It Is Written

I have heard wonderful things about this movie prior to watching it, and let me just say that it definitely did not disappoint. Slumdog Millionaire is a British-Indian Film directed by Danny Boyle a Golden Globe winning English-Irish director. It tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and winds up knowing all the answers arousing the suspicion that perhaps he has cheated in some way. The movie then explores his touching life story and how he came to know all the answers.

From my observation, I feel that this movie is mostly about life and the difficulties one must face during it. In Jamal’s case, he is put in very difficult conditions; it depicts how we must survive in the harshest circumstances. The film is also a sort of rags to riches story told in a modern way. Of course another major theme to this movie is love and destiny, which I think appeals to a lot of us, the idea of such true and epic love between two people who are meant for each other. Another thing I noticed, the film in a way tells us that good things happen to good people. Jamal, though he’s lived a harsh life he is still a very kind and loving person and in the end he was able to gain everything he had ever dreamed of. In contrast, his brother Salim was bitter about his life and this caused him to be a morally grey person who made many questionable choices. In the end he had to take responsibility for all he had done and this resulted in his less than stellar life ending. I think we all believe that Jamal will go on to live an incredibly happy life with the girl of his dreams along with the small fortune he had just acquired.

I enjoyed this film immensely. I thought that story was told in a very cool way and it had a mix of everything drama, action, love and basically life. Moreover it also gives you a sort of lesson on life. It had a very exciting story which was both heart breaking and exhilarating. It unfolded like a modern day epic fairy tale. I also loved the dancing in the closing credits, a great way for Hollywood to pay homage to Bollywood. The actors were all amazing, especially given they are relative newcomers to the industry. This film well deserves an Oscar nomination.