Slumdog Millionaire Oscar Betting Hopes

On February the 22nd 2009, Hollywood shall once again put on its sparkle as the Oscars come to town. This year, one film has caught the imagination of a nation. Slumdog Millionaire, a small British film, directed by Danny Boyle, is the story of a boy from India’s slum in a rags to riches drama – a true underdog movie. Slumdog has been nominated in 10 categories including Best Picture and Best Director. In India alone a staggering $41 million has been placed on Slumdog in this years Oscars betting 2009.

It seems that the bookies are also going the way of the betting Indian public with many cutting odds on the film and it taking the mantle of pre-Oscars favourite. Question is, with all this heat surrounding Slumdog, has the media built-up a frenzy over the film and do favourites ever lose at the Oscars.
Answer to both those questions is yes! Slumdog is a great film and it deserves all the plaudits that comes its way, however, there are a large section in India that deplore that the main theme of Slumdog depicts India as a third-world country.

No matter the outcome, the film has seen the stock worth rise of both Director Danny Boyle and also leading actor Dev Patel. As the film rose on the success of critical acclaim both in Canada and America allowing the film to have nationwide screenings both in the states and here in Britain. When you consider that it was a ‘straight to DVD’ film and has since now reached the epic heights of becoming Best Picture at the Oscars then you realise that the films underdog storyline is also very true of the film itself.