Slumdog Millionaire: Viewpoints and Moral

I rarely watch any movies if it is not the talk of the globe. This particular movie "Slumdog Millionaire" is the first and sole movie, which I watched from the beginning to end in the last three years. And this is my first time of writing a movie review.

After watching this movie, I thought I should write the moral of this movie from my own perspective. It may not be same from your viewpoints.

Before I start, let me highlight the behind people in this great movie.

It was directed by Danny Boyle (born on 20 October 1956, Manchester, England, UK) and co-directed by a renowned Indian director, Loveleen Tandan.

The writers of this coveted novel is Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) and Vikas Swarup (Novel "Q & A").

It was released in USA on 30 August 2008 at Telluride Film Festival and on screen in India on 23 January 2009.

Summary of the story:

A Mumbai teen, who grew up in 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.

My Viewpoints

The actor is a street guy with a moral good character. He has a numerous experiences from his struggling beggar life. It shows that experiences in a downtrodden life are well memorized. Some may say the recollection of his experiences is not relevant to the questions. But in my viewpoint, I can understand how and why these difficult questions can be answered from one’s experiences. It is simple, the whole parts of his life are not telecast, and rather only the important parts were expose to be seen. To support my argument, lets see the answer of pistol inventor. The movie does not show how, where and when did he come to know the inventor of pistol. It is understand that if someone posses something important, a curious person must know the pros and cons of the items which he posses.

Another point that bothers me, how and when did they learn to speak English? I know that it is important for that world to understand what they say. What I mean is that being brought up in a slum area and where there is no English is used, it somehow, in my opinion degrade the saltiness/value of the movie. If there could be a little part, which shows how and why they came to speak English, it would be superb.

The Moral

The sole moral of the movie is the POWER or IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCES.

Life is a continuous chain of experiences. These experiences are both good and bad but both help us live a more educated and productive life. Experience is a key ingredient to success on the job. One proverb says, to recruit for a newly created post, an experienced employee is much more preferred than a well qualified professionals.

One of my cousins, Rev. T. Dongzathawng who is currently in US used to say, look unto the past, ask the experienced people, walk the path of the old roads and learn from what you see.

When I was a little boy, I was unaware of what he meant by that. When growing older and older, I come to know that what is the importance and power of experienced.

For example, let me illustrate one of my many experiences in my recent life.

When I was looking for a job in New Delhi. The first question, which the interviewer asked was that. Do you have any experience in KPO related jobs? My answer was quite clear. I replied NO, not even in any other job except some experiences in self-style journalism. By that time, I realized how important to have experience in any field.

Experience, which I call useless

People who keep on changing their working lines, Jack of all trade and master of none.

- T. Zamlunmang Zou

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