Not worth the hype or awards

Rating: 2/10 (27 June 2009)

Just finished seeing this movie. Kept wondering why this film got such much good reviews and Oscar awards, beats me. From the start the storyline is so predictable, the boy is able to answer every question because of life incidents. One more question and a flashback to show how the boy knew the answer from real-life incidents. If such films with illogical scenes can win Oscars, then I doubt the quality of evaluation.
The plot is so weak that bad guys are after the male and female leads who are the only good characters in the whole film, so unnatural. Its more like a fairytale or folklore story or a B grade popcorn movie and not something deserving a Oscar or classical status. Only exception being male lead's brother role, this character has depth and to an extent properly developed and has shades of real-life.
The incidents are also so dramatic and cinematic like slum-kids in India speaking fluent English. It may be possible after the kid turns adult but not as kid. Also the scenes in which foreign tourists asking small kids to explain them about Taj Mahal.
Being Indian, I amn't offended that slum areas are shown, slums exist everywhere and even otherwise lot of tourists see India they know about it and they have seen the difference in India when compared to the past 10 or 15years.
The only part that I liked in this film is the innocent kids and their good acting in the first part. The kids would have deserve awards.