sacw.net, February 19 2008
This is a review of a popular film, ’Slumdog Millionaire’, on the grim “realities†of slum life in Bombay/Mumbai in the Rising/Shining India, which would eventually bag eight Oscar awards apart from a few other. This is a "foreign" film by a "foreign" director with virtually all Indian actors and actresses. And of course the site is India.
Goaded by all the hype and hoopla, made the necessary efforts and spent the money to watch the movie in a well-provided (...)