Slumdog Millionaire bags Award at Toronto

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 15:15 [IST]
Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire was voted as the Cadillac People's Choice Award by the festival audience at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan.

Slumdog Millionaire revolves around the life of a boy with nothing, who has everything to lose. Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?", when he is arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the amazing tale of his life on the streets, and of the girl, he loved and lost. But what is a kid with no interest in money doing on the show? How does he know all the answers? is the tale of Slumdog Millionaire.

The Cadillac People's Choice Award was accepted by actress Freida Pintois on behalf of director Danny Boyle. The award comes with a $ 15,000 prize and a hand-crafted glass and crystal designed by renowned Canadian artist Jeff Goodman.
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Jagdish Sharma 25 Jan 2009 11:03 pm
A message to my Indian brothers and sisters. I read your comments several comments on Slumdog Millionnaire. Some have described the slums as hidden under a bandage and "It pains us when an outsider opens the bandage." I would say it is more like dirt swept under a carpet. We know our home is dirty and untidy but we are too busy showing the outsiders our richly possessions and rather than cleaning our home, we sweep the dirt under the carpet hoping no one will see it. We forget that dirt does eventually smell and various germs start to grow. But we like to live in self denial, living in air conditioned rooms we would like to think there is no poverty, misery or crime. Once in a while, an outsider comes and comments on that "smell" in our home and we are offended. But rather than being obliged for this realisation, we become defensive. Living in denial, we are sending false message to those who can bring about the changes. Realising the problems, we can try to do something to resolve them and that is exactly what every Indian should do. Try to get out of the fantasy world and face the reality. Create a "jagrity" amonst yourselves and make the world envy of your "real Beautiful Country. A very old slogan comes to mind "garibi hatao" remove the poverty. Help the slumdogs live a decent life. They are also humans and deserve to live like humans.
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