Academy Awards, USA 2009

Winner Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Christian Colson
	Best Achievement in Directing Danny Boyle
	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Achievement in Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Achievement in Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song A.R. Rahman (music) Gulzar (lyrics) For the song "Jai Ho".
	Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Ian Tapp Richard Pryke Resul Pookutty
Nominee Oscar	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song A.R. Rahman M.I.A. For the song "O Saya".
	Best Achievement in Sound Editing Tom Sayers Glenn Freemantle

Golden Globes, USA 2009

Winner Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture - Drama
	Best Director - Motion Picture Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Simon Beaufoy
	Best Original Score - Motion Picture A.R. Rahman

BAFTA Awards 2009

Winner Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music	A.R. Rahman
Winner BAFTA Film Award	Best Film Christian Colson
	Best Screenplay - Adapted Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Sound Glenn Freemantle Resul Pookutty Richard Pryke Tom Sayers Ian Tapp
Winner David Lean Award for Direction	Best Director Danny Boyle
Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Christian Colson Danny Boyle Simon Beaufoy
Nominee BAFTA Film Award	Best Leading Actor Dev Patel
	Best Supporting Actress Freida Pinto
	Best Production Design Mark Digby Michelle Day

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009

Winner Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Rubina Ali Tanay Chheda Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail Anil Kapoor Irrfan Khan Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar Madhur Mittal Dev Patel Freida Pinto
Nominee Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Dev Patel

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2009

Nominee Movies for Grownups Award

Best Director Danny Boyle

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2009

Nominee Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor Dev Patel
	Best International Film

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2008

Winner AAFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Top 10 Films 2nd place

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2008

Winner EDA Award	Best Picture Christian Colson
	Best Director Danny Boyle
Winner EDA Special Mention Award	Unforgettable Moment Ayush Mahesh Khedekar For the scene when young Jamal jumps into the poop. Tied with The Dark Knight (2008) for Joker's ... More For the scene when young Jamal jumps into the poop. Tied with The Dark Knight (2008) for Joker's first scene.
	Cultural Crossover Award
Nominee EDA Award	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
Nominee EDA Special Mention Award	Unforgettable Moment For the eye gouging scene.

Amanda Awards, Norway 2009

Winner Amanda

Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan

American Cinema Editors, USA 2009

Winner Eddie

Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic Chris Dickens

American Society of Cinematographers, USA 2009

Winner ASC Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Anthony Dod Mantle

Art Directors Guild 2009

Winner Excellence in Production Design Award

Contemporary Film Mark Digby (production designer) Abhishek Redkar (art director) Arwel Evans (stand-by art director) Manoj N. Bhoyar (assistant art director) Wahid Shaikh (assistant art director) Brendan Houghton (storyboard artist) Praveen Kumar Hendway (graphic designer) Sushil Kumar Giri (graphic designer) Michelle Day (set decorator)

Austin Film Critics Association 2008

Nominee Austin Film Critics Award

Best Film

Austin Film Festival 2008

Winner Audience Award

Out of Competition Feature Danny Boyle (director) Simon Beaufoy (writer)

Awards Circuit Community Awards 2008

Winner ACCA	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman (composer)
Nominee ACCA	Best Motion Picture Christian Colson Runner-Up
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle Runner-Up
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens Runner-Up

Awards of the Japanese Academy 2010

Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy

Best Foreign Film

Black Reel Awards 2008

Winner Black Reel	Best Actor Dev Patel
	Best Breakthrough Performance Dev Patel
	Best Soundtrack
Nominee Black Reel	Best Ensemble Gail Stevens (Casting Director) Loveleen Tandan (Casting Director)

BMI Film & TV Awards 2009

Winner BMI Film Music Award

A.R. Rahman

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2008

Winner BSFC Award	Best Film Tied with WALL·E (2008).
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
Nominee BSFC Award	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle

British Independent Film Awards 2008

Winner British Independent Film Award	Best British Independent Film
	Most Promising Newcomer Dev Patel
	Best Director Danny Boyle
Nominee British Independent Film Award	Most Promising Newcomer Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Technical Achievement Anthony Dod Mantle For cinematography.

