Slumdog Millionaire wins Producers Guild of America (PGA) & Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards

Danny Boyle’s acclaimed film “Slumdog Millionaire” has taken home two more major US film industry awards over the weekend, winning the top prizes from both the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America.

Bollywood stars Anil Kapoor and Irfaan Khan, British Indian Actor Dev Patel, and newcomer Freida Pinto received the overall cast prize for the Mumbai-set rags-to-riches saga at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night from Anthony Hopkins.

Following its 10 Oscar nominations and expansion into more theatres, Slumdog Millionaire has jumped into the North American Top Five for the first time in its 11-week run with its weekend gross soaring by 80 percent to $10.55 million.

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