Thumbs up for Slumdog Millionaire

Yesterday evening, myself and Sathy decided to watch the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Now we understand the reason behind the many awards that was given to this movie. Hats Off to the Story Writer, Screenplay, Editor, Director and the whole team involved in making of this film. The music also played much role to make viewers get involved in the situations with much more deeper sense. It is simply awesome especially the storyline about the long and arduous journey of Jamal Malik and his brother Salim, the main characters of the movie, traversed in their relatively short life.

The movie is truly exhilarating and awe-inspiring fable about destiny, perseverance, struggles, true love and how all of them are undeniably intertwined.

There are many lessons that we can learn from this movie. One of it is that all of us are given the free will to choose the path of life that we want to go. In Slumdog Millionaire, Salim, the older brother, decided to choose the path of crime as his destiny but Jamal decided to go through the school of hard knock and work his way out as a Tea Boy a.k.a. "chai-wallah" before winning India's version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

A true survivor, he draws on his own experiences and lessons learned from the streets to overcome the obstacles that the protectors of the status-quo put in his path. He trusts his instincts, believes in himself and the nobility of his cause. He is comfortable with who he is despite his lowly origins, is confident that he can beat the system, and knows that he is deserving simply because of the higher purpose he is serving.

Slumdog Millionaire is highly acclaimed, named in the top ten lists of various newspapers. On 22 February 2009 the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including the Best Picture and Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. It is only the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards.[55]

The film also won all four of the Golden Globe Awards it was nominated for, including Best Drama Film; five of the six Critics' Choice Awards for which it was nominated; and seven of the eleven BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film.