Eat your hearts out, all ye mediocre curs of Bollywood.

Slumdog Millionaire, a movie loaded with charm, has won the seventh Oscar of the evening at the 81st Annual Academy Awards function in Los Angeles.

Danny Boyle won the Best Director Award.

This time, Slumdog Millionaire’s rivals included:

* David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Stephen Daldry – The Reader
* Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
* Gus Van Sant – Milk

This fine movie has already picked up six other Oscars tonight – for Best Adapted Screenplay, Sound Mixing, Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song and Cinematography.

Related Stories:
Rahman Wins Second Oscar; Gulzar Makes India Proud
Jai Ho, A.R.Rahman Wins Oscar – for Best Original Score
O la la la, Slumdog Millionaire Wins Fourth Oscar – for Film Editing
Yipee, Slumdog Millionaire Wins Third Oscar – for Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire Wins Second Oscar
Slumdog Millionaire Wins First Oscar
Slumdog Millionaire Review – A Non-Bollywood Indian Masterpiece
Slumdog Millionaire Rakes in the Moolah
Slumdog Millionaire Sweeps Golden Globes; Thrilled
Will Slumdog Roar at Oscars Too? Gets 10 Nominations
Slumdog Millionaire – How the Critics See it
Cidade de Deus vs Slumdog Millionaire