1 It is good enough to win – and it helps that it has poor competition this year.
2 Like its hero, it is the dark-horse, outsider candidate that has come out of nowhere with no stars.
3 In the crucial voting period, it is the film that continues to do great business wherever it plays.
4 The people who like this film adore it – there is no other film in contention that has such an enthusiastic following.
5 For years now, the Indian film industry has been a much discussed but marginalised phenomenon. Now the western audience begins to see what "Bollywood" is like and is reminded of old Hollywood.
6 The fable-like structure of the film has the strength and simplicity of a fairytale.
7 The film is full of delightful newcomers.
8 It is all about money at a moment when no topic concerns us more.
9 The profound hatred or mistrust of corrupt wealth and the consequent adoration of lucky poverty could not have a better dramatic demonstration.
10 The new air of magical realism is about to crush photographic realism in the movies.
