Smile Pinki, a 39 minute documentary tracing the transformation in a 6 year old Pinki’s life after she was operated for her cleft lip, won an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards in the ‘Documentary Short’ category Monday. The documentary directed by the acclaimed American Documentary Film Maker Megan Mylan, traces the transformation of 6…
Smile Pinki smiles at Oscar
Slumdog millionaire received four awards so for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography,Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. However, the surprise came in the form of ‘Smile Pinki’ winning a short documentary film award. The film depicts the real story of a girl named Pinki from an Indian Village Mirzapur. The documentary is about Pinki’s…