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Danny Boyle bowled over by Mumbai
09th Sept 2008 11.37 IST
By Agencies

British director Danny Boyle whose film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is based and shot in Mumbai says he is bowled over by the maximum city.

Boyle’s effervescent, no-holds-barred take on Mumbai in the superbly crafted film Slumdog Millionaire has won both him and the city a battery of new fans.

"Mumbai is an extraordinary place. It's a city on perpetual fast forward and the generosity and humanity of this city is beyond capturing," the director of acclaimed films like "Trainspotting" and "A Life Less Ordinary" told reporters in Toronto on Sunday.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’, adapted by screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy from a book by diplomat-author Vikas Swarup, India's current ambassador to South Africa, is the rousing story of an 18-year-old uneducated slum dweller who goes on to win the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire and, in the bargain, reconnects with his lost love.

Boyle's first first-hand experience of Mumbai has floored him for life. "The city, with its contradictions and disparities, would be a truly wonderful setting for a thriller," he said in response to a question.

Boyle, whose father was in Bombay as a rookie soldier when the Allied forces were gearing up to attack Japan during World War II, grew up on an unending stream of stories about the city. "My dad would go on and on about Bombay. Those amazing stories stuck in my mind," he said.

"India is a place where you shouldn't try to reorganise things from the western perspective. You must simply go with the flow. You have to just throw yourself into the cauldron and hope to hit the right notes. I am happy we did just that," he said.

Boyle is all praise for Bollywood star Anil Kapoor , who plays the egoistic game show host in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

"He is a huge star. He knows the system inside out. Anil helped me steer my way through," he said.

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