WEBCAST: Danny Boyle, director of "Slumdog Millionaire"

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Listen to the Danny Boyle webcast via the player above or via this link.

To get a flavor of the webcast, here is a three-minute segment where Boyle answers questions about the future of the child actors from the slums and whether he knows someone as lucky as Jamal - his answers might surprise you:

Boyle on the child actors & more (3:07 in MP3) - full webcast above.

Four days after he was nominated for a best director Oscar and his film received nine other nominations - and three days after its opening in India - Danny Boyle talks about "Slumdog Millionaire" in a live SAJA/SAMMA webcast (if you miss it live, you can catch the recording at BlogTalkRadio.com/saja). What should we ask him? Post questions in the comments section below. (Below, you will find links to SAJA webcasts with A.R. Rahman, who has three Oscar nominations and Vikas Swarup, whose novel helped Simon Beaufoy get a best adapted screenplay nomination).

Monday, Jan. 26, 2009
Noon-1 pm New York time
9-10 am Hollywood time
10:30-11:30 pm Bollywood time
See local time around the world: http://snurl.com/anhrr

Co-hosts: Aseem Chhabra, entertainment writer and SAJA co-founder; and Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia J-school professor and SAJA co-founder.

Listen live, or later to a recording:
(you can go and set an e-mail reminder for yourself)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2009/01/26/Danny-Boyle-director-of-Slumdog-Millionaire

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Send your questions/comments via e-mail to saja[at]columbia.edu (subject = webcast) or by posting them in comments section below. You can also use the chatroom that will be open at the link at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2009/01/26/Danny-Boyle-director-of-Slumdog-Millionaire to ask questions.

As always, you are welcome to quote from anything said during the
FREE, WORLDWIDE webcasts (50+) at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja

Earlier on SAJAforum, including SAJA webcasts:

• SAJAforum blogger Jyoti Gupta's extensive roundup of the response to the movie in India
• 10 Oscar nominations for "Slumdog Millionaire"
• "Slumdog Millionaire" wows critics and moviegoers
• Slumdog Millionaire wins big-big at the Golden Globes
• Aseem Chhabra's Q&A with Danny Boyle, director of "Slumdog Millionaire"
• ** Listen to webcast with A.R. Rahman, music maestro
• ** Listen to webcast with Vikas Swarup, whose novel "Q&A" became "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Slumdog stars go on media blitz

See SAJAforum blogger Jyoti Gupta's extensive roundup of the response to the movie in India.

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