Best Movie So Far This Year

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2008)

Everyone should see this movie. Not only is it a very well done film and entertaining story, but it couldn't be more relevant.
The film is the story of two Muslim boys living in the slums of Mumbai, who are orphaned by a pogrom against Muslims. (Unfortunately, such an event occurred in real life). They survive by their wits, and their wits are considerable. One ends up on a game show where he is poised to be a multi-million rupee winner. How did he end up there, and why is he getting all the answers right? The movie is the story that answers those questions. It is also an intense drama, and an expose of what India is really like. It's true the story is not realistic, in that there are too many coincidences. But the setting and the characters are realistic. The story does what it is meant to; it is meant to entertain and surprise you, and it does.