“Slumdog Millionaire” Powerfully affirms the ups and downs of life through three structures

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Looking back on Boyle's career to date, it's understandable that ``Slumdog'' is the place he was meant to reach, learning from his past experiences.

For example, consider Boyle's ` `The Beach '' (2000), which left behind many problems (it received much criticism for making changes to the natural scenery in Thailand, where it was filmed). For this film, he hired about half of the staff in Europe and the United States, and took them with him to Thailand, where the film was filmed. On the other hand, in ``Slumdog,'' that ratio was kept to a minimum, with only about a dozen Western staff members in India. Most of the rest was done by local Indian workers, and the production process was tailored to suit the local climate and culture as much as possible.

Things don't go as planned, and India's tremendous power cannot be managed by just one person. Even if the shooting schedule for the day doesn't go exactly as planned, I never panic, and I look for the best option while making decisions on the spot. In this way, despite being Western-owned, they tried to imprint as much Indian elements as possible into the film.

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There are staff members who have played an important role in this regard. That person is Loveleen Tandan, who is displayed as "co-director (India)" in the end credits of this work.

Originally, she was a casting director who has demonstrated her skills in high-quality works such as `` Monsoon Wedding '' (2001) and ``In Name '' (2006). His background was appreciated in this work as well, and he worked hard to find the right people for each role. Tandan particularly struggled with the selection of the three main characters. In other words, it is to search for nine people who are responsible for each of childhood, boyhood, and adolescence. First, three young actors were chosen, including Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, and the most suitable person was chosen from a pool of child actors with similar looks. Two of them are said to have come from the slums.

But that's not the only role she played. The original script was written entirely in English, but Tandan suggested using Hindi to make the film more realistic and vivid (for the amateur child actors, it was better to use a language they were familiar with). (Of course, it's much easier to act.)

This idea was approved, and Tandan himself translated nearly one-third of the script into Hindi. Furthermore, before filming began, he received a request from director Boyle to ``participate on set as a co-director.'' Although she was never in charge of the production with the same level of decision-making authority as Danny Boyle (she seems to be more of an assistant), ``Slumdog Millionaire'' would not have been as good as it was without her. It would never have grown into fruit.

Rather than clinging to Boyle-ness, we aim for greater heights.