This one is a great movie with superb actors especially the children. I particularly liked the youngest actor who played the role of Jamal, and the scene where he jumps in the shithole to get an autograph of Amitabh Bachchan. The movie reminded me of Salaam Bombay, some of the scenes were superbly shot and are not too common in Hindi movies.

To me the movie was perfect but for one thing and that was the grey shade of Anil Kapoor as a host. Why was his character portrayed to be so hostile towards the chaiwala on stage? It didn’t matter what he did back stage, like misguiding Jamal in the bathroom about a question or handing him over to the police etc.

In reality no host would be allowed to ridicule a participant on the basis of his financial status. There have been actual instances where people like an auto rickshaw driver or coolie have come on shows like KBC, hosted b y Amitabh, Shah Rukh, or Salman. I believe the movie could have been made with Anil Kapoor acting with dignity on stage even though back stage he did not like the idea of a Slumdog getting the jackpot.

Maybe the director didn’t want to deviate from the book from which the movie was made. But two wrongs don’t make a right. Could Anil Kapoor have corrected the director and not blindly sign up for the film no matter how badly he wanted to be in the project.

According to me Anil should have been shown as an unbiased person while hosting the show and a jealous discriminating asshole back stage. That would have made more sense.

Imagine Amitabh Bachchan doing a role like this, it’s also true that he would be the last one to do so.

Rahman’s music like always is awesome. He probably is one of the all time greatest musicians the world has ever seen, forget just India. What I like about him is his ability to produce fusion music consistently over the years. When he fuses Indian classical music with reggae/western classical/rock/hip hip etc, he produces some amazing songs which are incomprehensible.