his life. Simon says that his traveling through the cities and slums of Mumbai city had helped a lot for his work to be a great success. Simon Beaufoy’s script was entirely in English, but Boyle’s decision to have the Indian kids speak in Hindi. Having the children speaking in their mother-tongue makes perfect sense, especially because Boyle and Beaufoy extracted the realism of the kids’ lives. All the actors, who play the lead characters at various stages of their lives, are amazing and authentic. The movie tells the story of a boy named ‘Jamal Malik’ who succeeds in a reality show , the Indian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’. The film was shot on location in India, mostly in Mumbai. The Award winning movie has already grossed USD 48 million in the US and is expected to exceed USD 80 million in total.
BIOGRAPHY
Simon was born in Keighley. He was completed his education in Ermysted’s Grammar School and Sedbergh School, and graduated from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. He was scripted in more films. After the success of Slumdog Millionaire, he became more popular all around the world. He had already gained a better image in the Hollywood Industry with his major writing credits. It was ‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day’ in 2008, ‘Yasmin’ in 2004,’This Is Not a Love Song’ in 2002, ‘Blow Dry’ in 2001, ‘Everyone’s Happy’ in 2000, ‘Running Time’ in 2000, ‘The Darkest Light’ in 1999, ‘Among Giants’ in 1998, ‘The Full Monty’ in 1997. For his score of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”, he won 2009 Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA award. The “Slumdog Millionaire” Movie also won a lot of awards. The movie won 8 Oscar for many categories including Best film, Best Director, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best screen play,Best editing and Best Original song.