Slumdog (movie of the) Millennium !

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I have been a huge Oliver Twist fan when I was a kid. And this movie just reminded me of my kiddy days. And no, this is not why I called it "my movie of the millennium". There is a lot more to it. But for starters, it is Oliver Twist, re-packaged and re-told! It's a simple plot - boy loves girl but he loses the girl; then he fights his way through to get his girl back. While he does all this, he becomes rich from rags. Simple, hai na? But then, there comes the drift - the clutter-breaking aspects come in with the sub-plot and the narration. And the attention to details and to the nuances. And the camera shifts and the angles. And the background score. And a lot more. Slumdog Millionaire is based on the novel Q&A by Vikas Swaroop and it....