Ayush Khedekar, one of the actors, said he was hopeful about the movie winning an Oscar. "I was not aware of the Golden Globe award then my father told me that it is mini Oscars. I realised that we have already received such a big award. Now, I am hopeful of wining the Oscars," Khedekar said.

Ayush's father who is accompanying him was equally excited. "I am very excited at this moment. I was not thinking that I would be there in dream also," said Mahesh Khedekar, Ayush's father.

The actors said though they are a bit nervous, but are equally excited. "I am very excited and also nervous because I going to attend a big function like Oscars. I can't imagine that," said Tanvi Ganesh Lonka
, another Slumdog child actress.

The slum portrayed in the award-winning film is at the centre of a land controversy in Mumbai that has highlighted the challenges facing a booming India as it tries to modernize its cities.

Text & video: ANI

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