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Toastmaster speech #5 - From Altar to Oscar

Banu Athaiya, Satyajith Ray, Rasool Pookuty, A R Rahman and Gulzar what’s the similarity between these 5? Who directed the movie which won Oscar for Russool pookuty, A R Rahman and Gulzar? Good evening toastmasters, respected evaluators and guests.  I am going to speak about the director who directed this movie.  Danny Boyle. Danny Boyle was born on 20 October 1956 in Manchester.  He was from an Irish family.  And his parents were strong catholic believers.   During one of his interview he informed. “It was very strict catholic family, and I was altar boy for around 8 years.  I was supposed to be a priest. “ When he was 14 years old, Boyle applied to transfer from local school to seminary, but was dissuaded doing so by a priest. During his interview with “The Times” he said “I was going to transfer from local school to seminary, but this priest father Conway takes me aside and told me, you don’t have to go.  I am not sure whether he was saving me