What's it about?
A Mumbai teen who grew up in the the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.
What you didn't know about the movie?
1. The little kids in the first section of the movie who are soooo adorable and set up the entire movie ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE SLUMS?!?!
Yup, it's true. They decided to use kids from the slums of India (honestly, I'm not quite sure why - I'm sure they could've found just as cute kids and told them how to act) but it's still fairly cool.
Instead of getting paid for the movie, a trust fund was set up for them to provide them with an education.
*However, today I found out that they are still living in the slums....and for anyone who has seen the movie I'm sure you'll agree that the most beneficial thing for those kids is to get them out of there!*
2. The actress who plays Latika (Freida Pinto) wasn't picked because of her acting skills.Nope that's right, she was picked because she's gorgeous and really can you blame her? She started out working for Elite Model Management India and branched her career out from there. Tons of girls auditioned for that part but in the end they chose her because of her beauty.
Interesting fact: The track Paper Planes by M.I.A. is featured as part of the soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire (the same song is featured in the comedy/action movie Pineapple Express), but somehow when the song is played almost in its entirety with the little boys living their life it brings a whole different feel to the song.
The song sparked controversy when the video was first released because of what M.I.A. described the song as being about. The song was a satire about people driving taxicabs all day and living in a crappy apartment and 'appearing' really threatening to society, but that they weren't because of 20-hour shift of work they are so exhausted they just want to go home to their family.
She also felt listeners could interpret the gunshots and cash register ringing in the song's chorus. Since there was a war in Iraq at the time, listeners could interpret the song as being violent, but she was trying to bring attention to the idea of all those people making money off the war by selling ammunition and war weapons etc.
What do you think? Take a listen.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g
That's all for now.
Peace - - Lesley
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