Tandan 's most major credit is '' Slumdog Millionaire '' ( 2008 ) , where she initially began as one of the film 's casting directors ( with Gail Stevens co-ordinating casting from London ) but was , during production on the film , designated as the " Co-Director : India " by Danny Boyle in recognition of her significant contributions in the making of the film . Boyle explained his reasoning behind the credit by stating it was " because I had her there every day , and I kind of relied on her enormously to make sure I did n't make any big mistakes , and obviously , translation for the kids . And translation of the text because obviously , if you translate a line of Simon 's literally into Hindi , a seven-year-old is just going to go … So , they had to be given a line that was the equivalent in Hindi . " Tandan herself has stated that she was given the co-director credit after she " suggested to Danny and Simon Beaufoy , the writer of Slumdog , that it was important to do some of it in Hindi to bring the film alive ( 20 % of the film is in Hindi ) . They asked me to come up with Hindi dialogues which I , of course , instantly agreed to do . And as we drew closer to the shoot date , Danny asked me to step in as the co-director . " The film won eight Academy Awards , five Critics ' Choice Awards , four Golden Globes and seven BAFTA Awards . Tandan 's work as co-director of the film was recognised by the New York Film Critics Online Awards ( NYFCCO Awards ) , which awarded " Best Director " to " Danny Boyle with Loveleen Tandan "
Golden Globes
66th Golden Globe Awards
Loveleen Tandan