Quite possible the most successful film of 2009 has become an international phenomenon since it's release to cinemas worldwide in January. With an already proven multi-award winning director Danny Boyle at the helm and a budget larger than Kerry Katona's breakfast to tuck into, it's not exactly hard to see why the film has been so successful.
When the film was released in January, it received rave reviews and the film grossed in £6 million in the first week and a half. The film was also extremely well recieved in India, well what do you expect, they love a good Bollywood film don't they?
The sudden success of the film thrust the stars into the media's limelight and gave the actors a platform to launch their careers. Dev Patel, a budding young actor who previously had starred in Brittish comedy drama 'Skins' was the biggest news along with Freida Pinto who had swept the nation with her beauty. The world was now their oyster, with all the chat shows who wanted them on their show to go and make a name for themselves. Eventually it was discovered that Dev and Freida are in a relationship, how did that happen??
When Oscar time came around Slumdog Millionaire was scooped up an extremely impressive 8 as it barged its way through the likes of The Dark Knight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and The Wrester. The Best Director award really contributed to placing Danny Boyle on the mantle as being one of the best Brittish directors around to date.
So where are they all now, and how has the film affected their careers? Well Dev and Freida and still apparently together but there is nothing big in the pipeline for either of them, although Dev was recently seen making a cameo appearance as a waiter in ITV1 drama 'Mister Eleven', lets just hope this was for a bet.
As for Danny Boy.....le he's apparently held off his sequel to 28 weeks later and has began on ventures new. He is developing a film based on the story of Aron Ralston, an American mountain climber who after getting his arm crushed under a boulder, spent five days thinking he was about to die and ended up cutting his arm off with a dull blade. Could be depressing? Could be awesome!!!
As for those funny little Slumdog kids who jumped into the poo and ran away on the train, stealing our hearts all the while. Well their parents beat them up and ended up trying to sell them to get rich, that's not even a joke.
So Slumdog Millionnaire has changed the life of everyone who has been a part of it (except the kids, but don't worry they'll just grow up and run away or something daft) and in the year 2009 everyone (except the kids) involved can look back with a smile.
Cheers
Turner
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