My TL, jokingly, asked me one day the Hindi translation of the name "Slumdog Millionaire", and he answered himself, " Jhopadpatti ka Kutta bana Crorepati". At that time, I did not know the magnitude of the movie.Winning the people's choice award at the Toronto film festival and a standing ovation at the London Film festival, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire touches you with surprise. And like most of the torrent downloaders, I could not stop myself from downloading the movie from the Internet before its official release in India.
It is about a boy's adventure from the slums to begging at streets (and mind you, the 'reality' shown here could be a bit more chilling than an average Indian watching Madhur Bhandarkar's real movies could handle) and then playing the game of Who wants to be a Millionaire? Jamal Malik, played by new comer Dev Patel, along with Freida Pinto (refreshingly different), Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor as the host of the game show(in his maybe, first negative role), the film grips you, takes you for a ride, and then brings you back to your seat. Added to that, is A.R. Rehman's music, which adds to the tension one would face while watching this piece of art which truly celebrates the spirit of Mumbai.
Without writing any further, I'd only very strongly recommend this amazingly made movie to anyone reading this post. In the last post, I'd mentioned about Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, and you know now why I didn't bother to update my blog with writing about that film.
