The film is often gritty and violent but the story of two boys and a girl, who are orphaned in the Bombay riots and who look out for each other (at least for most part), is full of heart wrenching moments and ends on a life affirming note. The theme song of the film, composed by A R Rahman and sung by Sukhvinder Singh, is one of the film's highlights. It is used, for the second time in the film, at the very end when the newly minted millionaire (a brilliant Dev Patel) and his newly reunited girlfriend (newcomer Freida Pinto <http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/16slid1.htm>) are joined by dozens of children in a glorious dance number. The film uses Hindi extensively but about half of the dialogue and comments are in English.
http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/09slum.htm -- regards, Vithur ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
