And remembered conversations here with Farmer about Bollywood.
Slumdog gets my vote for best picture. It's a sweet, moving story about purity of heart. It doesn't pull any punches about the brutal nature of poverty, but the story remains uplifting and evokes laughter throughout.
It's an British Indie flick that takes a deep bow to the spirit of Bollywood. It even has a Bollywood dance scene at the very end. AR Rahman did the soundtrack. Like many Indian films, Slumdog acknowledges God at a climatic moment.