Slumdog Millionaire
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A Film By Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later)
Slumdog Millionaire follows Jamal Malik, a teenage orphan from the ghettos of Mumbai who is one question away from winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of the trivia game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.
As a "slumdog," though, there are those who believe that Jamal must have cheated to have come so far on the show, namely the police.
As Jamal is relentlessly grilled by a no-nonsense police inspector and his brutal, porcine subordinate, the young man relates how he knew the answer to each question.Proving that life experiences count for as much if not more than learned knowledge, Jamal recounts how he and his older brother lost their mother when they were children to an anti-Muslim mob. Left to fend for themselves on the streets of Mumbai, Jamal and Salim turn to hustling and petty crimes to survive.
Along the way they meet another young orphan, the fetching Latika, whom Jamal falls in love with and will spend the next several years chasing.
Slumdog Millionaire has as much heart as it does energy -- and that's saying a lot -- skillfully managing to avoid being as schmaltzy and formulaic as its premise might have allowed in the hands of a lesser filmmaker. Heavy with humor, romance and suspense, Slumdog Millionaire is one of the best and most crowd-pleasing films of the year.
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watch already! very good movie!
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Originally posted by sinicker:
watch already! very good movie!
if anyone's capable of pulling off a hindi british flick, it's boyle!
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Deep down inside, I personally believe some game shows are rigged to a certain degree. After all, organizers do try to profile you through a questionnaire which also contain clauses such as telling-nothing-but-the-truth-or-you-risk-forfeiting-any-prizes-won. So you're presenting yourself on a silver platter for opportunities to exploit both your strengths, if they choose to make you a hero, or your weaknesses, should you so be deemed as being there for entertainment value. This of course does not apply to some situations where obvious hints are provided so that you're given an idiot-proof situation to make away with some cash, should the sponsors be generous. Continues at http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2009/02/slumdog-millionaire.html
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Awesome show.One which celebrates Life. I was actually cheering Latika on when she rushes to answer the phone
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It is a refreshing change that Bolloywood movies are hitting our GV screens. I feel that English movies have become less exciting over the years.
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AR Rahman, the composer wins 3 academy Awards and Bafta for this movie.
AR Rahman is well known since the early 90s in the indian film industry for his innovative music.
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fantastic.
this movie totally pwned hollywood. BRAVO!
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This movie grabbed the Oscars man!
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the show not too bad, story good.but tooooooooooooooo slow. pacing is bad and the filming film quality not very good. Don't know how it won so many awards...........
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borefest
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Me haven't watch it... :(
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"Slumdog Millionaire" is a MUST watch.
Moreover, the soundtrack is brillant.
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wat language izit in?
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80% English
20% Hindi (i think) contains subtitles
British style, quite gritty, cool soundtrack.
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JAI HO!
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its really nice! not that bad!
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Originally posted by hisoka:
the show not too bad, story good.but tooooooooooooooo slow. pacing is bad and the filming film quality not very good. Don't know how it won so many awards...........
i think it's a good change for Oscars. movies with arthouse written all over are too typical.
fully deserve best cinematography, soundtrack and picture, but not director. this one's stylish and gives you the feeling of maximum turbo, especially all the chasing scenes.
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abu neh neh is in again!
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soundtrack is by AR Rahman.
The same guy who made shakalakka baby and chaya chay from Inside man maovie and the Joilin Tsai song Warriors of peace.
And he has made over 300+ songs in tamil and hindi
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
abu neh neh is in again!
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Originally posted by soleachip:
i think it's a good change for Oscars. movies with arthouse written all over are too typical.
fully deserve best cinematography, soundtrack and picture, but not director. this one's stylish and gives you the feeling of maximum turbo, especially all the chasing scenes.
actually I didn't find the music that great, wasn't bad but didn't seem great to me. oh well.
don't know about the picture and cinematography too.
but I'm no great art critic anyway
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Originally posted by Kaimar:
soundtrack is by AR Rahman.
The same guy who made shakalakka baby and chaya chay from Inside man maovie and the Joilin Tsai song Warriors of peace.
And he has made over 300+ songs in tamil and hindi
Yeah.he seems to be so popular now after composing the songs in this movie.everywhere i go,people keep on talking about him.even in my class also,my classmates keep on talking about him.his face is like now everywhere u go.he seems to be so popular now in the whole world since his songs in this movie was a great success. -
Originally posted by Merczrox:
Yeah.he seems to be so popular now after composing the songs in this movie.everywhere i go,people keep on talking about him.even in my class also,my classmates keep on talking about him.his face is like now everywhere u go.he seems to be so popular now in the whole world since his songs in this movie was a great success.we know him since 1992. He was talked about much in India in that year. Then a few more times in the years following that.
He has been around that long. 1992- current
his first song was such a huge hit in 1992:
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his most downloaded song in the net. it was released in 1993, to this day people still listen to it.: