Ms Word no longer highlights the word "Slumdog" as typo in my system. This word truly deserves a place in the dictionary. The Slumdog has had his twenty millions. The entire couple of hours transcended me from a reel to real life. Jamal Malik the protagonist in the movie was about to be reincarnated in real life. AR Rehman is on the brink of making history. He was never an underdog but to a billion Indians, he is about to achieve something that none has ever. After all the uproar and raucous created, it required a foreign director to catch the essence of the slum life and bring out the heroes in these slum kids. Why have we remained blind to all these until now? We all look upon slums as a blotch in the face of Mumbai. Be it the politicians or any bureaucratic machinery, everyone has ignored the need to address the real issue and look at solving the larger problem. Still today, the traffic signals are beaming with scores of beggars asking for pittance. We all know that there is a larger power at play as has been depicted in many movies, still hardly is anyone ready to rectify the problem. It is amidst these apathy and insalubrious atmosphere that aspirations germinate and fructify. These underdogs are considered to be the last rung of any societal hierarchy and stereotypical to the black side of Mumbai life. Any success or victory achieved by an underdog has always been applauded more than that achieved by the obvious ones.
The same is true in case of Resul Pookutty the young sound graduate who has also been nominated for an academy award. None ever thought these guys would make it to the Oscars or at least be a part of the team that received 10 Oscar nominations. I guess it has to do with the simple human nature, that the happiness is maximum when the expectations are the least. What's adorable is that these guys always raised the bar of their performance. There is a lesson in it for all of us. Under expect and Overachieve !!
