Jai ho!!!

It starts and ends with 'The 3 Musketeers' - I am talking about the hands full of award winning director Danny Boyle's latest movie 'The Slumdog Millionaire'. Watched it on a Friday night as usual. I am not going to brag about it like the best direction, best screenplay, best original musical score etc., Neither did any of these technicalities enticed me but one person in the movie did. That's the cute little kid who played as Jamal Malik. Starting his days in the slums, playing with the neighbouring kids, sinking into the pool of 'poo' and getting out with that stinking smell, running towards Amitabh Bacchan's flight to get an Autograph yelling 'Amitabh Ji, Autograph'. This kid stole a main place from the entire crew, according to me. The puppy love that he has for Latika and searching for her after he grows up serves as an example for others to follow :) Hanging out from the top of the train and stealing a roti from a Punjabi family through the windows, this kiddo does it all without any flaw. The Surdas song 'Do Ghanshyam' rendering and guiding the tourists at the TajMahal saying that it's a 5 star hotel built for Noorjahan and the cooked up story that she died due to a road accident - The kid does it with so much confidence which amazed me. So, I give it all to this kid - a 4 star rating. Jai Ho!!!

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