The King's Speech sweeps Royal Academy's awards

The King's Speech swept away the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards as the movie received seven trophies across various categories, Hindustan Times reported.

At a glittering ceremony in London on Sunday night, the British royal drama, which is about a stammering monarch, took away the awards for best film, outstanding British film, original screenplay, best actor (Colin Firth), best supporting actor (Geoffrey Rush), best supporting actress (Helena Bonham Carter), and best original music (Alexandre Desplat).

Rahman, who won a BAFTA in 2009 for his work in Slumdog Millionaire, can now pin his hopes only on the penultimate - the Oscars. He has been nominated in two categories - original score and original song at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for the original score in 127 Hours as well as original song If I Rise for the same movie.

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. It won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award and was nominated for fourteen BAFTA awards (of which it won seven), twelve Academy Awards and seven Golden Globes.film.