"In what city did the movie ""Slumdog Millionaire"" take place?"
Slumdog Millionaire crime film written by Salim-Javed based on the Bombay gangster Haji Mastan, portrayed by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, whose autograph Jamal seeks at the beginning of "Slumdog Millionaire". Anil Kapoor noted that some scenes of the film "are like "Deewaar", the story of two brothers of whom one is completely after money while the younger one is honest and not interested in money." "Slumdog Millionaire" has a similar narrative structure to "Deewaar". "Satya" (1998), written by Saurabh Shukla (who plays Constable Srinivas in "Slumdog Millionaire"), and "Company" (2002), based on the D-Company, both offered "slick, often mesmerising portrayals of the
Slumdog Millionaire the "San Francisco Chronicle" states that, ""Slumdog Millionaire" has a problem in its storytelling. The movie unfolds in a start-and-stop way that kills suspense, leans heavily on flashbacks and robs the movie of most of its velocity. ... [T]he whole construction is tied to a gimmicky narrative strategy that keeps "Slumdog Millionaire" from really hitting its stride until the last 30 minutes. By then, it's just a little too late." Eric Hynes of IndieWIRE called it "bombastic", "a noisy, sub-Dickens update on the romantic tramp's tale" and "a goofy picaresque to rival "Forrest Gump" in its morality and romanticism." "Slumdog