آفاق سينمائية
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 09-28
2022-06-10

Cinematic Depiction Of Social Issues In The Movie Slumdog Millionaire By Danny Boyle

Authors : Ghezzal Sihem . Frid Daoudi .

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Cinema ; Social Issues ; Slumdog Millionaire ; Real India ; Social Problem Movie