British duo spice up movie with Bollywood number
Slumdog Millionaire, a film produced by Hollywood’s Fox Searchlight and directed and written by a famed British duo, has delivered a glorious punch on behalf of the often-maligned Bollywood song and dance set piece.
By PTI |
TORONTO: Bollywood could not have got a more effective promotional ���video��� without having to ask for it. Slumdog Millionaire, a film produced by Hollywood���s Fox Searchlight and directed and written by a famed British duo, has delivered a glorious punch on behalf of the often-maligned Bollywood song and dance set piece.
Director Danny Boyle���s film unspools a Bollywood number on the end credits, which turns out to be the film���s selling point.
With Gulzar���s lyrics and Sukhwinder Singh���s vocals, the robust AR Rahman-composed song, Jai Ho, has the young protagonists, British-Indian actor Dev Patel and first-timer Freida Pinto, a chorus of dancers in tow, pulling off a rousing musical performance on a railway platform and atop a train.
More than half the audience at the film���s first press and industry screening at the ongoing 33rd Toronto International Film Festival sat transfixed long after the credits had begun to roll, which is usually a signal for people to jump to their feet and head out of the hall.
Slumdog Millionaire, scripted by Simon Beaufoy of The Full Monty fame, is the story of a poor, uneducated boy who hits the jackpot on a game show, mixes elements of British realism and the conventions of a Bollywood love story.
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Director of the Palm Springs International Film festival, Darryl McDonald, summed it up best: ���Isn���t the Bollywood number absolutely outstanding?���Start a SIP with as low as ₹500 with ET Money App!
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