Where should Jamal go now?

The question comes straight from "Jhopri Ke Crorepati Kutte", yah that’s exactly what it means when we hear "Slumdog Millionaire". My apologies if you find "Jhopri Ke Crorepati Kutte" little offending, I must tell you I do not take any pleasure by translating in derogatory manner. But that is what Mr. Danny Boyle has really meant through his movie. And that’s what they are. Some of us may reason and prove that in resurgent India it is no more the case. Let’s try to answer this question honestly - Is that really true? We know it is NOT. What Mr. Danny Boyle has shown is really a slap on the face of "resurgent" India and I felt it on my face sitting in PVR air-conditioned theater. Thank you Mr. Danny Boyle for what you have shown when Jamal lost his mother and police was just a silent spectator or when Surdases were getting mass-produced for our traffic signals or when Jamal takes a holy dip for seeing Amitabh Bacchan.

I left the theater with a mixed feeling - happiness of seeing young Jamal getting his lady love back and heaviness of realizing kid Jamal lost his mom, his childhood and probably everything. One question that I was not able to answer - where should all such kid Jamals go when they lose their mom, dad and their world in the hands of rioters? Is it very wrong if some of them give the venom back to the society some time down the line? I do not have a good answer.

Finally, it was a great movie, some of the scenes are very intense without them the 'real' slum will never come out. However, what I felt missing was an equally intense story line. The character of Jamal seems to be pretty inconsistent, you don't expect a slum-dweller to turn into a urban, sophisticated individual with a very strong characteristics (forget about the look and accent etc) unless some Midas touch happens. So, 10 Oscar Nominations seem to be little too much!