by karimkha

Created on: March 18, 2010   Last Updated: March 19, 2010

Film only review.-

Slumdog Millionaire is a film that has become very popular since it was released in January 2009.  Everyone talked about the film; it became one of the best films of this decade; it got many nominations and it was a multiple Oscar-winning movie . . . It was the "Must See" film of the year.  Over a year later, I have finally managed to watch it! I know I was very late watching it but at least I did!

-Plot outline-

Slumdog Millionaire is British-Indian film roughly based on the novel (Q &A) written by Vikas Swarup in 2005.   

The story was set and filmed in India (Mumbai) about a young man (Jamal K Malik) who participated in the Indian version of the Show "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" The young man was lucky to be picked for the show; to make him even more luckier he had won a big sum of money and there was only one question for the 20 million Rupees but the buzzer rang, so the show had to continue the next day!

The Show host was worried or maybe jealous, in either case, he called the police secretly, accusing Jamal, the illiterate, who had hardly attended school and worked in an Indian call centre as a Chai Wallah (delivering tea and drinks for the employers), of cheating. 

How Come a Chai Wallah had all that knowledge to be able to answer nearly all the questions? There must be something . . . did he cheat? Is it fate? Or is it written?

So he was held in police and held custody, a police officer started questioning him showing him a recorded episode of his performance in the show.  Jamal started to talk about it . . . every single question had something to do with his past: he had flashbacks.  He claims he entered the show purely because he knows that his one and only love of his life will be watching him, not for money even though he was very poor!

-So What Happens In The Film?-

The Choices of Answer Are:
A) The police officer will believe Jamal and let him go and finish the show and probably win 20 million Rupees.
B) He will be jailed for cheating.
C) Jamal is telling the truth.
D) Jamal is lying. 

Will it be A, B, C or D? You can go 50/50, phone a friend or ask the audience!

-Main characters-

The film contains a big selection of actors and actresses but I'm only going to mention the three main characters on the film.

The cast in general was well chosen, what I like about them is the idea of showing us Jamal, Salim and Latika as young children, then two young youthful people, growing up .

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