British Society of Cinematographers 2009

Nominee Best Cinematography Award

Anthony Dod Mantle

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2009

Winner Critics Choice Award	Best Picture
	Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21) Dev Patel
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Writer Simon Beaufoy
	Best Composer A.R. Rahman
Nominee Critics Choice Award	Best Song Sukhwinder Singh A.R. Rahman Gulzar For the song "Jaiho".

Camerimage 2008

Winner Golden Frog

Main Competition Anthony Dod Mantle

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2009

Winner COFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon Beaufoy
Nominee COFCA Award	Best Ensemble Dev Patel Freida Pinto Anil Kapoor Irrfan Khan Rubina Ali Amit Leonard Madhur Mittal Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Tanay Chheda Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Picture 2nd place

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner CFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon Beaufoy
	Most Promising Performer Dev Patel
Nominee CFCA Award	Best Picture
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman

Chicago International Film Festival 2008

Winner Audience Choice Award

Danny Boyle Tied with The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008).

Chlotrudis Awards 2009

Nominee Chlotrudis Award

Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle

Cinema Audio Society, USA 2009

Winner C.A.S. Award

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Resul Pookutty (production mixer) Ian Tapp (re-recording mixer) Richard Pryke (re-recording mixer)

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2010

Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) Danny Boyle UK.

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 2010

Nominee CEC Award

Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2009

Winner CDG Award

Excellence in Contemporary Film Suttirat Anne Larlarb

César Awards, France 2010

Nominee César

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Danny Boyle UK

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner DFWFCA Award	Best Picture
	Best Director Danny Boyle
Nominee DFWFCA Award	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy

David di Donatello Awards 2009

Winner David

Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) Danny Boyle

Detroit Film Critics Society, US 2008

Winner DFCS Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
Nominee DFCS Award	Best Newcomer Dev Patel

Directors Guild of America, USA 2009

Winner DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Danny Boyle Sanjay Kumar (unit production manager) (plaque) Raj Acharya (first assistant director) (plaque) Avani Batra (second assistant director) (plaque) Sonia Kanwar (second second assistant director) (plaque)

European Film Awards 2009

Winner Audience Award	Danny Boyle
Winner Carlo di Palma Award	European Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle For Antichrist
Nominee European Film Award	European Actor Dev Patel
	European Director Danny Boyle
	European Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy
	European Film Danny Boyle Christian Colson

Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009

Winner Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Technical Achievement Mark Digby (production designer)
Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Most Promising Newcomer Dev Patel (actor)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2009

Winner FCCA Award

Best Foreign Film - English Language Danny Boyle

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner FFCC Award	Best Film
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy

Gaudí Awards 2010

Nominee Gaudí Award

Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) Danny Boyle (director) Loveleen Tandan (director) Simon Beaufoy (writer) Vikas Swarup (writer) Warner Bros. Celador Films Film4 Pathé Pictures International UK/USA

German Dubbing Awards 2010

Winner German Dubbing Award

Outstanding Newcomer Performance Lukas Schust For The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas For dubbing Dev Patel as Jamal K. Malik and Asa Butterfield as Bruno.

Gold Derby Awards 2009

Winner Gold Derby Award	Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Original Score A.R. Rahman
Nominee Gold Derby Award	Supporting Actor Dev Patel As Older Jamal
	Motion Picture Christian Colson
	Director Danny Boyle
	Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Original Song A.R. Rahman "Jai Ho"

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia 2010

Winner Golden Eagle

Best Foreign Film Danny Boyle Volga

Golden Schmoes Awards 2008

Nominee Golden Schmoes	Best Director of the Year Danny Boyle
	Most Overrated Movie of the Year
	Biggest Surprise of the Year
	Breakthrough Performance of the Year Dev Patel
	Best Music in a Movie
	Best Screenplay of the Year Simon Beaufoy

Goya Awards 2010

Winner Goya

Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) Danny Boyle

Grammy Awards 2010

Winner Grammy	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
	Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Gulzar A.R. Rahman Tanvi Shah For the song "Jai Ho".
	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media A.R. Rahman (producer) H. Sridhar (Mixer) Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak (Mixer) Viviane Chaix (engineer)

Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio 2011

Winner Special Award

Prize to the young voice actors Alex Polidori For the dubbing of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail.

Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio 2009

Winner Film Award	Best dubbing mixing Roberto Cappannelli
Nominee Film Award	Best Picture
	Best Supporting Voice Actor Pasquale Anselmo For the dubbing of Anil Kapoor.

Hollywood Post Alliance, US 2009

Winner HPA Awards

Outstanding Editing - Feature Film Chris Dickens

Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Winner HFCS Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
Nominee HFCS Award	Best Picture
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Original Song A.R. Rahman Song: "Jai Ho"

Humanitas Prize 2009

Nominee Humanitas Prize

Feature Film Category Simon Beaufoy (writer)

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra 2009

Nominee Film Award

Best Overall Dubbing Ludovica Modugno

Image Awards 2009

Winner Image Award	Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Nominee Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Dev Patel

International Cinephile Society Awards 2009

Nominee ICS Award

Best Editing Chris Dickens

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2009

Winner INOCA	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
Nominee INOCA	Best Picture
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman

International Online Film Critics' Poll 2010

Nominee IOFCP Award

Best Film of the Decade - Motion Picture

International Online Film Critics' Poll 2009

Winner IOFCP Award	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Film
	Top Ten Films
Nominee IOFCP Award	Best Production Design Chris Dickens
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Director Danny Boyle

Iowa Film Critics Awards 2009

Winner IFC Award	Best Picture
	Best Director Danny Boyle

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2009

Winner Silver Ribbon

Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) Danny Boyle

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2009

Winner IOMA	Best Editing (Miglior montaggio) Chris Dickens
Nominee IOMA	Best Cinematography (Miglior fotografia) Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Soundtrack (Miglior colonna sonora)

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner KCFCC Award	Best Film
	Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon Beaufoy

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2009

Winner ALFS Award	Screenwriter of the Year Simon Beaufoy
	British Film of the Year
	British Director of the Year Danny Boyle
Nominee ALFS Award	Director of the Year Danny Boyle
	British Actor of the Year Dev Patel

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2008

Nominee ALFS Award

Young British Performer of the Year Dev Patel

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner LAFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Music A.R. Rahman
Nominee LAFCA Award	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2009

Winner Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film Glenn Freemantle (supervising sound editor/designer) Tom Sayers (supervising sound editor/designer) Gillian Dodders (supervising dialogue editor/supervising adr editor) Hugo Adams (supervising foley editor) Lee Herrick (dialogue editor) Niv Adiri (sound effects editor) Ben Barker (sound effects editor) Peter Burgis (foley artist) Ricky Butt (foley artist) Jack Stew (foley artist)

Nominee Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film Niv Adiri (supervising music editor)

MTV Movie + TV Awards 2009

Nominee MTV Movie Award	Best Movie
	Breakthrough Performance Male Dev Patel
	Breakthrough Performance Female Freida Pinto
	Best Kiss Dev Patel Freida Pinto
	Best WTF Moment Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Jumping in the poop shed.
	Best Song from a Movie A.R. Rahman For the song "Jai'Ho (You Are My Destiny)".

National Board of Review, USA 2008

Winner NBR Award	Best Film
	Breakthrough Performance by an Actor Dev Patel
	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2009

Winner NSFC Award	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
Nominee NSFC Award	Best Director Danny Boyle

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner NYFCC Award	Best Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle
Nominee NYFCC Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Film Tied with Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

New York Film Critics, Online 2008

Winner NYFCO Award	Best Film
	Best Director Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan
	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Use of Music A.R. Rahman
	Top Films of the Year

North Texas Film Critics Association, US 2009

Winner NTFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Picture

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner OFCC Award	Best Film
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Top Ten Films

