The cast and crew of Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' can't stop rejoicing as the Golden Globe-award winning underdog drama bagged 10 Oscar nominations on Thursday.

“We are so excited. There's so much excitement and celebration everywhere. Everyone is joyous. I cannot tell you how crazy this feeling is,” lead actress Freida Pinto told us on phone from Mumbai.

The film has received nominations in best motion picture, best director, best original score, best adapted screenplay, best film editing, best sound editing, best sound mixing, best cinematography and two for the best original songs - “Jai ho” and “O saya” composed by Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman.

“We were not expecting so much at all. We were hoping...but 10 nominations is so unreal! And A.R. Rahman has made a wonderful track record. He totally deserves the three nominations and has made the country proud. Without his music, 'Slumdog…' wouldn't have been the same. The happiness for winning the Golden Globe has still not sunk in, so 10 Oscar nominations will take a lot of time for us to register,” said Freida.

“It is full of energy and strikes a chord. That's why the Academy has also given it its due recognition. With Rahman's three nominations, Indian technicians too will get global recognition,” he said.

“It's a celebration of our (Indian) moviemaking and the songs that we have in our films. People always used to say that Indian films have a lot of songs and that's why they don't work but with 'Slumdog…' and Rahman's music, we have proved everyone wrong,” Tandon told a news channel.