on Jan 28th, 2009
Will the Slumdog Millionaire win again?
The world is talking about it. The critics are raving by it. And the Oscar award jury 2008 has set its eyes on it.
Danny Boyle’s movie Slumdog Millionaire has been sweeping away a lot of awards this season. And putting India in the spotlight with its heartbreaking yet exhilarating tale of an orphan who rises from rags to riches on the strength of his lively intelligence.
Just like the city Mumbai in which this story is set, the movie brims and overflows at a breathless pace telling the story of Jamal, a poor, bright-eyed, mischievous youth and his even more boisterous older brother, Salim. In a horrifying turn of events, the two youngsters’ lives change in front of their eyes when their mother is killed during a riot. Alone, they turn to the streets, becoming “slumdogs.? A ray of sunshine comes into their lives when they befriend another orphan, the feisty young girl Latika, and soon the three are inseparable. Adventure follows as the trio strives to survive the cutthroat life of contemporary India. But do they last together?
At a time where the world is cynical and people are skeptical about trusting the person sitting right next to them, here comes an amusing story of a man who accepts everything life brings – uninhibitedly!
What if people around you started dropping dead suddenly?