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Slumdog Millionaire

  • 2008
  • R
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
895K
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Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Mia Drake, Shruti Seth, Faezeh Jalali, Dev Patel, and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made in an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.
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Coming-of-AgeTeen DramaCrimeDramaRomance

When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.

  • Directors
    • Danny Boyle
    • Loveleen Tandan
  • Writers
    • Simon Beaufoy
    • Vikas Swarup
  • Stars
    • Dev Patel
    • Freida Pinto
    • Saurabh Shukla
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    895K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,571
    345
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy
      • Vikas Swarup
    • Stars
      • Dev Patel
      • Freida Pinto
      • Saurabh Shukla
    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 241Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 8 Oscars
      • 153 wins & 133 nominations total

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    Slumdog Millionaire
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    The Rise of Irrfan Khan
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    The Rise of Irrfan Khan
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    Dev Patel
    Dev Patel
    • Older Jamal
    Freida Pinto
    Freida Pinto
    • Older Latika
    Saurabh Shukla
    Saurabh Shukla
    • Sergeant Srinivas
    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    • Prem
    Raj Zutshi
    Raj Zutshi
    • Director
    Jeneva Talwar
    • Vision Mixer
    Irrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan
    • Police Inspector
    Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
    Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
    • Youngest Salim
    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
    • Youngest Jamal
    Jira Banjara
    • Airport Security Guard
    • (as Hira Banjara)
    Sheikh Wali
    • Airport Security Guard
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    • Javed
    Sanchita Choudhary
    • Jamal's Mother
    Himanshu Tyagi
    • Mr Nanda
    Sharib Hashmi
    Sharib Hashmi
    • Prakash
    Virendra Chatterjee
    • Slum Man
    Feroze Khan
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    Sunil Kumar Agrawal
    • Mr. Chi
    • (as Sunil Aggarwal)
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy
      • Vikas Swarup
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    • Trivia
      Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school every day until they are 16 years old.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, when teenage Salim and Jamal are at the Taj Mahal, there is an external shot where a passing guard looks at the camera and says, "Stop filming. Stop filming." This was included purposely by director Danny Boyle for the sake of realism.
    • Quotes

      Police Inspector: [whispering] Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's won 10 million.

      [pause]

      Police Inspector: What the hell can a slumdog possibly know?

      Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers.

      [spits out blood]

      Jamal Malik: [quietly and gently] I knew the answers.

    • Crazy credits
      Several of the cast perform a traditional Bollywood song and dance number set in a train station over the end credits.
    • Connections
      Edited from Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      O... Saya
      Written and performed by A.R. Rahman and M.I.A.
      Produced by A.R. Rahman
      Published by K.M. Musiq Ltd./Imagen Music
      Guitars by Sanjay Joseph
      Additional Music Produced by P.A.Deepak
      Recorded at A M Studios Chennai
      Music Engineers : P.A.Deepak , Viviane & H. Sridhar
      Song Mixed by P.A.Deepak
      Mixed at Panchathan Rec Inn Chennai

    User reviews1.2K

    Featured review
    7/10

    Good movie, Highly overrated

    I FULLY AGREE that it is a good movie, no doubt about it, but it is highly overrated. If u people like this, there are 100s of other Indian Movies that are made much better than this(Both old and NEW). As for Rahman's music, it is GREAT (again no doubt). But this is definitely not his best. Pls go hear "dil se" and u'll know what i am talking about! Compare this movie to previous Oscar winners like American beauty, and well, u'll know wat i mean.

    Verdict : To everyone who has still not seen the film, It's definitely a one time watch. Good music,Good story and Good (kind hearted if i may add) cast and crew. But i request you to watch it with an open mind. And by the way, Mumbai is not just a "slum area". :-)
    • yogeshnachnani
    • Feb 24, 2009
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • United States
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Quisiera ser millonario
    • Filming locations
      • ND Studios, Karjat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
      • Film4
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $141,319,928
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $360,018
      • Nov 16, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $378,411,362
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1
      • 2.39 : 1

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