Slumdog Millionaire
Text Type: Visual Text
Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle is an emotional movie that takes us on a journey of a poor boy's life and what it is like living in the slums in India. A new piece of Jamal’s life unfolds after he gives the correct answer on India’s ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’.
I think that it is disgusting how far people will go to earn a few rupees through human trafficking. We see this when Maman blinds one of the child beggars. He gets him to sing him a poem ‘Darshan Do Ghanshyam’ and because he has a good voice Maman gets on of his workers to make the kid go unconscious with chloroform. He then gets another worker to heat some acid and pour it into the boy’s eyes. We later learn that Maman does this because “blind singers earn double.” This scene made me think about how many poor children have to go through this because their kidnappers are greedy for money. It also made me think that when giving money to beggars it is going to their ‘bosses’ which is then used to disable these kids just to earn a little extra. It it repulsive the amount of human trafficking there is in India.
I admire the way Jamal's character never gave up on Latika. Whenever they were separated he would always find his way back to her even if she didn't want to see him. This is seen when Jamal's older brother Salim lets Latika go when they get on the train headed to an unknown destination because they betrayed Mamun. Even though Jamal would probably never see her again he still came back to Mumbai and asked around and went back to their begging ring. This is also seen when Jamal reunites with his lost love at the train station and says “I knew you’d be watching,” to Latika. Even from a young age Jamal knew he was destined to be with Latika it showed me that no matter how many hardships they go through they will always end up together.
