I watched the movie Slumdog Millionaire a few days ago. The film tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.

 Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), five Critics' Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. Slumdog Millionaire has stirred controversy concerning language use, its portrayals of Indians and Hinduism, and the welfare of its child actors.

Set in 2006, the film opens in medias res in Mumbai with a policeman torturing Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a former street child from the Juhu slums. In the opening scene, a title card is presented:

How could it be possible that a slumdog wins more than elites? But it did happen. He knew the answer because he had been through a lot. And from the miserable life he got the answers for the questions.

The only reason he came to participate the show is to find Latika——the girl he loved. He didn’t care about the money. That’s why he would always choose to challenge the higher level. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is very famous and everybody is interested in it. If he is on the show , Latika would see him.

And she did.

At the end of the movie, the screen then revealed that the correct answer to the opening question is "D) it is written", implying that Jamal's story is his destiny.

The movie is quite moving. Especially one scene: when Jamal was waiting for Latika at the station, he suddenly found the figure of Latika wearing a yellow scarf. He was so surprised that he would not even blink his eyes because he was so feared that she might disappear between blinking. They waved to each other both with a big smile.

 Jamal never give up to find Latika. He tried again and again ,and finally succeeded. I don't know why he was so persevering at it, but I think I've learned something from him.