It's true. I'm Indian, though don't speak Hindi, but have been watching Bollywood movies and listening to songs and people speak since I was born. I took my first Hindi class my first semester of college. I hoped to become fluent so I could talk to aunties and uncles. The classes are long, and there's tons of homework. I don't remember a thing now.
i think its because he grew up in the slums and never really learned about truth alone triumphs...thats why he talks about who stole the bike, and how much that food costs at the store, people in the slums would know those questions, but middle class people wouldn't. Its all about how they grew up. The question would be easy for most indians who didnt grow up in the slums...i think
When his brother points the gun at him and tells him to leave, he calls it a "Colt 45" I don't think the plot follows traditional hollywood cliches at all. The point they are making is that these are two destined lovers. He does not know she will be watching but she is, he does not know the final answer but he gets it right because he is meant to be with her.
yehhh for those people questioning the realism of the movie itself...work of fiction? themes? I think you'd all be more suited to watch something like a documentary if you're uncomfortable with coincidence and fate and leaps of the imagination. Just finished watching it...ending was a bit cliched, it was a bit confusing at times, the subtitles were kind of annoying for me...but overall, pretty damn good movie.
Double post, but I think the question was put there as a sign that he wasn't some idiot savant; the answer was obvious. I guessed it right, the rest made no sense...it has little to do with whether or not you're Indian (Lies alone triumph? Why would you put that as a motto? etc.) It reinforces the fact that fate is behind him, because he got all the questions he could answer and those were very few indeed. The scene where he talks about the food shows he has uncanny memory and attention to detail and sets us up to at least believe that he could have remembered so many insignificant details from his past. (Colt 45, Ben Franks)
never thought of it that way but it makes sense...i just thought since he talks to the cop about how everyone in the slums knows about the bike he was just showing that people from different locations know different things but i do believe the question played a more important role, if he had got the question right without a lifeline then there probably would be less question about him cheating, the fact that he didnt know such an easy question makes him seem like a cheat.
sure, if you take a bunch of western stereotypes about india; add to that every bad thing thats ever happened to anyone in india; exaggerate for dramatic effect; mix in some of Danny Boyle's fixations and then combine it all into the narrative of the life of one person, then i agree its a work of fiction, not a documentary...
Wife and I watched this and Gran Torino this past Saturday. Both great movies but we liked this one better.
how did he know the blind singer was surdas..and what was up with the hindu god/kid showing up in the middle of the riots?
He knew that the poet was Surdas because when he was little at that little orphan/beggar camp he was at, the man in charge man them learn that specific poem. We can assume that the man in charge told them who it was made by when they had to learn it. Also, the kid dressed in Rama showed up because there were Hindus attacking a slum that was filled with Muslims and we can assume that the kid was part of the attack.
What is your obsession with this movie? You have 1/5 of all the posts in this thread It's time to move on. This movie was nothing special. I'm tired of seeing this thread on the first page every day
I wouldn't go that far. It's a special movie. That's why it swept the Golden Globes. And that's why it got nominated for 10 awards. But I liked Forrest Gump a lot. And it won many awards. So Button should win Best Picture.
