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Slumdog Millionaire

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 2h
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8.0/10
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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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A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
839K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,599
174
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy(screenplay)
      • Vikas Swarup(novel "Q & A")
    • Stars
      • Dev Patel
      • Freida Pinto
      • Saurabh Shukla
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy(screenplay)
      • Vikas Swarup(novel "Q & A")
    • Stars
      • Dev Patel
      • Freida Pinto
      • Saurabh Shukla
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    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 242Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
    • Won 8 Oscars
      • 153 wins & 133 nominations total

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    "Rights to Millionaire:" Danny Boyle and Darren Aronofsky Converse
    Interview 2:40
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    Slumdog Millionaire: Shooting in India
    Interview 1:50
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    Photos136

    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Anil Kapoor and Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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    Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Danny Boyle and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    Irrfan Khan and Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

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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(screenplay)
      • Vikas Swarup(novel "Q & A")
    • All cast & crew
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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

      Prem Kumar: It's getting hot in here.

      Jamal Malik: Are you nervous?

      Prem Kumar: [audience laughs] What? Am I nervous ? It's you who's in the hot seat, my friend!

      Jamal Malik: Yes, sorry.

    • 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 Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak

      Recorded at A M Studios Chennai

      Music Engineers : Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak , Viviane & H. Sridhar

      Song Mixed by Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak

      Mixed at Panchathan Rec Inn Chennai

    User reviews1.2K

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    Top review
    Slum Dogma
    Bless us all, Danny Boyle is in his prime. His "Sunshine" was lifeatleringly effective for me. He does things with a camera that are new, effective. He does better than others in providing a story foundation that fits the cinematic effects. He's visually clever. Its all more than enough for me.

    Here, he appeases audiences too much for my taste in building a happy ending that has you walking out actually believing that you have seen a happy romance, worthy of Bollywood dance fantasy. This, I suppose is his answer to those who were confused by "Sunshine"s failure to support a common genre. Alas, a shame.

    But the cinematic bits are more than enough.

    Quite apart from the romance, what we have here is a (unique I think) synthesis of the film (here a TeeVee show) within that affects the film without plus a similar device of memory within. Here it is both a recall and a storytelling. The earlier in life we go, the more hectic and jagged the visions. It starts with one of the three "City of God" types of choppy editing and slowly bleeds into a normally paced picture. But that "City of God" stuff was mostly just in camera motion, and intended to contrast with the other two "personalities."

    Here it is in the camera, in the movement of the actors and deeply in the editing. Its integrated and cinematic. Its brilliant. I think that is because of the way Boyle has digested the results of Dogma 95. There was a lot of pretentious stuff in that manifesto, but its core and ultimately its effect has been the opposite of the intended. The capture of the natural to be true has to involve intrusive craft, not lack of craft. Boyle, without notice has picked up Dogma graduates for his crew, more this time than usual.

    The beginning of this film is true, powerful, full of life, energy. It is real. As it progresses and our hero enters and is accepted into TeeVee land it becomes more romantic and unreal, more like a Bollywood romance. It is more powerful than any from Bollywood because we assume it to be real from the beginning. Clever.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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    • Feb 2, 2009

    FAQ22

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hindi
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Triệu Phú Ổ Chuột
    • Filming locations
      • ND Studios, Karjat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Production companies
      • Celador Films
      • Film4
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
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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
      • $378,410,542
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical 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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