The film has created discussion in India about whether it exploits "poverty chic".
But the Times of India said film-goers should forget "the twitter about aggrieved national sentiment" and enjoy "a piece of riveting cinema".
Indian readers of the BBC News website have sent in mixed reactions
"Danny Boyle's camera does not reach the face of the India of today. He misses the two main aspects of the country - the progress as well as the rampant consumerism," writes R Mukherjee.
"He seems to have wilfully restricted his film to either gaze lewdly at the navel or condescendingly at the dirty underbelly; both of which sell well in the West."
But Tina Verma from Mumbai writes: "I think this is the only 'positive' film I've seen so far on the slums in Mumbai, and it makes me proud as an Indian that the film has received so much recognition."
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