Plot Summary - A young man, Jamal, is a contestant in the midst of a successful run on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" - he has been accused of cheating and we see his story as he tells his accusers the part of his life, told in flashback, that led him to know each answer as he plays the game. We see the course of his life through these flashbacks starting when he is a little boy in a slum town in India, his one true love, Latika, who he loves from childhood and tries to find through the years after they are torn apart and he and his brother enter into petty crime survival on the streets as they grow-up.
Review - Original and different, the film went by fast. The plot jumps back and forth between the game show questions and the flashback into his childhood memories. It is very colorful and exotic, with a nice, thumping score in places - love the song (and the Bollywood dance number that accompanies it in the film) that won the Oscar for best song from this, "Jai Ho" (that song seems to always be running through my head lately!). Note: this film was the 2008 Oscar winner for Best Picture. Rating - 9.5/10 stars
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