Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire [ Images ], having conquered the hearts and minds of Hollywood -- winning 4 Golden Globe awards in the process -- now turns its sights on the United Kingdom.

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The Mumbai-based rags-to-riches story has received a startling 11 nominations for the 2009 BAFTAs (British Academy Film and Television Art), as has the Brad Pitt-starrer The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [ Images ].

Slumdog Millionaire was nominated in the following BAFTA categories: Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Production Design, Sound and Outstanding British Film.

Danny Boyle [ Images ] has been nominated best Director, 18-year old Dev Patel [ Images ] for Leading Actor and Mumbaikar Freida Pinto [ Images ] for Supporting Actress.

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Those contending with Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for best film are Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader.

Others to receive multiple nominations are Batman: The Dark Knight [ Images ] (nine nominations), Changeling (eight), Frost/Nixon (six), The Reader (five), In Bruges (four), Milk (four) and Revolutionary Road [ Images ] (four).

Patel, a London-raised teenager, will vie with resurrected actor Mickey Rourke [ Images ] (The Wrestler), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn [ Images ] (Milk) and Brad Pitt [ Images ] (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).

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Kate Winslet [ Images ], who managed two Golden Globes earlier this week, has been nominated twice over in the leading actress category: once for The Reader and once for Revolutionary Road.

Pitt is another double nominee, for The Curious Cause of Benjamin Button and for Burn After Reading [ Images ], where he'll compete with the late Heath Ledger [ Images ] (The Dark Knight) in the Supporting Actor category.

This year's BAFTAs will be held at London's [ Images ] Royal Opera House on February 8.