30 Things about SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE that we may not understand.

Was watching Slumdog Millionaire Yesterday night. Thought of writing something about it, though very late.

BEST FILM WINNER: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

30 THINGS ABOUT "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" THAT INDIANS/MUMBAITES MAY NOT UNDERSTAND..

We know that this film was made with all the ingredients of how Americans perceive India (Poverty, Slums, Taj Mahal, Call centres, Bollywood Dance, Filmstar-worships, Trains, People selling things in trains, Mumbai local trains, Crowd, Traffic jams, Red light areas, Beggar kids, Drainage pipelines, Underworld, Hindu Gods, Gandhiji etc etc etc)... And the Director surely ensured that all of that is present and backed it with fantastic Direction, Visuals, Performances and Music... Amazing Film making! Nothing could stop this film abroad and as we know, rest is history!

However, lets try to closely monitor how much of India does the film represent correctly... Here is a funny list of 30 things that Indians and esp Mumbaites, would not understand or relate with in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE... (Warning: Its purely for fun, and does not dither the film in anyway, which is FANTASTIC in totality)

1. The whole game show format with only 9 Questions instead of 15 & no Minimum secured funds after you cross certain benchmarks (For instance, Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 3,20,000 in Indian KBC)... Live telecast of the same!
2. The shrewd Host of KBC...
3. Dense "Dharavi-like" Slums in Juhu??!! Also - Call centres in Juhu!!??... See More
4. Jamal "actually" explaining the Indian Cops that Amitabh bacchan is the most popular man of the country!
5. Dahipuri on Juhu being referred to as Panipuri!! :-)
6. Every 5 year old kid in Juhu knowing who stole Constable Verma's Bicycle outside Santacruz Police Station!! :-)
7. Some little kid's "forced" presence as a disguise of Lord Ram in a tense chaotic Riot situation in the Slums... Also Lord Ram painted blue like Lord Krishna!!
8. Slum kids of India really know the name of 2 Musketeers!! :-)
9. Every beggar in India singing "Darshan Do Ghanshyam" bhajan while begging?!! And also knowing who wrote it....... :-)...
10. Slum kids who talk in local indian language at 8, but start talking in English (I mean good, proper English with neat pronunciations!) at 12!! :-)
11. Chaiwala's in Indian Call centres getting a minimum tip of 100 Dollars!!!???? LOL
12. A little-illiterate-blind beggar kid having a good general knowledge of recognising "Benjamin Franklin" on a 100 Dollar Note, when explained that its a picture of an Old man whose half bald!!
13. An English speaking Chaiwala working in a Call centre in Mumbai unable to recognise Mahatma Gandhi's picture on a 1000 Rupee Note!!??!!
14. A little girl who could barely talk in local indian language at 8, also starts talking in good accent English at 12 while getting trained in a low red light area!! :-)
15. Any kid using a Revolver knowing its called a "Colt-45" and also know that it refers to its inventor Samuel Colt!
16. Local goons of a local Gangster, who sit on the terrace of a low-grade movie theatre playing Carrom Board, talk in good English!
17. U.K based Excel-5 Mobile Phone Call centre database having information of Indian people in their systems, esp of some local-roadside-domestic-underworld goons like Salim!...
18. A Chaiwala working in an UK Call Centre can actually work some Calculations and find out that "Cambridge Circus" is indeed in London!
19. A Chaiwala, An Host and the whole Country awaiting him to become a Millionaire, without realising that he had already become a Millionaire on the 5th Question when he won 10 Lakhs!! :-)
20. The same Chaiwala who did not recognise Gandhi's picture, being very confident about Sachin Tendulkar not being the guy to have scored the max first class centuries!
21. A gameshow host being so persistent on "not B: Ricky Ponting?" over and over again, after the poor guy has already selected "D" for the 1-Crore question!
22. The same gameshow host who signs a cheque for Rs. 50 Lakh question, doesn't bother to do the same for Rs. 1-Crore one! :-)
23. Any Chaiwala being able to participate in the most popular show of the country "KBC" at his convenience, while others are shown being unable to even get through the Telephone line!...
24. Someone actually answering the Telephone Lines of "KBC" Contest, where Contestants have to tell them: "I'd want to participate in WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE"!!
25. A goon forecasting that his brother may want to call his girlfriend, handing over his Mobile phone to the girl before letting her escape!
26. An "isolated" Call centre Supervisor, who's ignorant to the fact that his company's Chaiwala has already become the most popular person in the country since the last 24 hours and is on the verge of ..winning the most popular gameshow... This, esp when all the rest of the employees in the same company know it and are already hooked to the tv sets!!
27. The most popular guy in the country and winner of KBC sitting alone on a fairly populated V.T. Station in Mumbai on the same night, and no one recognising him nearby!
28. A Railway Platform which is populated with people gets empty in a Top Wide shot, and again gets populated before the Hero can meet and kiss the Heroine!
29. The couple suddenly breaking into a Bollywood Dance "Spoof" song with hundreds of dancers behind them!!
30. Character's facial structures and Voices changing drastically from 8 to 12 to 18, but everyone recognising the other's face and voice without any clues!!
---Blind little beggar and Latika recognises Jamal at 12...
---Salim recognises the voice of Jamal on the phone at 18, inspite of a complete pitch change...
---Jamal and Latika recognise each other without a word at 18...