Slumdog Millionaire won awards in the following categories: Best Film, Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Best Music (AR Rahman), Best Editing (Chris Dickens), Best Sound (Resul Pookutty, Glen Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp) and Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle)
The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony on Sunday night at The Royal Opera House in London, England.
Apart from Rahman, Pookutty is the other Indian to win a BAFTA Award for Best Sound for Slumdog Millionaire.
Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel who was nominated for Best Actor lost to Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler.
Freida Pinto who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress lost to Penelope Cruz who won for Vicki Cristina Barcelona.
Other winners at BAFTA:
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz (Vicki Cristina Barcelona)
Best Production Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Make-Up & Hair: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay: In Bruges
The BAFTA Awards are often called the British Oscars, so it is certainly an important night for the team before they head for the grandest night of all - the Oscars in Los Angeles.
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