Slumdog millionaire : Review

I watched this movie yesterday. Was really good and amazing. It was a story of slum and orphan boy who had never gone to school become a millionaire through the famous TV show "Who wants to be a millionaire".

All the answers that the boy gave in the quiz was part of his real life story he had gone through. Every answer he gave reminded him of the trauma he went through as a small kid. The way how he struggled each day to stay alive as a very young boy with no caretakers was depicted as part of search through answers. Right from the first question "Who was the famous actor in 'Zanjeer'? to the last question 'Name of the third musketeer?' was all part and parcel of his struggle in his life.

But, the best question would be - 'What is the hand of Lord Rama?'. This question reminded him how he lost his mother in riot and how he escaped running his life. While running he stumbled on a small kid (perhaps who was a part of riot and) dressed up in Lord Rama costume. He answered by saying "Wish he can forget the incident and don't know the answer for the same question because everyday he wake with the nightmare of the incident ?"

The world of slum and how the small kids was duped and forced to begging was depicted very clearly and convincingly. When the person who runs the begging business removed eyes of a small kids so that he get more sympathy was also clearly depicted. You will lose your heart when you see it for sure.

Mumbai fits to the entire concept of this Hollywood movie. You can't find a better place for the said script. Perhaps, the land of Bollywood inspite of going through such things everyday has failed to inspire them such a script of heart moving reality is really shameful. They know how to sing, dance but, they can't see beneath their own nose. They need to do some soul searching and beyond box-office.

Five out of five and thumbs up would be my rating for the said movie. Go for it. It will move your heart and make you do some soul searching.