Slumdog Millionaire
Created: 2008-12-27 12:17:18
Rating: 9
Type: Movie
Submitted by: Rohit
Brief Review: This is a Dickensonian tale of "rags to riches" with a bollywood twist. This movie is based on Vikas Swarup's novel "Q&A" and derives the main storytelling device from it. It is a story about a call center chaiwallah getting on to desi version of "Who wants to be a millionaire" (hosted by Anil Kapur). Before the protagonist gets the final question he gets intorrogated by mumbai cops in their typical style (Irfan Khan). There the protagonist reveals/narrate through events of his life how knew the answers to the questions. More than the protagonist this movie seemed to be about Mumbai - the Maximum City (per Suketu Mehta's novel). This movie is all about the energy of the city. Never before this energy is captured so wonderfully in a movie in part due to great camerawork, editing and great music by AR Rahman that just amplifies this effect.
I don't want to reveal too much about the movie however, I can certainly make this claim: For complete entertainment this is the must see movie of the season. It must be watched in theaters to enjoy.
