We went to watch Slumdog Millionaire the other day and i really liked it. The mixture of a indian slumdog life with the in-depth showcasing of class stratification, biasness, and romance all mixed into a pot of dream-come-true story is clearly appealing to the masses.

The scene of 'shitboy' presented us with a case of dreams and goals, that the people at the very bottom fight so hard and have to go through so much to achieve ... and only one out of so many has that chance. I guess that was the only light-heartening scene in the whole show. I meant i laughed and there were happier scenes later on, but they were all kind of predictable.

Brotherly love was touched on when the brother saved him from being blinded, but turned on him when he slept with the girl he loved ... and it was well because of status and power. With power comes dominance eh. His other saving grace came in the end when he fulfilled the girl and his brother's love, which i felt was more of the producer's aim to redeem his character. They could all have just ran elsewhere ... India so big so many people how to find . =p

And finally the search for love. Him joining the gameshow wasn't exactly for the money. It was merely a case of 'accidental motivation'. However, i really love how his major life events were translated via the various questions he had to answer.

One of the most creative and meaningful shows.

Especially now when you see reports of "What's happening to the Slumdog child actors/actresses?" in the news after the Oscar frenzy, you came to a realization of, pardon the pun, but what's really the reality for them.