Rave reviews put my attention to watch this critically acclaimed movie.  Mumbai slums,fine performances from the acting front, non linear mode of story telling and well indeed a good piece of camera work. More than these, Slumdog Millionaire is just an average fare.  Few messages what delivers to me are as follows.

1. Indians will do any thing for women and money. No value for the relationships.
2. Indian police is worst enough to slap even kids and there come the Americans to save us. A dedicated scene has been placed to depicit this.
3. There is something called TajMahal in India (if you dont know) , which is being used as a source of income (so called tourism) which can oversell among foriegners.
4. We have a job category called “Call Center” consists of few dumps and the tea boy works there is much better than them (read “youngsters”) – The thread of the whole movie :lol
5. Lot of scenes of socially disturbing menace of prositituition, liquor and drugs with an indirect message that the majority of people lives on it.
6. There is a game called “Cricket”. It is not Sachin who scored the maximum century in first class cricket :lol
7. Right mix of Communal Violence

Sad to say, these are few key points which catalyzes the entry of movie to Oscars and International festivals for best screenplay. I am surprised, for such a low quality fare has been reviewed as best one.

The movie captures lot of pain and emotionally high strung moments. But when a movie is being taken on India and when it is placed in front of entire world, the intentions it throws is quite negetive and disappointing. We have lot of good things as well and I should have appreciated the efforts if proper slots have given for our positive parts. Intentions would have been good, but not convincing enough to state it as an authentic affair.

The actors and technicians are Indians, so that the 100+ millions Indians would watch and support this “so-called-classic” and can be commericalised to entire world. Maybe the movie hold up a mirror to one dimension of Indian society and it can be judgemental, but not to an extend of this one dimensional criticism.  Anyways my kudos to A R Rahman for winning Gloden Globe and nominations to Oscar!

Hey reviewers/friends/critics, think for a while.