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Slumdog Millionaire

Language: English

Critic Rating: 2.5 stars (2.5/5)

Genre: Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Cast: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto


Producer: Christian Colson

Director: Danny Boyle

Music Director: A. R. Rahman

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Synopsis

Jamal Malik, a penniless eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the botto...

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Overall "Slumdog Millionaire" works exceptionally well as a frenzied and largely heartless narrative of Mumbai's slum life if one disregards some contrivances.
By Mayank Chhaya  2 Stars
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All the talk of 'poverty porn' and the obsession with garbage and faeces is frankly just that - crap. While not nearly a masterpiece, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire dares to go into places we don't - yet it remains a film pulsating with life and hope.
By Jahan Bakshi  3.5 Stars
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