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No expected it to be released at all. The original distributor had backed out in the end. Now it has won not only the Golden Globe but is also nominated for the Oscars! What strikes me as odd is why a British director ( Danny Boyle)decided to make it in the first place.Still, why has it caught the fancy now? What purpose is served in showing the slums of Mumbai? There can only be one answer - the young characters. They are so real that everyone everywhere has started to root for them. Winning the lottery is always exciting. And a poor boy winning the coveted prize in the end as in “Who wants to be a millionaire” has fulfilled the secret desire of everyone. They too have won the prize. We gape in wonder as did the boy in the movie. Finally, that genius of a man - A.R. Rehman. He is definitely going through the golden patch in his amazing career. His technicians employ the sound gimmicks as good as any in Hollywood today. He already has had many catchy numbers this year in Dostana, Ghajini and now Slumdog. His numbers in Slumdog make you feel sitting in a Zubin Mehta or Yanni performance with hundreds of instruments blaring all the time in rhytym. Slumdog will definitely win the Oscars (it has 10 nominations) on Feb 22 mainly because of the music of A.R. Rehman. Congrats to all of them.