All of us are familiar with the Oscar award winning movie ‘Slumdog millionaire’. I am sure it was a great hit because of its universal concept. For those of you who do not know the story I will brief it to you. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal's life, it isn't going to be easy. Arrested by police under suspicion of cheating, Jamal is interrogated by the authorities. The police simply can't believe that a common "slumdog" could possibly possess the knowledge to get this far in the game, and in order to convince them of how he gained such knowledge, Jamal begins reflecting back on his childhood. As young boys, Jamal and his older brother, Salim, lived in squalor, and lost their mother in a mob attack on Muslims. Subsequently forced to rely on their own wits to survive, the desperate siblings fell back on petty crime, eventually befriending adorable yet feisty young Latika as they sought out food and shelter on the unforgiving streets of Mumbai. Whether Jamal finally answers the last question for winning the prize money is the climax. Well it is predictable that he wins the money. Along with the money he also wins back his love Lathika. And they live happily.
Such a story with brilliant screenplay should have definitely won the Oscars. Well it did. But I still wonder if such a movie directed by any other person other than Boyle would touch so many lives. There are undoubtedly great directors but considering Boyle’s previous genres of movies this was definitely a child’s play for him. It is a brilliant union of amazing technicians coming together for creating history!
Jai Ho!
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