Priceless Slum Dog!

Somehow managed to watch “Slum Dog Millionaire”, since wanted to know what this talk of the town movie is all about. I should say “What a Movie!” A remarkable movie by Danny Boyle, taken in a very desi style and at the same times technically, this sunshine director shines in each and every aspect of the movie.

The movie starts in mumbai, where an eighteen year old boy orphan been tortured by the policemen and accused for cheating a game show. Jamal, who has no education and works in a call center serving tea, is close to wining twenty million rupees in show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" giving precise answers to the questions and raising suspicion of fraud.The police officer (Irfan khan), says to the constable, “how can a slum dog win a million when doctor when other geniuses are not able to make it?” Listening to this conversation, Jamal malik who is physically torn apart and still has the energy to say “I Knew…… the answers”. Movie then rolls over to the title song “O saaya” which captures picturesque of slum kids playing cricket in a rustic air ground. Anthony Dod mantle’s camera revolves around the nooks and corners of the Mumbai slums, cinematography is simply awesome, be it the title song or the “paper plane” song that comes behind while the two brothers having their journey in trains, truly deserves an applause. And thereafter the story follows how Jamal knew all the answers.

I would say screenplay is the most important factor for this movie to go places, it’s amazing and made me to sit back throughout the movie. Not even a single scene I felt the pace is going down. Though the movie is inspired by a novel “Q & A” by vikas swarup, Simon Beaufoy has given the picture a wholesome look with his inspirational screenplay.

Performances by the entire cast in ‘Slum Dog Millionaire’ are noteworthy. Especially Dev patel (Jamal malik), being a debut actor he has done a tremendous performance. This London based actor already has a feather in his hat by winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for this movie. I’m sure he will go places.

The one character which I loved the most is the youngest Jamal malik (Ayush Mahesh Khedekar).I remembered him seeing this cute boy in sunfeast cream treat ad. Such a spontaneous kid who shines at his best in his “professional” singing scene.This tiny guy is incredibly talented.



After screenplay, it’s A.R.Rahman’s music that dominates the whole film, though this music genius has to wait for all these years for a platform like Danny Boyle to reveal his astounding composition to the world, no wonder he has been nominated for Oscars. He truly deserves.

This movie is rocking the whole world, having 10 nominations for Oscars and 11 nominations for BAFTA, including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography and best music score. Already having achieved 4 Golden Globes, movie is still waiting to the prestigious ‘Oscars’.