Cinematic depiction of social issues in the movie slumdog millionaire by Danny Boyle

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Cinema has always been a useful visual directive for society as it imparts solid attaches to its social realities by a decent depiction of its products and shortcomings.

This is what Slumdog Millionaire is about, where the one can see the various themes explored, and the narrative techniques used to deliver a moral message on regardless of how things exasperate, there is always the spark light of hope, with a touch of help from destiny, to triumph over the protagonist Jamal's wretched beginnings in Mumbai's squalid slums and the poor conditions he lived in.

Through a narrative analysis, this movie tried to provide a motivating, and insightful representation of the social issues surrounding the poor people of India living in the Indian slums, by using a remarkable mixture of fantasy and reality that managed to stay the audience entertained, and aware of the serious situation that the impoverished people are living in.

As a cinematic portrayal of India's urban poverty, this social problem film is perhaps one of the foremost celebrated movies in recent times eliciting critical reactions on the real life in India.