Slumdog Millionaire

Ring Ring Ringa Roses,
Pocket full of awards,
8 at the Oscars, 4 at the Globe,
1 for Rusel, 1 for Danny,
2 for Rahman,
"O sayaaaa (yeah) ", Jai Ho!!, Jai Ho!!

Too much for a little verse, Too little for the recognition that it has got, But why did i watch slumdog for almost 8 times !!

There are only few flicks that has gone through entirely infront of my eyes for more than a couple times, One of them being sarfarosh and off late, Slumdog Millionaire.

Whats so slummy about slum dog that made me stick to it ? Few scenes..

a). During the hindu/muslim riots, a person hits Jamal's mom on head and the way she lies dead in the pool of dirty clothes washed and the dialogue which follows... "If it was not for Allah and Ram, I still would have had my mother..." touching... isn't it ?

b). Our parents used to always scare us in our younger days that incase, if you were to loaf around, your eyes would be taken off and made to beg... This fear had almost ended, when it came up again in Slumdog and the scene sent a chill down my spine. How Inhuman were these guys.

C). When Salim leaves Latika's hand when she tries to reach for, while trying to escape, "Uska tho chal jayega..." makes us quite aware, how the world for a gal is.

D). Sometimes, silence is more than loud, so was the scene at the call centre, when Jamal tries to reach Salim and pauses when he says... "We are doing an upgrade for Friends and F A M I L Y". That pause was more than a 1000 words... frankly, I got goosebumps when i seen it for the first time.

E). Life teaches a lot, be it love, hate, trust, relation and so on. Thats exactly what made Jamaal chose Jack Hobbs over Ricky Ponting when Prem gives him the wrong answer. To all my fellow engineers, All your managers are Prem and Jack Hobbs and Ricky Ponting and the technologies that you work on.. :P

Few Negativity....

Few of my friends protested against the movie for the way it portrayed the image of mumbai, It wasn't any lies, nor any fiction. It all still exist. Why much, travel between Sion and Matunga and you can see much of it on the railway tracks itself. Reality Bites, "Sachaai Kadvi hoti hai... parr chup nahi sakti" so, i don't agree with my friends.

A little hitch in the entire movie was the author of the song "Darshan ddo gyansham". It wasn't written by Surdas, but by a poet called Gopal Singh Nepali. Mistakes do happen and i am happy that such a small one did not stop it from winning those awards.. :-)

Rahman, truly the king of indian music, has so much more potential than his work at Slumdog., Just that, it was never recognised. For eg. Roja, for me that was his masterpiece. Who does not have their heart beating to the beats of "Yeh Haseen Vadiyan..." "Pudu Vellai Mazhai..." in Tamil.

Mrs. Tandon, Pookutty, These are early days of everything including success... Expectation would be the same as England expects from KP all the time that he walks out to the field.
Between all the hypes, We got a sense of few more of a reality,

Rubina and Mohammed are from the slums and should be doing good enough to move out and the help offered by Slum dog crew to treat their sick parents and securing their future was a great move. I hope a little more of a humanity is done to kids who are still in the slum and i guess thats very much on Danny Boyle's mind.. Thank you sir!!

Smile Pinki.. has got the attention of the authorities to make another million Plikes to smile. Thanks to Oscar or they would have gone unnoticed.

All in all, India like never before, is beginning to put a thought to all these "NEVER TOUCHED" issues. Courtesy : Entertainment Industry. Last but the least, Little did ever Vikas Swarup know that his simple novel "Q & A" would be at such a peak.

If at all, i were to write without a stop, it indeed would grow long and long enough to spend my time writing till there is no end..

Thank you Slumdog Crew, Staff., Thanks to the oscar committee..

Lots of Luv, Dhinu!