A Look at Destiny in the Film Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire claims that we all have a destiny. Jamal's experiences served the pupose of fulfilling his destiny to be with the woman he loves. There is something about this that sounds romantic.Can something be destined or do we write our own destiny? I guess this is more philosophical but it is a question many have dealt with. The movie posits that it is written. If our fate is written, there is nothing that can be done to avoid it. Discussing this is almost like discussing Oedipus' fate. In a sense Jamal made choices that took him down the road that led him to reunite with Latika. We can say he wrote his own destiny and that his experiences served as a knowledge base from which to draw upon. We can also say the same thing about our lives. Every experience we have teaches us something about ourselves and our world. Eventually, we will encounter situations in which we will need to draw upon our prior experiences in order to make choices about our future. Thus, we write our own destiny as we breathe. However, the notion that destiny can be written down is a romantic one but, one that  means that your choices are not really yours. Did Jamal really have freedom or was he born with all the skills and qualities necessary to pursue this task? Are we like Jamal, born with certain qualities that will ultimately give us our fate?