Slumdog Millionaire (column)

Have you ever gone out to the Bosphorus Coast on new years and celebrated the New Year at 0:00 a.m. with fireworks? It’s an unforgettable sight. The fireworks in different and powerful colors right on the Bosphorus create a spectacular view. The lights are so alive that they make you feel like you are the star in a rock concert. For a while you just forget everything and live that moment.
The movie “Slumdog Millionaire” is exactly like celebrating the New Year on the Bosphorus Coast. It is definitely an unforgettable sight. Such powerful colors, such spectacular scenes…You actually forget everything for a while and live the movie without thinking about anything else. If we put aside the perfect cinematography and directing we can see that this movie gives us the culture of India in many ways, creating an interest in the audience about the social life and cultural events in India. As Jamal, an eighteen year old boy from the slums of Mumbai, answers the questions in the competition “Who wants to be a Millionaire”, we learn about both the poverty in India and India’s unbelievably rich culture which attracts all of us.
This movie is great in the sense that it shows the insights of India and gives us information about the Indian traditions and life. This is probably the only way to attract the public’s interest. Before this movie how many of us knew anything more than curry about India? How many of us were interested when we heard the word "India"? Now, people talk about India’s different culture and they are interested in learning more. This is definitely the greatest accomplishment of this movie.
Movies like this should be produced more often because it's a glamorous way to show the culture of a country and to attract the publics attention. However, this can not be done just by anyone. It has to be strictly professional. It has to be powerful and colorful to attract the publics attention; or else the exact opposite of what is intended could happen. The movie has to things that the world doesn't already know about that country. It has to be different to be attractive. The government can definitely support such an event because what better way is there to promote the country and advertise it's culture? In the case of Slumdog Millionaire there is no better way!
As I finish this column, I have to say that there should be more of these movies produced because personally I would like to see those fireworks not only at new years, but every day. I would like to just forget everything and live the moment! Wouldn't you?