It’s been a while that I’ve been hearing about this movie ‘Slum dog Millionaire’. As the name suggests, it made an immediate impact with the viewer in me, much to the liking of the marketing division of ‘Slumdog Inc.’ would have wanted to. I could not resist the call and went for the hunt. Went to the nearest store, only to hear- ‘Sir, chala gaya’. Grrhhh!! “Abbe! Kitne copy banaye the tune”, to which came an astounding response- ‘Sir, saat’. Seven DVDs! all out for rent at the same time…sounds interesting. I became all the more curious, now how on earth could I be an exception to have not watched it? I walked faster towards the next DVD Store. I usually don’t enjoy too much of walks, but I had to get this. Tell you what; you can do the impossible, provided you are interested. I usually take a rick to reach my shuttle point everyday for office; there’s no energy then because it’s ‘just another day’ at work. And here you go, the same guy is walking all over in his quest for a Rs15 DVD. Finally, I reached another store that I had in mind, only to see the owner gheraod by customers like me. I saw one asking for ‘Australia’, that’s fine with me. Then there’s a couple arguing over ‘When Harry met Sally’ and ‘Casablanca’. “Good God”, I said to myself, “Can I suggest something, go watch ‘Adam and Eve or a Blue Lagoon or try playing the lead role instead at home’ but please, for god’s sake, move your decomposed, rusty asses outta here”. The girl suddenly looked at me, as if she just heard me, saw my impatient face and moved her way out. Thank you, sweetie! She was pretty, must say!
Ah! I got it!! My efforts paid off. I walked my way out of the store, silently conveying my apology to the producers of SM for having encouraged piracy one more time. I reached my gate, suddenly my inner self called out ‘I don’t have popcorns’. But a packs of chips would do, and yes, a pack of cigarettes probably to celebrate every crucial moment of the movie. Ran to the store all over again for the 50m stretch (I actually ran) and got my inventory.
My audio-visual set up is always on the ‘Go’ mode. I take pride in my Philips home theatre, a sound investment, something that brought me cheers during my crisis. The 19th century TV is a big let-down but again, its been there since the third month of my professional career; besides, I get possessive about my stuffs, am not letting it go before it retires. Switched the theatre on, the Denzil Washington series came out; oh! I only finished 2 out of 6. Inserted my catch of the day ‘Slumdog millionaire’, quickly pulled my hardly-bean bag, rested my ass on it and lit a fag. All Set.
Slumdog Millionaire!!
Hmm!! Slums of Mumbai are on display. Kids running all around. The camera work looked good, looked real. Heard critics earlier on the same, it seems the camera captured only the bad India. So what! That’s work, the story required it. Besides, behind all the Incredible India and economic growth, we also need to accept the fact that it actually exists. In came Irrfan Khan, I like this guys…this bugger is no natural, I like him. Huh!! The Motu of ‘Satya’ fame was also around. Saw the protagonist for the first time, the kid is okay! Ah! then came Anil Kapoor on the sets of KBC-like. He was intense, looked impressive in the character. With the quiz kicking in, the story began to unfold, going back to the protagonist’s childhood. I knew this before that there actually is 3 different casting done in this movie, it was a challenge for them, claimed the director. The first phase actually had kids originally from the slums, it was said. Never mind, the kid coming out of shit-hole to catch up with the duplicate Big-B was differently interesting. The kid was struggling in his life. Also shown is his childhood love, how sweet. Suddenly, Saif Ali got my attention, it was the pack of chips. Idiot he is, he helps us gain weight at one side, and on the other hand, his girl Kareena is inspiring millions to get that zero size. WTF!! Let’s move on. The second cast. The kids seemed trained or maybe NRI kids, their accent confirmed it. And now, there was English flowing in, to meet the international viewers. Couple of top class north Indian slangs gave this Indian feel in tandem. Hehe! But not many would enjoy this for long, for the censor board will definitely replace it with their supposedly censoring Beep. Anil Kapoor looked impressive again, I did not see much of him so far, he did not have too much of screen time; but he has already made an impact in me. I agreed to media gossips, he