really, wasn't expecting what i saw too...

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2008)

it's a surprise a person having made a film like Trainspotting can come up with such a poor adaptation and a really bad portrayal of a city like this. but more surprising than that is the reception and the reaction of the so called 'western' audiences. i'm an Indian and i utterly dislike the film. Mumbai is so wrongfully portrayed in this fantasized modern-day 'fairy tale'. i do not think Ebert or any other film critic has ever seen a better film which portrays Mumbai truly. and let us be true to ourselves people, Slumdog looks like a less violent, more sentimental 'Cidade De Deus'. kids with guns, a humble n honest protagonist, stark lighting, paced-up editing...Mumbai isn't at all like the city of god! about the music, A.R. Rahman is a genius, nobody can deny that. but this is not his masterpiece. he has given way better music than this; in Roja, Bombay, Rang De Basanti, Dil Se. even if he ends up with an Oscar for this, this soundtrack would still remain among the not-so-good Rahman albums.
the film is a real let down at least for all the Indians i know of who have seen. its cheesy, Bollywoodish, immensely predictable and, too too clichéd...clichés which do not work...
perhaps for the fantasy-driven, fairy-tale, living-in-a-dream viewers.