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Show all (5)Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20-million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded police inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the inspector and 60 million viewers are about to find out.
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I hope this remarkable film comes to Pittsburgh. I viewed it in southern California and it should receive some Academy Award nominations.
World power and influence is drifting East, filling the vacuum left behind by the soullessness of the West. I saw "Slumdog" and the new Bond movie on the same afternoon, in the same complex. One need not say more! Bollywood is taking its rightful place in the film world, as it collaborates with a Hollywood distributor and a famous Irish director to bring this outstanding "entertainment" to the attention of the whole world.
It's rated "R" but it's an "R" for realism rather than for any language or images which are gratuitiously shocking. Having lived in Mumbai when it was Bombay, the subtitled profanity and vulgarity is a typical soft type inherited from the Brits. But what a wonderful depiction of real life in Mumbai, an up-and-coming commercial and financial power on the world stage. The story line is a "stretch," but who cares. It's just a means of presenting Indian life through the lenses of a newly-powerful Bollywood.
You'll thoroughly enjoy these refreshingly new Hindu and Muslim film stars and the myriad talents they bring to the screen. Films don't always need happy endings. But when you're India and pounding on the global door for attention and to be taken seriously in all realms of life, a happy ending just comes naturally and it says something meaningful about India and Mumbai. I feel good for India!