SLUMDOG MILLONAIRE

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

“Slumdog Millionaire”, a movie set in the Twenty-first century of up to date day India, is a great case for the Cultural and financial Globalization theory. This movie has at its core a western leverage and a quest for freedom through financial empowerment (capitalism), utilizing the love of western heritage and up to date technology. (Sartin, 2009)

The film has as its centered character a juvenile Indian man title Jamal Malik, who was born into misfortune, which is to state he was born into absolute poverty. He was an orphan, and he was from the slums of Mumbai. He grew up with his older male sibling, Salim, who was both his guardian/protector and antagonist; and having a relationship since childhood with another orphaned progeny, a young female entitled Latika. Jamal, had no learning and worked in a call center assisting tea. However, his resourcefulness and road smarts assisted him to adapt to his ever demanding natural environment and navigate his way through his very tough life. (Shilpa, 2009)

According to India's traditions (albeit going away) caste system, he is anticipated to stay in abject scarcity until death. This children Indian mans life was eternally changed by western heritage and expertise, through the popular Indian type of the American Television display Who likes to be a Millionaire. With the whole nation observing, he is just one question away from triumphant a staggering 20 million rupees. But when the display breaks for the evening, policemanman arrest him on doubt of cheating. (Sartin, 2009)

This has been a felicitous year for Slumdog Millionaire. Critics have praised the film for its sympathetic rendering of a boy struggling for love against the harsh conditions of slum life in Mumbai, India. The film impresses with its search for moral seriousness in a story that is otherwise and evidently structured. Critics seem to have taken up this moral vision and ignored its tired gimmicks, rewarding the filmmakers with nominations for many of Hollywood's top awards. Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) has created an experience that is rich for the senses, with vibrantly saturated colors, jolting camera moves, and a soundtrack that deploys music and machines to give the film a vigorous tempo. (Tasha, 2008)

But perhaps Slumdog has been nothing more than the perfect distraction from the Sturm und Drang moods dominating talk in the U.S. lately about the end(s) of our own exceptional innocence. The narrative is structured around trivia questions posed to Jamal, a young “slumdog” competing on the television program Who Wants to be a Millionaire (appearing here in the full get-up of the U.S. show). The questions provoke flashbacks for Jamal, revealing how he has survived poverty and countless forms of violence.

When Jamal didn't know the answer, it is clear that his tough life has shaped his courage in such a way that he is wary of the misleading clues put in front by a world. He makes all the right choices, but is suspected of cheating and is arrested and tortured ...