SUCH A GREAT MOVIE! Directors Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan is just pure genius!!! And THANK YOU Simon Beaufoy for writing such an awesome screenplay and Vikas Swarup for the massive storyline!
SUMMARYThe story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just 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, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
Before watching this movie, I had already heard from so many people that this movie is REALLY good. Because it wasn't released in the cinema here in Tawau, I had no choice but to obtain a copy from a friend. And so the movie began, it stole my heart and made it whole again :)
Of course, I felt so happy watching the people of India again... because I've been there personally and every bit reminded me of my times there... their culture, accent, life... and those kids who always beg for money or food on the streets... were they as innocent as they looked? Were they being forced to do it? Will they wipe their happy looks on their faces whenever they return "home"?
However, I hope those kids and adults alike who went to the Lotus Temple every week would feel
peace whenever they go inside to pray... or at least listened to the chanting of the Writing's of God, be it from the Quran, the Bible or The Kitab-I-Aqdas... we all come from one garden anyway :)
The next time I return back to India, I'd definitely want to travel all around - and a visit to the train station is a must! To see the Taj Mahal with my own eyes although it costs RM88 per entry :( Besides that, I'd want to go see the new side of New Delhi... never had the time to go there the last time... Palika Bazaar too (although the locals warned me not to!)
So many plans... so little time off...
I should do an Asia Trip sooon... Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Dubai, Jordan, Iran... weeeee...
(when I have enough cash)
Since this morning on my way to work, the radio station had many listeners calling in to express how they felt about the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson or also known as Wacko Jacko. One of them said in the lines of, "This world has given him so much hell but yet he has blessed us with his talent and music." Another person said, "It's good in a sense that he has left this world because we don't know what's been going on with his life, the lies or rumours, which probably dragged him down... He can now do away with all the cruel stuff that people have made of him... and he can finally rest in peace... "
