As Yogi would say, "Deja vu all over again"!

Rating: 6/10 (15 February 2009)

I am surprised by the popularity of this movie.
Anyone who has ever watched Indian Movies would know that 99% of them have same exact plot, and same exact twists and turns and they are all love stories with someone getting in between the guy and the girl.
So when I watched this movie it felt like every other Indian movie I have ever watched. The difference being the characters all speaking in English.
I found it annoying when the host of the 'Who wants to be a Millionaire', played by Anil Kapoor, kept saying after every answer, "Lock ki jiye computer ji", which means "Lock that answer Sir or Mr. Computer". Really? I haven't been to India in long time, but I find it odd to refer to a computer as 'Mr.' or 'Sir'.
I also didn't like the ending where the hero doesn't know the answer to the question who the third musketeer was and he uses his 'life-line' to call the girl, and her answer is, "I don't know". So he guesses it and gets it right.
What purpose did that serve? She was supposed to be the third musketeer with the hero and his brother when they were growing up. So they could have flashed back and shown another conversation that the three had as children where she remembers the name of third musketeer. That would have been more fun and exhilarating then pure guess.
Finally, after his first night on the show when the hero is taken in custody by police and they torture him, even electrocute him, and then they simply return him to the show on next day.
I don't know even in India such torture is that brazen. That part of the story didn't fit.
In some ways that all fits together because that makes it TYPICAL Indian movie.
If you have seen "Slumdog Millionaire", you have watched 99% of ALL Indian Movies.
Congraturaltions ji.