Fasten
your
seat
belts
and
get
ready
for
the
BIG
show.
Slumdog
Millionaire
has
arrived.
Well,
did
we
just
say
'arrived'?
Isn't
it
supposed
to
be
hitting
the
Indian
screens
this
Friday
i.e.
23rd
January?
Well,
those
who
still
want
to
watch
it
before
the
official
release
can
do
that
in
the
comfort
of
their
living
room,
courtesy
the
film's
pirated
DVDs
that
are
out
on
every
nook
and
corner
of
the
country.
Says
a
college
student
who
wished
to
be
unnamed,
"I
was
surprised
to
see
the
movie
being
sold
on
DVDs
at
a
footpath
near
my
college
for
a
mere
40
bucks.
I
wasn't
too
sure
if
the
picture
quality
would
be
good
but
I
was
in
for
a
pleasant
surprise
when
it
turned
out
to
be
just
perfect.
It
is
not
a
camera
print,
as
is
the
case
with
the
pirated
movies
which
arrive
just
around
their
release
date,
and
seems
to
have
been
copied
from
the
master
print
that
has
been
sent
to
quite
a
few
film
festivals."
Available
for
at
least
three
weeks
now,
the
DVDs
have
swarmed
the
market
in
the
times
when
desperate
measures
are
being
said
to
be
put
in
place
for
safeguarding
the
industry
from
piracy.
"May
be
because
since
it
is
a
foreign
movie
rather
than
core
Bollywood
flick,
even
industry
isn't
worried
about
the
pirated
copies
flooding
the
market.
They
may
rather
safeguard
their
own
films
than
worry
about
revenue
loss
for
a
foreign
studio",
quotes
an
industry
insider.
All
is
not
lost
for
the
film
though.
While
still
there
is
a
substantial
segment
of
audience
out
there
that
hasn't
seen
the
film
on
the
DVDs
so
far,
some
enthusiasts
are
willing
to
give
it
a
second
dekko
on
the
big
screen.
"I
missed
the
feeling
of
euphoria
that
this
film
generates
while
watching
it
alone.
There
are
number
of
clap
worthy
moments
in
the
film
and
I
already
have
my
Friday
night
plans
with
a
bunch
of
colleagues
to
of
mine.
I
want
to
see
it
in
a
group
and
experience
of
the
journey
that
Slumdog
Millionaire
takes",
says
Nitin
Sharma,
an
IT
professional.