Vibrant cinema = Slumdog Millionaire! Based on the novel "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup, Slumdog Millionaire is a fast-paced, artistic, electrifying, and poignant film. This is the premise: Jamal Malik is an orphan kid from the slums of Mumbai who is one question away from winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, Jamal is arrested and tortured by the police to find out how he could come so close to winning (is he cheating?). Jamal then starts telling the amazing story of his 18 years of life that will reveal the key to the answers of the show.
The movie transitions so smoothly from focusing on "How does he know the answers?" to "What is Jamal's story?" that very early in the film you start seeing and feeling the story through Jamal's eyes. The original narrative and the detailed story are not the only compelling factors in this art flick – the film is also a richly creative visual experience. Mainly shot in Mumbai, it shows the real and tough parts of the city; instead of the palatial, waterfall-washed sets usually employed in Bollywood films.
India is a world of contradictions and extremes. At the same time, it is literally a jumping, overflowing center of human energy. This film captures all this energy visually, but above all, it is represented through the development of its outstanding characters. In an interview for NPR, Danny Boyle, the director of the film, described that as an outsider in India, he tried to be careful not to film only the obvious but to capture what matters to the characters – who they love, who they hate, what their ambitions are, and what their aims are.
In a nutshell, Slumdog Millionaire is one of the best films of the year!
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