Online Film & Television Association 2009

Winner OFTA Film Award	Best Breakthrough Performance: Male Dev Patel
Nominee OFTA Film Award	Best Picture Christian Colson
	Best Youth Performance Dev Patel
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Simon Beaufoy
	Best Music, Original Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Music, Original Song A.R. Rahman (music and performed by) Gulzar (lyrics by) Sukhwinder Singh (performed by) Tanvi Shah (performed by) Mahalakshmi Iyer (performed by) Vijay Prakash (performed by) For the song "Jai Ho".
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Sound Mixing Richard Pryke Resul Pookutty Ian Tapp
	Best Titles Sequence
	Most Cinematic Moment Final Question.

Online Film Critics Society Awards 2009

Winner OFCS Award	Best Editing Chris Dickens
Nominee OFCS Award	Best Picture
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman
	Best Breakthrough Performance Dev Patel

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2009

Winner Breakthrough Performance Award

Freida Pinto

PGA Awards 2009

Winner PGA Award

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Christian Colson

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Winner PFCS Award	Best Picture
	Best Performance by a Youth - Male Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium Simon Beaufoy
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Breakout on Camera Dev Patel

Robert Festival 2010

Winner Robert

Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) Danny Boyle

Rotterdam International Film Festival 2009

Winner Audience Award	Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan
Winner MovieZone Award	Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan

Russian National Movie Awards 2010

Nominee Georges Award

Best Foreign Drama Movie

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Winner SDFCS Award	Best Picture
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Best Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Score A.R. Rahman

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009

Winner Outstanding Director of the Year Award

Danny Boyle

Satellite Awards 2009

Nominee Satellite Award

Best Overall DVD

Satellite Awards 2008

Winner Satellite Award	Best Motion Picture, Drama
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Original Score A.R. Rahman
Nominee Satellite Award	Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon Beaufoy
	Best Film Editing Chris Dickens
	Best Original Song A.R. Rahman Gulzar For the song "Jaiho".

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner SEFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
Nominee SEFCA Award	Best Picture 2nd place

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2008

Winner SLFCA Award	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Foreign Language Film India/UK
Nominee SLFCA Award	Best Film
	Best Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
	Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

St. Louis International Film Festival 2008

Winner Audience Choice Award

Best International Feature Danny Boyle

Teen Choice Awards 2009

Nominee Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie: Drama
	Choice Movie Actor: Drama Dev Patel
	Choice Movie Actress: Drama Freida Pinto
	Choice Movie Fresh Face Female Freida Pinto
	Choice Movie Fresh Face Male Dev Patel
	Choice Movie Liplock Dev Patel Freida Pinto

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Nominee TFCA Award

Best Director Danny Boyle

Toronto International Film Festival 2008

Winner People's Choice Award

Danny Boyle

USC Scripter Award 2009

Winner USC Scripter Award

Simon Beaufoy (screenwriter) Vikas Swarup (author)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2009

Nominee VFCC Award

Best Director Danny Boyle

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner WAFCA Award	Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy
	Best Breakthrough Performance Dev Patel
	Best Director Danny Boyle
	Best Film

World Soundtrack Awards 2009

Winner World Soundtrack Award	Best Original Song Written for a Film A.R. Rahman (music by/performer) Gulzar (lyrics by) Tanvi Shah (lyrics by/performer) Sukhwinder Singh (performer) Mahalakshmi Iyer (performer) Vijay Prakash (performer) For the song "Jai Ho".
Nominee World Soundtrack Award	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year A.R. Rahman
	Best Original Song Written for a Film A.R. Rahman (music by/lyrics by/performer) M.I.A. (music by/lyrics by/performer) For the song "O Saya".

Writers Guild of America, USA 2009

Winner WGA Award (Screen)

Best Adapted Screenplay Simon Beaufoy

Young Artist Awards 2009

Winner Young Artist Award

Outstanding International Feature Film Ensemble Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail Rubina Ali Tanay Chheda Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar Farzana Ansari Chirag Parmar Siddesh Patil