Millionaire [repack] — Index Slumdog
The film's success is indexed by an unprecedented sweep of major awards during the 2009 season.
Depicts the stark contrast between the soaring skyscrapers of modern Mumbai and the sprawling Dharavi slums. Index Slumdog Millionaire
Here is the index: In 2008-2009, the world was in a financial crisis. The Western audience, staring into the abyss of the Lehman Brothers collapse, needed a reaffirmation of the bootstrap myth. Slumdog Millionaire provided that index. It told Americans and Europeans, "Your suffering is temporary; look at India—they have nothing and still smile." The film's success is indexed by an unprecedented


