Slumdog Slumdog, all the way...

Slumdog Millionaire wound off my rather weary weekend. Quite the icing on my weary cake weekend.

Slick - interesting movie; in an overly gushy moment, I might even call it ' really really nice'. If you could just overlook the bizarrely improbable Brit accent of our Mumbai slumdog- Jamal Malik ( played by Dev Patel). Oh well, I have an excuse for that too - he worked as a chaiwalla in a call center that catered to Scottish and English folks.

Life screws you over and over , when you are born into a slum life. You drift down the turbulence hurled at you , make the most of circumstances and just find a way to keep your head above the water. And then when opportunity crosses your path, seize her, hold her by the neck ,draw her into your bosom and use your screwed over life with impunity to overpower her. That was Jamal Malik's life.

The little kids, played by Jamal (Ayush Mahesh Khedekar) and Salim(Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail) are excellent actors.

Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor are stellar performers. Anil Kapoor especially, plays the cynical, sadistic and envious game show host with perfect elan.

The four options concept of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show and Kaun Banega Crorepati are subtly interspersed into the flash forward- flashback sequences of the movie effectively.

All in all, an extraordinary, intelligent, well shot and gritty movie. And Rahmans background score is superlative. Just like it should- it adds depth and character to the movie.

Must See! Must See!