A Strange Movie from India

Today I watched a movie from India. My class and the others had to watch it, as it is an Academic English class. The movie was played at three o’ clock in room number 310. It was very crowded and the room temperature was relatively hot, so I felt uncomfortable.
The movie’s duration is about two hours. It is a movie from India, but English is the mostly used language, with a little Hindi (when Hindi is used, there will be subtitles). At first, I did not really understand about the storyline, which is a bit complicated. Later, I realized that the story is actually about love.
The main character is Jamal Malik, a young man from India. He has an older brother, named Salim. They have experienced miserable life in their childhood. Live in a slump area which is also very crowded, attacked by officers, raided by people whose religion is different (Jamal and Salim are Moslems); those are the things happened to both of them. Once, they have to escape from Maman, a wicked man who is taking advantage from poor children to earn money; he is a type of man who does everything in order to fulfill his ambition. In that escape, the brothers lose their precious friend, Latika. They are growing and their mind is formed. Both of them have personalities which are unique to each other. Jamal is calm and considerate, while Salim is really brave and harsh. Although they often quarrel, but actually they love each other as a family. When they have become adults, Jamal has an unpleasant experience. He participates in a quiz called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Most of the questions can be answered correctly by Jamal. A person seems to be not happy with Jamal’s success, so he accuses that Jamal is cheating. Because of that, Jamal must pass an awful interrogation. In the end, he is able to win the twenty million Rupees and meets his love, Latika.
I think this movie’s story is a bit complicated and hard to understand if we do not really follow it from the beginning. With this movie, we can get a picture of life in India, especially the poor people’s. The language is sometimes not clear; I miss some conversations because the English is strange. What I do not like about this movie is the violence. There are a lot of violence showed, for example, when they are raided by some people, a person is burned alive, and many other scenes. In short, this movie is not good enough and disappointing.