Although I was eager to catch the earliest show possible of the much anticipated movie Slumdog Millionaire, I was able to finally get to watch it only a couple of days back.
Not many movies in the past have lived up to the expectations or hype generated prior to its release. Case in point being the movies of Indian movie super stars SRK and Akshay Kumar's Rab ne..., Singh is king and the recent Chandni Chowk...etc. However, Danny Boyle's Slumdog is a wonderful tale of the journey of a boy from the slums of Mumbai. There was a lot of hue and cry over the manner in which India is depicted in the movie. Although I felt sad with this portrayal, it was real. The entire episode of the slum kids can shake any person up. But, it would be more appropriate to take up this cause with our governament than criticize the makers of the movie.
The real life experiences coming to help the protagonist in answering the questions on the game show is well presented. However, on a few questions one feels the real life reference seems unreal. Such minor shortcomings are pardoned. The entire cast comes up with very nice performances. The award winning music by Rehman is nice as well. Anil Kapoor has done justice to his part and excels in the final scene. The credit however, to keep us all glued to the seats until the very end of the credits MUST go solely to its director - DANNY BOYLE ! Hats off to him.
I would give the Slumdog 8/10.
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It was a good film...but do you really think it deserved so many Oscar nominations? Haven't you heard songs better than Jai Ho? How would you compare this film with TZP?
Well....I haven't compared it to any other film. When compared it surely isn't a patch of TZP.
Only goes to show the bias in the jury when it comes to Indian film makers.
We should probably always have a foreign producer back all our projects to have a shot at the OSCARS !
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