What makes Slumdog Millionaire rich?-PICS,PHOTOS,WALL PAPERS,NEWS

Time magazine calls it a `buoyant hymn to life, a movie to celebrate` and today we have something special for those who`re waiting for Slumdog Millionaire to hit Indian shores and for fans of director Danny Boyle!

Stiched together in the vast expanse of Mumbai`s slums Slumdog is based on the book Q and A written by Indian author Vikas Swarup.

It follows the tale of former slum dweller Jamal Malik who has now entered the finals of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a gameshow hosted by an impressive Anil Kapoor.

Jamal`s successful streak on the show (and his history) attracts the attention of the show organisers, the host and the cops! He`s then accused of cheating and is soon taken for interrogation - where a terrifyingly brilliant Irrfan Khan has enough beast in him to pass electricity through the youngster`s toes!

The interrogation then continues to explain Jamal`s history in the slums. The trash heap where the boy ekked out a living and the filth that toughened up one of the most inspiring products of Indian persistence.

Slumdog Millionaire is without doubt one of the best films ever made -period. It packs a feel good plot, a gritty narrative and yes, Danny Boyle himself. The director`s claim to fame includes groundbreaking movies such as the cult hit Trainspotting, the post-apocalyptic zombie horror 28 Weeks Later and yes, the sci-fi Sunshine.

Boyle is known for his pursuit to bring in perfection - he`s after all the guy who shut down rush-hour London for that frightening sequence in 28 Days Later, where actor Cillian Murphy walks down a desolated city center of one of the world`s busiest capital cities.

Slumdog has those impressive sequences too, and everything else that gives it a Boyle badge. A camera on steroids, heart-rending terrain, wonderfully sketched characters and one man`s struggle to keep his head above the water. All told in this pacey, heady mix that`s cinema Boyle style!

The film stars miracle find Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto as the gorgeous love interest Latika and an unforgiving Irrfan Khan. It has already won an incredible 21 awards worldwide and 17 other nominations including, four Golden Globes (best director for Danny Boyle, Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best original score by AR Rahman and best screenplay by Simon Beaufoy).

AR Rahman`s thumping background score has gained critical acclaim, long due for a composer who redefined the way India moves on a dance floor. The Mozart of Madras now has his name being considered for the Oscars and is also serious competition in the Golden Globes list of nominees.

So, is this a movie you need to watch? Hell, yeah! This is recommended material and the Sify Movies Desk feels Slumdog Millionaire is for all those who need to rediscover hope!

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Slumdog Millionaire is a joy

Movie Slumdog Millionaire Director Danny Boyle Music AR Rahman Cast Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan

Christy Lemire

Hope within squalor, humor within violence - they’re all thematic trademarks of the British director of druggie drama Trainspotting and zombie saga 28 Days Later. This time, Boyle takes his wildly high-energy visual aesthetic and applies it to a story that, at its core, is rather sweet and traditionally crowdpleasing. Unassuming Dev Patel stars as slumdog underdog Jamal, an 18-year-old who comes from nothing but is on the verge of winning more money than anyone has ever won before on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The game show’s host (ideally smarmy and egotistical Anil Kapoor) grows unshakably suspicious as Jamal prepares to face one last question for the top prize of 20 million rupees and has him hauled in for police questioning (by ever-imposing Irfan Khan). Simon Beaufoy’s complex script, based loosely on Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A, glides effortlessly among Jamal’s interrogation, his unlikely success in the television hot seat and his rough-and-tumble upbringing that provided the life lessons serving him so well now. Jamal reflects upon the desperate times he shared with his older brother Salim (Madhur Mittal), after their mother was killed in a savage anti-Muslim attack. He remembers the cruelty of the Fagin-like figure who forced them and other orphans into slavery. And he recalls fondly the time he spent with Latika (stunning former model Freida Pinto), his first love who, as a scared child, became the brothers’ third Musketeer. (Loveleen Tandan, who cast the film - including the three sets of actors who play the main characters at various ages - did so much behind-the-scenes work, she gets a co-director credit.) Maybe it’s a bit too clever that every question in the game show happens to have some connection to Jamal’s vividly Dickensian life, from his encounter with a blind child panhandlerto the unfortunate reason he knows what a Colt .45 is. But that’s the point: witnessing the uplift of the charmed new life Jamal can now call his own. Slumdog Millionaire won’t let him forget where he came from, though. Mad dashes through Bombay’s most cramped corners provide a dizzy thrill with their off-kilter camera angles, despite the dismal scenery (in that regard the film shares an inescapable bond with Fernando Meirelles’ equally unflinching City of God). Occasionally, though, Boyle will take a moment to catch his breath - and let us catch ours - as he does in a striking overhead shot of the patchwork of tin roofs under which these children make their homes. The cinematography from Anthony Dod Mantle (who shot 28 Days Later) gives even the most depressing images an unexpected beauty, with Chris Dickens’ expert editing keeping the considerable action moving fluidly. Then, in the third act, Slumdog Millionaire takes a conventional turn when everything until then had felt so fresh and new. The mob bosses who rule Bombay, and with whom arrogant Salim has aligned himself, are depicted as snarling caricatures. And the relationship between Jamal and Latika, delicate as it is, reveals them to be little more than a familiar pair of star-crossed lovers trying to find their way back to each other. Nevertheless, realism permeates even that aspect of the film: She’s pragmatic, he’s romantic. The ending is a joy, though, so make sure you stick around for it. After all the heavy, emotionally wrenching material that precedes it for two hours, it’s the perfect final answer. Slumdog Millionaire is rated R for violence, disturbing images, language.

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