Slumdog Millionaire

Movie Title-- Slumdog Millionaire

Release Year-- 2008

Running Time-- 2 Hours

Production Company-- Film4

Director-- Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Cast-- Dev Patel, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor, Rajendranath Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan

Jamal Malik, an 18 year old orphan from Mumbai, is on his way to winning a million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" but when the show breaks for commercial he is arrested for suspicion of cheating and taken away into seclusion. He is questioned about how a kid from the slums knows so much and he explains through stories of his life how he knows all the answers.

I was a little late to get to this film but since it did win a lot of awards, I wanted to know if it was really worth all the hype. As it turns out, this movie WAS worth seeing. Once you get into this movie, you don't want to climb off the couch to do anything else. It truly will have you wanting to see this through to the end without distraction.

As with any good film, there is a love story interwoven into this film, this one however starts at an early age. At first it starts as a close friendship between Malik and Latika but as the movie progresses it is obvious that Malik becomes closer and closer to Latika because he feels more than friendship.



Malik's brother Salim however, is a little shit through-out the whole movie. I am not sure if he is supposed to be villainized through-out the film or not but he does tend to be. From the beginning of the film I really disliked him. There was only two parts that Salim manages to act like a good guy but I will let you figure that out for yourself.

All and all, this is a very good film. This is definitely one to put on your "To Watch" list. There is so much power behind this movie. Just a side note, when Malik and Salim are children, you do have to read some subtitles but after a few lines it becomes almost second nature and you hardly notice that you are reading along. This is a good film, check it out and don't forget the popcorn!