LONDON (AFP) — The star of Oscar-winning hit film “Slumdog Millionaire” is in talks to appear on the TV gameshow in which the rags-to-riches movie is based on, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Dev Patel, the 18-year-old British actor who plays Jamal, an orphan from the Mumbai slums, in the film could appear on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” in Britain with the movie’s director Danny Boyle.

“We know that they’re interested, we’re in talks but nothing is confirmed,” Melissa Goss, a spokeswoman for Two Way Traffic, the firm which owns the show’s format rights, told AFP, confirming a report in the Sun newspaper.

“We think it’s a great idea and it’s something we have been thinking about.”

If all sides reach agreement, a special charity edition of the show could go out on Britain’s privately funded ITV channel later this year, she added.

Railway Children, a charity which works with street children whose plight is highlighted in the film, said it was in contact with Boyle’s sister about the director and Patel doing a charity edition of the show to benefit its work.

“We’re in talks with ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ and we’re in conversation with the Boyle family,” chief executive Terina Keen told AFP.

“Danny Boyle’s schedule is somewhat busy but they’re supportive of us as a charity.”

“Slumdog Millionaire” won eight Oscars on Sunday.

source: AFP

Slumdog Millionaire won a lot of Oscars.  The full list is below:

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar(”Jai Ho”)

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – A.R. Rahman

Best Achievement in Editing

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Sound

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Simon Beaufoy

I’m working on screencapping and video clipping some of Dev’s past interviews and I’ve started with his appearance on Ellen DeGeneres with Freida on January 14th! They were way too adorable.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Gallery Updates – Television/Interviews – The Ellen DeGeneres Show (January 14, 2009)