Last weekend I watched the much hyped movie Slumdog Millionaire, the Danny Boyle’s rags-to-riches tale in which the story follows the life of the poor waiter as he explains to the police with a wonderful screenplay. The simple story itself provides the insight how sincerely it had been written. The movie has won the top film prize from Hollywood’s producers. Earlier this month, the movie won four Golden Globes including best film and also the best director. The award helps put the film in pole position for Oscar success.
The story is written by an Indian Foreign Service bureaucrat Vikas Swarup in his debut novel, Q and A. He is a novelist and diplomat who has served in many countries. Film Four of the UK had optioned for the movie. This international bestseller has been translated into 36 languages. It was shortlisted for the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and won South Africa’s Exclusive Books Boeke Prize 2006, as well as the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair. Harper Collins brought out the audio book, which won the Audie for best fiction audio book of the year.
It won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival and three awards (Best Film, Best Director and Most Promising Newcomer) at the British Independent Film Awards 2008. The National Board of Review picked Slumdog Millionaire as the best film of 2008. The movie swept five awards out of its six nominations at the Critics’ Choice Awards, and all four nominations awarded at the Golden Globe Awards which includes best director, picture, screenplay & score. Swarup’s second novel Six Suspects is also being optioned for movie making.
Back home in India Slum dwellers of Bihar have raised the protest against the movie, demanding the film’s makers remove the word dog from the title. As per some news channel the slum people filed a petition in the court to protect the honour and respect of millions of slum dwellers across India, charging the all Indians associated with the film with abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment just to earn money and fame.
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