Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the BAFTA Awards 2009, to be
held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House in London at 5.30 am. The live
telecast will be followed by the repeat telecast at 10 pm on the same day.
Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the highest number of nominations in
the history of Bafta Awards with 11 nominations, including one for A R Rahman's
score.
Pix business head Sunder Aaron said, "As a channel that airs English movies it
is an honor to have the exclusive rights to telecast the BAFTA Awards, an
evening that sees the work of several great films, get felicitated. It's also
going to be a special moment for our audience as Danny Boyle's film based in
India 'Slumdog Millionaire' receives global recognition."
Apart from Slumdog Millionaire, other films that stand to contend for Best
Films are Milk, Forst/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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