Who

Watched Slumdog Millionaire with Vivian.

It is an excellent plot, with the story brilliantly told, and topped with spectacular photography. No wonder it becomes such a phenomenon.

There is one thing I noted from the questions put up for Jamal Malik: They always ask Who.

"Who was that movie star ?" "Who wrote that song ?" "Who was on the bank note ?" "Who kept that cricket record ?" "Who was the third musketeer ?" And so forth.

Yes, in a sense it is unreal. Questions would never be put up like this in the genuine TV show. Nonetheless, I see it a Freudian slip (or possibly a careful calculation) of Danny Boyle, indicating his passion and emphasis on human beings on top of other material facts.

PS. Ironically, it is in fact the musketeer bit that makes the story somewhat unreal to me: It is exceedingly unlikely that The Three Musketeers, written by our giant in French literature, would be taught in the primary school of Mumbai, a previous English colony. That should really be Charles Dickens, and Jamal Malik being Oliver Twist.