DIRECTOR: Danny BoyleSTARRING: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla.
REVIEW: Having sat through the roughly two-hour long screening of Slumdog Millionaire, I felt as if I had been through an exciting roller-coaster ride of emotions. Danny Boyle pitches out 'Slumdog Millionaire' with remarkable intensity, and the narrative is so engrossing that one seems lost in the addictive plot.
Jamal Malik (Dev Patel, also portrayed by Tanay Chheda and Ayush Khedekar) an illiterate slum-inhabitant, is just one question away from winning the Indian version of the famous game-show 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire'. He is arrested and interrogated by the police on the ground that he is cheating. When interrogated, he tells the cops about how he knew each and every question that the celebrity judge (Anil Kapoor) of the show asked him, drawing instances from his life. He tells them how he, his brother Salim (Madhur Mittal, Azharuddin Mohammad Ismail, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala), and his love-interest, Latika (Freida Pinto, Rubina Ali, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar) spearheaded their way through the hardships of life.
The movie showcases a very pessimistic view towards life. Every character that the protagonists meet throughout the movie, turn out to be twisted minded or a sadist. The fact that the movie is full of ever-plotting and greyish characters ensures that the viewers stay glued to their seats until and unless the hero finally walks away with the heroine contently. The director transforms a typical Bollywood plot into a magical and gripping movie with fantastic screenplay and swift camera-work.
Also, what assists in enhancing the cinematic experience is the Oscar-nominated music of A.R. Rehman, which is, in the true sense of the word, electrifying. It's a great soundtrack with peppy soundtracks splashed all over it.
The acting was decent by each and every member of the cast, be it the innocent-looking Dev Patel, or the charming and fairly beautiful Freida Pinto. Also, the child artists have acted wonderfully well, and their innocence really gets imprinted on the audience's mind. Anil Kapoor is also memorable as the host of the show.
In a nutshell, it would be suitable to declare that "Slumdog..." is an extra-ordinary survival movie, and young Jamal's story is truly inspiring and moving in every frame. Jamal's never-say-die attitude acts as a bleak ray of hope even in the darkest of the situations. It is tremendously inspiring at places, and at other places it is particularly demoralizing, so much so that the whole experience gets cancelled out, if you know what I mean.
RATING: I'm coming out with 3.5/5 for gripping narration and plausible acting.
you contradict yourself. you say that "the whole experience gets cancelled out" and then you give 3 point 5 out of five. if everything canceled out you should have given it one out of five. i also disagree that the acting was good. except irfan khan and anil kapoor everyone was just bland and boring. the plot requires a bit too much suspension of disbelief for my liking and the twisted perception of each and every character gets boring after thirty minutes into the film. the music is hardly average. infact i think it might be rehman's worst ever. the narration/storytelling is just naive and feels like the first work of an amateur. you can predict the film's outcome as soon as the three main characters have been introduced.
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