It is another Hollywood award for the British-made rags-to-riches tale, which is set in Mumbai.
The story centres around orphan Jamal Malik, played by west London teenager Dev Patel, a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
After winning awards at both the Critic’s Choice and the Golden Globes, the film, directed by Danny Boyle, can now expect to add to its collection at the Oscars, having been nominated for ten categories.
Leading its cast to collect The Screen Actors Guild trophy, actor Anil Kapoor said: “It was already enough to be nominated, to win this is unbelievable, it is unbelievable.”
He thanked Boyle before dedicating the award to the child stars of the movie.
“They deserve this award. It is the children that have done it, not us. This is on behalf of the children,” he said.
Co-star Freida Pinto went on to list the names of the children that helped made the film a success.
Dev Patel, the 18-year-old British star of Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for the best supporting actor title, but lost out to the late actor Health Ledger.
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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009: Full list of winners
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