surely is the successor for the next season of KBC, he can make it. Besides, this man deserves some accolades, he’s been around for so long, he kept on re-inventing himself, survived through all the competitiveness in the business and still going strong; I do appreciate the professional in him. Each question led to a story and showed the struggle of the protagonist; the Taj Mahal episode, it was nice. It would definitely sound familiar to the international audience for sure. The kids going to the brothel, okay scene but overall the storyline was becoming interesting. My cerebral cells wanted nicotine and I obliged with one. Third cast. This kid found his love interest after another betrayal by his brother. This time the girl was nice, dusky and pretty ok. Let me tell you, the fact that the movie looked real was, that there were no glam dolls and hunks around. The protagonist’s experience in a call centre was okay! But i would not be surprised if people and media from UK start doubting over security concerns in outsourcing businesses in India, given the fraud and Satyam sagas going around. I mean how could an office boy use office systems and telephones without authority (as shown in the movie), you never know, this could be an interesting issue with the unemployed western lot. Mahesh Manjrekar, another son of a gun, i love to see him onscreen, but typecasted again. I want him to be versatile in the future and showcase the immense talent that he has. The kid is getting closer in the bout, Anil Kapoor revealing all his experience now. The kid showed lot of expression in his stand still shots. A love story with a happy end was framing up. The director could somehow build the excitement for the final question, but it could have been better. Does not matter, by now, the protagonist already gathered enuf sympathy from me, so i wanted him to be happy anyways. The end was romantic. Liked the expression in the boy and girl ending up with that wonderful pretty-perfect incomplete kiss.
Huh!! What a movie! What a story!! Story of rags to riches; Story of a struggle; a love story; a quiz game. All blended into one. Very nice. I had witnessed a quality movie and I needed to celebrate it with another smoke. Every breathe-out thanked out the entire crew. I must add that it was incomplete without the background score from A.R.Rahman. I was stupid to understand his music too late in my life but this work only re-instated the brilliance of his work. It has an Indian feel with an international appeal. Golden Globe is just a beginning, 'am sure about many more on the way.
I quickly sat down to google. The protagonist, Dev Patil, an English actor and bronze Award winner in World Taekwondo Competition. His love interest in the movie, Frieda Pinto, a model. I liked her, nice (you wanna try these, boy!) lips. The man of the moment, Danny Boyle, we Indians would know him as the director of DiCaprio starrer- The Beach. The movie is based upon a novel Q&A, written by Vikas Swarup, a Diplomat. I had actually read about the book couple of years back when he was hogging limelight for the same. I now remember it.
But what an experience it was! The blend of Bollywood and Hollywood certainly produced magic here. The reviews in the west said, after a long time, they could witness a good movie. I’ll echo the same views for sure. There’s one regret though- “Wish I could buy a ticket thereby contributing Rs.150 bucks and add up to the profit margins of such an interesting movie.
Ah! I got it!! My efforts paid off. I walked my way out of the store, silently conveying my apology to the producers of SM for having encouraged piracy one more time. I reached my gate, suddenly my inner self called out ‘I don’t have popcorns’. But a packs of chips would do, and yes, a pack of cigarettes probably to celebrate every crucial moment of the movie. Ran to the store all over again for the 50m stretch (I actually ran) and got my inventory.
My audio-visual set up is always on the ‘Go’ mode. I take pride in my Philips home theatre, a sound investment, something that brought me cheers during my crisis. The 19th century TV is a big let-down but again, its been there since the third month of my professional career; besides, I get possessive about my stuffs, am not letting it go before it retires. Switched the theatre on, the Denzil Washington series came out; oh! I only finished 2 out of 6. Inserted my catch of the day ‘Slumdog millionaire’, quickly pulled my hardly-bean bag, rested my ass on it and lit a fag. All Set.
Slumdog Millionaire!!
