![]() ![]() So this young man is promptly dispatched to the police station where Jamal undergoes what thousands of Indians unfortunate enough to enter the precincts of a police thana experience everyday across the country – merciless thrashing. Ergo, he must be cheating in some way to get at the right answers. Jamal is a slumdog, with his roots deep in the bowels of Mumbai’s slums. Outstandingly executed, Slumdog Millionaire is the riveting life-story of an 18-year-old Mumbai ‘slumdog’ and chaiwallah Jamal (Dev Patel) who happens to win the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire much to the bafflement and chagrin of the program’s host (Anil Kapoor). Naturellement, as fine a movie as Slumdog Millionaire can’t be from a Bollywood director (although plenty of Indians do feature in this English movie directed by British filmmaker Danny Boyle, produced by Christian Colson and distributed by Fox Searchlight). (For GK, Gandhiji & his many avatars, The Gora & Terraferrous)Īll ye Bollywood curs, hang your heads in shame because the Slumdog is soon gonna expose you.Īn Oscar-worthy gem and the finest movie made in India this century, Slumdog Millionaire (based on the novel Q and A by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup) is coming to India in January. ![]()
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