Oscar awarded ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ directed by Danny Boyle based on the Vikas Swarup novel ‘Q & A’ now successfully runs at the Majestic Cinema Colombo.
Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) a street kid (or “slumdog”) who has landed an appearance on India’s version of the hit TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Jamal exceeds expectations on the show, and the producers alert the police after they become suspicious of his methods. The young contestant is subsequently arrested and is interrogated at the hands of a nameless police inspector.
As the interrogation proceeds, Boyle tells Jamal’s story through harrowing flashbacks that both show the terrible poverty of Mumbai and help explain how he knew the answers to the Millionaire questions.
The film cast with some of the unknown names to cinema includes Dev Patel, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor, Madhur Mittal Madhur Mittal and Freida Pinto.
Nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy
Produced by Christian Colson, the film score is written by A.R. Rahman.
The film was imported to Sri Lanka by Event Concept Pvt Ltd.
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