Speech : "Before coming, I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt like that was during my marriage. There's a dialogue from a Hindi film called "Mere paas ma hai," which means "I have nothing but I have a mother," so mother's here, her blessings are there with me. I am grateful for her to have come all the way. And I want to thank the Academy for being so kind, all the jury members. I want to thank Sam Schwartz, I/D PR, all the crew of Slumdog, Mr. Gulzar, Raqueeb Alam, Blaaze, my musicians in Chennai and Mumbai. And I want to tell something in Tamil, which says, which I normally say after every award which is" Ellapugazhum Iraivanukke" "God is great." Thank you".
Speech : "I just want to thank again the whole crew of Slumdog Millionaire,especially Danny Boyle for giving such a great opportunity. And all the people from Mumbai. The essence of the film about optimism and the power of hope in our lives. All my life I had the choice between hate and love. I choose love and here I am..God Bless"
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