After waiting for a month, finally I watched this movie today. It is well known that this movie bagged lot of awards in the global film arena even before its worldwide release that created lot of expectations about it. The most captivating factor to me in this movie apart from the storyline is the music of a.r.rahman. After watching this film, I felt that both the music and the movie as a whole lived upto its expectations. It starts with a title track "O Saiya" which takes you to a virtual tour through the slums of Mumbai. The title track alone will stand for the greatness of music in rest of the film. I would love to hear it again and again. There are few scenes where I felt somewhat awkward. i. Anil Kapoor's sarcasm about chai-wala ii. Accusing Jamaal for cheating just because he has reached the penultimate question being a slumdog. Also, slum people speaking English limits one's involvement with the story to some extent. But ofcourse, it has to be in that way as the movie itself is a English movie. And the screenplay and characterization overcomes such limitations. The background score in the scenes where Jamaal and his brother escapes from the goondas and the last 20 minutes including the credits were awesome. As a icing on the cake, the movie ends with a bollywood style song with Jamaal and Latika dancing in the lead. Hope few Oscar awards are waiting for this movie. Congrats Danny and team! A special congrats to Rahman!
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