Both the book Slumdog Millionaire (originally called Q&A) written by Vikas Swarup and the film adaptation of the same name directed by Danny Boyle received mostly positive reviews and critique, which cemented both of these works deep into the area they were apart of. The movie proved that you could make a successful movie using a traditional Bollywood recipe, and the book showed us how devastating and soul-crushing life in an Indian slum could be. The book also garnered an array of good feedback based on how it handled the different areas in India, and how the system was unfair in many of the different places. The book and the film adaptation have the same underlying pillars, but they differ a lot when it comes to plot and characters, and it is fairly unreasonable to say that the movie stays true to the source material of the book.
Firstly, the movie focuses a little bit too much on the bad living conditions in India, and while the …show more content…
There are a few key differences, but there is one specific aspect where both the book and the film adaptation differ greatly, and that is how the main character manages to know the answers to each of the twelve questions. The movie is not very informative on how Jamal manages to know the questions, and it is one of the reason why the book is preferred by many. The main narrative of the story is how a poor boy from the slum managed to get all the questions correct, and the adaptation completely misses this fact. The book shows us in intricate details how Ram gets every question correct, and how he has to guess his way to some questions, and the nerve-racking state his mind is in while he has to try and predict which option is the right one. It helps the narrative, and it helps us understand how Ram manages the
Firstly, the movie focuses a little bit too much on the bad living conditions in India, and while the …show more content…
There are a few key differences, but there is one specific aspect where both the book and the film adaptation differ greatly, and that is how the main character manages to know the answers to each of the twelve questions. The movie is not very informative on how Jamal manages to know the questions, and it is one of the reason why the book is preferred by many. The main narrative of the story is how a poor boy from the slum managed to get all the questions correct, and the adaptation completely misses this fact. The book shows us in intricate details how Ram gets every question correct, and how he has to guess his way to some questions, and the nerve-racking state his mind is in while he has to try and predict which option is the right one. It helps the narrative, and it helps us understand how Ram manages the