Slumdog Millionaire

Introduction- The movie My Brother Nikhil a movie based on the life of Dominic D’Souza is a classic example of how one needs to be sensitized towards the problems with one is suffering through and lays emphasis on how it is being dealt to with the society. The Storyline- The movie begins by the Kapoor’s staying in the city of Goa. Set in the 1980’s it tells us about how Mr. Navin Kapoor, the main member to the Kapoor family always wanted to become a swimmer in his life but couldn’t achieve the…

Hunt for the wilder people, directed by the man himself, Taika Waititi (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS), is a real side-splitting film. Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison), a Tupac adoring orphan, and his foster father, Hector Faulkner/Uncle, (Sam Neil) a falsely accused “Caucasian”, take up the radical name “Wilder People” after becoming the main two subject of a Nation-wide hunt. Together the endure many hardships, such as; Loss, Hallucinations, starvation, and of-course, dirty sneakers. The main…

In the scene, Jamal finds himself stuck with the final question in ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire?’. After calling Latika (who doesn’t know the answer either), he decides to guess the answer. Before we see Jamal making his final answer, Boyle uses cross-cutting to show the people around India, watching intensely at the TV as they anticipate…

In this movie that character is portrayed by Maman. He is a well to do “business man” in India. In his life he has found a way to make money from exploiting the orphaned impoverish children that line the streets of the India slums. While in his care Latika is treated as a servant worker. She is put to work every day, pan-handling pedestrians and motorist at every given opportunity. Along with the other young girls Maman as in his employ, she is to take turns carrying and tending to the infants…

Once the couple reunites after being torn apart many times through their lives it might be said that when the couple finally walks into their future together there is a notable sense of harmony that can be observed. Conclusively, the film “Slumdog Millionaire” it is arguable that the main character Jamal achieves oneness, inherits good karma through his actions, and truly strives to do good therefore having a positive effect on his dharma. Jamal can even be said to have reached true success…

1. Title of the film: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) dir. Danny Boyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDC47NsoRE0 2. Description of the context and staging of the scene: After years of separation, the Indian teen Jamal Malik wants to free his beloved Latika, who has become a rich’s slave, and waits for her everyday at the train station. One day, she escapes and looks for him at the meeting point. The place is crowded. He is leaning on the handrail of the second floor, whereas she is standing on the…

New ending for Slumdog millionaire When Jamal is presented with the last question, it was just something he didnt even come close to knowing, and he anwsers wrong. He answers B, like the host hinted him by writing it on the mirror in the bathroom. When Jamal finds out the answer was wrong, he tells the world that the host told him the answer was B in the bathroom. In conclusion the world didn’t give a shit and thought he was lying. Jamal then got really upset and furious but he couldn't do much…

India, a South Asian country of one billion people, is generally either viewed as the colorful, gold filled realm shown in the Tom Cruise starrer, Mission Impossible, or as the poverty stricken, slum infested land depicted in Danny Boyles’s, Slumdog Millionaire. Although these two portrayals may seem drastic, they are not too far off the accuracy of what India is as a nation. No country wants to be left behind as the era of development and expansion continues to proceed. With the same mindset,…

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…

Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis is the retelling of the true story of four undocumented teenagers and their journey to compete in the MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) underwater robotics competition. Davis does an impressive job at telling this raw and brutally true story of these kids who are here illegally but have lived here more of their lives and had to constantly worry about being found out and…