It's the finest hour of Indian cinema: Anand Sharma

Lavishing praise on Slumdog Millionaire and Smile Pinkifor winning the much-coveted Oscars, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma said it was "the finest hour of Indian cinema" on the global stage.

Lavishing praise on

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Slumdog Millionaire

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Smile Pinki

for winning the much-coveted Oscars, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma on Monday said it was "the finest hour of Indian cinema" on the global stage.

The minister congratulated the Slumdog Millionaire and Smile Pinky team for winning the prestigious Oscar Awards, the information and broadcasting ministry said in a statement on Monday.

In his message Sharma said that this is the finest hour of Indian cinema in the global scenario.