Slumdog Millionaire

I just had to write this now... I've been reading in the news about Slumdog Millionaire's amazing success at the Golden Globe awards. I watched the videos now and the emotion and pride are riding very very high.

I saw the film a few weeks ago. It was an extraordinary drama. Well worthy of all the accolades that it is receiving. I do have some objections about the way India is projected in films made in the west, but that's for later.
I've seen a few movies where chase sequences are absolutely brilliant. The Matrix or the initial sequence in Casino Royale come to mind. But there was just something amazing in the chase sequence in Slumdog Millionaire. Kids aged 5-7 playing cricket on the runway of the Mumbai Airport and the police 'hawaldar' (constable) shoos them away and chases them in order to teach them a lesson. The innocence in the scene was fantastic. The cinematography was amazing and not to mention, the music was sensational. But the most awesome part of the scene was the way Jamaal and Salim seemed to enjoy the chase :). They seemed proud of the fact that they were making a policeman chase them and were able to outrun and outsmart him everytime he seemed to close in the gap. Awesome!!

When I heard the news about the 4 Golden Globe awards that they received, I was really itching to see the videos. There always seems to be some magic in awards. Inspite for rooting for SM and also knowing that they've won it, I had goosebumps when the awards were announced. Seeing Anil Kapoor and A.R.Rahman share the same auditorium with Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Chris Nolan, etc. was awesome. And everytime SM won an award, 'Jai Ho' in A.R.Rahman and Sukhvinder Singhs voice was truly heart warming.

I felt extremely extremely proud that a film with a story set in India, with Indian actors, technicians and an Indian composer has had this resounding success. Chak De India!!