Hmm!! Slums of Mumbai are on display. Kids running all around. The camera work looked good, looked real. Heard critics earlier on the same, it seems the camera captured only the bad India. So what! That’s work, the story required it. Besides, behind all the Incredible India and economic growth, we also need to accept the fact that it actually exists. In came Irrfan Khan, I like this guys…this bugger is no natural, I like him. Huh!! The Motu of ‘Satya’ fame was also around. Saw the protagonist for the first time, the kid is okay! Ah! then came Anil Kapoor on the sets of KBC-like. He was intense, looked impressive in the character. With the quiz kicking in, the story began to unfold, going back to the protagonist’s childhood. I knew this before that there actually is 3 different casting done in this movie, it was a challenge for them, claimed the director. The first phase actually had kids originally from the slums, it was said. Never mind, the kid coming out of shit-hole to catch up with the duplicate Big-B was differently interesting. The kid was struggling in his life. Also shown is his childhood love, how sweet. Suddenly, Saif Ali got my attention, it was the pack of chips. Idiot he is, he helps us gain weight at one side, and on the other hand, his girl Kareena is inspiring millions to get that zero size. WTF!! Let’s move on. The second cast. The kids seemed trained or maybe NRI kids, their accent confirmed it. And now, there was English flowing in, to meet the international viewers. Couple of top class north Indian slangs gave this Indian feel in tandem. Hehe! But not many would enjoy this for long, for the censor board will definitely replace it with their supposedly censoring Beep. Anil Kapoor looked impressive again, I did not see much of him so far, he did not have too much of screen time; but he has already made an impact in me. I agreed to media gossips, he surely is the successor for the next season of KBC, he can make it. Besides, this man deserves some accolades, he’s been around for so long, he kept on re-inventing himself, survived through all the competitiveness in the business and still going strong; I do appreciate the professional in him. Each question led to a story and showed the struggle of the protagonist; the Taj Mahal episode, it was nice. It would definitely sound familiar to the international audience for sure. The kids going to the brothel, okay scene but overall the storyline was becoming interesting. My cerebral cells wanted nicotine and I obliged with one. Third cast. This kid found his love interest after another betrayal by his brother. This time the girl was nice, dusky and pretty ok. Let me tell you, the fact that the movie looked real was, that there were no glam dolls and hunks around. The protagonist’s experience in a call centre was okay! But i would not be surprised if people and media from UK start doubting over security concerns in outsourcing businesses in India, given the fraud and Satyam sagas going around. I mean how could an office boy use office systems and telephones without authority (as shown in the movie), you never know, this could be an interesting issue with the unemployed western lot. Mahesh Manjrekar, another son of a gun, i love to see him onscreen, but typecasted again. I want him to be versatile in the future and showcase the immense talent that he has. The kid is getting closer in the bout, Anil Kapoor revealing all his experience now. The kid showed lot of expression in his stand still shots. A love story with a happy end was framing up. The director could somehow build the excitement for the final question, but it could have been better. Does not matter, by now, the protagonist already gathered enuf sympathy from me, so i wanted him to be happy anyways. The end was romantic. Liked the expression in the boy and girl ending up with that wonderful pretty-perfect incomplete kiss.
Huh!! What a movie! What a story!! Story of rags to riches; Story of a struggle; a love story; a quiz game. All blended into one. Very nice. I had witnessed a quality movie and I needed to celebrate it with another smoke. Every breathe-out thanked out the entire crew. I must add that it was incomplete without the background score from A.R.Rahman. I was stupid to understand his music too late in my life but this work only re-instated the brilliance of his work. It has an Indian feel with an international appeal. Golden Globe is just a beginning, 'am sure about many more on the way.
I quickly sat down to google. The protagonist, Dev Patil, an English actor and bronze Award winner in World Taekwondo Competition. His love interest in the movie, Frieda Pinto, a model. I liked her, nice (you wanna try these, boy!) lips. The man of the moment, Danny Boyle, we Indians would know him as the director of DiCaprio starrer- The Beach. The movie is based upon a novel Q&A, written by Vikas Swarup, a Diplomat. I had actually read about the book couple of years back when he was hogging limelight for the same. I now remember it.
But what an experience it was! The blend of Bollywood and Hollywood certainly produced magic here. The reviews in the west said, after a long time, they could witness a good movie. I’ll echo the same views for sure. There’s one regret though- “Wish I could buy a ticket thereby contributing Rs.150 bucks and add up to the profit margins of such an interesting movie.
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