SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

MOIVE PICK SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

FIRST OF ALL, THE DIRECTOR’S VISION WAS SIMPLY BRILLIANT. SURE, WE KNOW THAT THE SCREEPLAY BY SIMON BEAUFOY, IS BASED ON A NOVEL CALLED “Q&A” BY INDIAN AUTHOR VIKAS SWARUP BUT THEN, WHEN WERE WE EVER INTERSTED IN WATCHING A RERUN OF KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI? DANNY BOYLE SUCCESSFULLY USES FLASHBACK TECHNIQUE AS AN ANSWERS TO HOW A POOR TEENAGER (JAMAL MALIK) FROM THE SLUM OF DHARAVI NIS ABLE TO ANSWER KNOTTY QUESTION POSED BY THE SHOW HOST (PREM KUMAR).
JAMAL IS BEING INTERROGATED BY THE POLICE. HE IS A CONTESTANT ON KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI AND HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF CHEATING.
THE DIRECTOR SLOWLY REVELS JAMAL’S REAL LIFE EXPRINCES HELEPED SHAPED HIS RESPONSES.A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS SIMLY BRILINT (AND DESERVEDLY SO), BUT I GUEES ITS REAL TRUIMPH IS THAT THE MYRIAD TECHNIQUES USED BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO THE OVERALL SCHEME (WITHOUT DISTRACTING THE VIEWER ), AND ARE A VITAL AID TO THE DIRECTOR IN BUILDING VIEWER INTEST. THE POLICE CHASE OF THE SLUM CHILDREN IN THE FIRST SCENE KEEPS YOU RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEATS AND PROBABLY RANKS AMONG THE BEST CHASE SCENCE EVER.
I SINCERELY BELIEVE (WITH THE APPROPRIATE APOLOGIES) THAT EVEN AN INDIAN DIRECTOR HASN’T EVER DEPICTED REAL MUMBAI LIFE AS ACCURATELY AS IS DONE IN THE MOVIE. ALL THOSE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE MUMBAI’S. FAST PASED LIFE, THE JOY, THE TEARS AND THE FRUSTIONS; COME TRUE IN THE WONDER THAT IS SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. AR RAHMAN’S MUSIC IS ANOTHER HIGH WATERMARK OF THE FILM.
TILL VERY RECENTLY, DANNY BOYLE WAS BEST KNOWN AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CUIT HIT TRAINSPOTTING. BUT WITH SLUMDOG MILLIONIRE, THE BRITISH DIRECTOR OF ARTHOUSE FAVOURITES HAS COME FINALLY OF AGE.