Gopal
None of the Blogs speak about ARR.... Why is it like that ?.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> The key to enjoying this picture lies in the end-credits sequence, a
> Bollywood-style dance number featuring the entire cast.
>
> Too good to be true?Certainly "Slumdog Millionaire" sticks. The film,
> adapted by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy ("The Full Monty," "Miss Pettigrew
> Lives for a Day") from Vikas Swarup's best seller, follows an orphan boy
> played by three different actors, most prominently Dev Patel as a young man.
> Jamal, the protagonist, is sweating out a rough police interrogation the
> night before he risks 20 million rupees in potential winnings on the Hindi
> version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" Jamal is a national hero, a
> rags-to-riches fairy tale incarnate. But is he a fraud? The police believe
> he is.
>
> Surely this "slumdog" couldn't possibly possess such wide-ranging
> knowledge, relating to who's on the U.S. $100 bill or who invented the
> revolver. For each question Jamal answers on camera, while millions hold
> their breath, another chapter of a fantastically resilient life is revealed
> by way of flashback.
>
> Boyle's previous films include "Trainspotting," "Millions" and "Sunshine,"
> and this, I suspect, will be his biggest hit to date. It opens in America
> Nov. 28. The key to enjoying this picture lies in the end-credits sequence,
> a Bollywood-style dance number featuring the entire cast. The entire film
> asks to be interpreted this way: as a Bollywood pileup of extreme emotions
> and picaresque adventures.
>
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-toronto-0908sep08,0,3062082.story
>
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Vithur
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