SESSION 7: TEXT FOR WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH
'SLUMDOG' CHILDREN IN MILLIONAIRE WORLD
Text taken and adapted from:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
THE ARTICLE:
The two child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" are on their way to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars ceremony. The two children, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, actually live in the Mumbai slums where the movie was filmed. Their trip to Hollywood is an example of life imitating art. The movie tells the story of how a teenager from one of the poorest parts of India becomes a millionaire. Little Rubina and Azharuddin will now do the same, for a weekend at least. They will swap the poverty of their daily lives for the riches and glamour of the movie world´s biggest night. It could turn out to be a rags-to-riches tale for the young stars. They are already getting many enquiries from India´s film studios about acting in Bollywood movies.
"Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle said he was very excited for the two young stars. He said it was fantastic that the pair would rub shoulders with the stars on the famous red carpet. Boyle has already promised to fund all of the children´s education. Nine-year-old Rubina said she couldn´t wait to arrive in L.A. She told the AP news agency: "I´m very happy that I´m going to the Oscars...My friends are saying, 'your fate is so good'." She said she wasn´t scared and that she would take lots of photos to show her friends in Mumbai. Meanwhile, there are more rumours of life copying art. The on-screen romance between Jamal, played by 18-year-old Dev Patel, and Latika, played by Freida Pinto, 24, may be happening for real.
'Slumdog' children in millionaire world - 21st february, 2009
After the Oscars awards ceremony of this year, you think you must see that movie everybody talks about: “Slumdog Millionare”. You want to see what Danny Boyle has done in India and with Indian people.
ReplyDeleteWinning eight Oscars is quite unusual, so your expectations are very high. After have seen it you think it is a perfectly watchable dramatic movie but, definitely, is overprized.
The film is set in the overpopulated Mumbai: one of the biggest cities of India. The city is one of the main characters of the story and represents the whole modern Indian society.
One of the reasons of its success in the LA ceremony is his hero: Jamal Malik, an orphan and semi-analphabet poor guy who was brought up in Mumbai’s slums with no adult care.
He, unbelievably, answers correctly to every question in the Indian version of TV contest Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? For the presenter, this fact was very dodgy and thought Jamal was cheating. Last question of the contest is delayed to the following day and during the night two policemen interrogated him very violently about every question he answered right. Eventually Jamal told them how he knew the answer. Every question is tightly linked to a very melodramatic phase of his short but terribly unhappy life until that day.
José Miguel