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Title: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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| Dev Patel | ... | Older Jamal | |
| Saurabh Shukla | ... | Sergeant Srinivas | |
| Anil Kapoor | ... | Prem | |
| Raj Zutshi | ... | Director | |
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Jeneva Talwar | ... | Vision Mixer |
| Freida Pinto | ... | Older Latika | |
| Irrfan Khan | ... | Police Inspector | |
| Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail | ... | Youngest Salim | |
| Ayush Mahesh Khedekar | ... | Youngest Jamal | |
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Jira Banjara | ... | Airport Security Guard (as Hira Banjara) |
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Sheikh Wali | ... | Airport Security Guard |
| Mahesh Manjrekar | ... | Javed | |
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Sanchita Choudhary | ... | Jamal's Mother |
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Himanshu Tyagi | ... | Mr Nanda |
| Sharib Hashmi | ... | Prakash | |
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really ... Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures
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I thought the best part of this movie was the photography. Check this film out on Blu-Ray, if you have the opportunity: it's magnificent-looking. They even make slums look beautiful! I'm glad it won the Oscar for cinematography. Scene after scene is gorgeous.
Story-wise, it's okay; good, but nothing super. For the first half of the film, it reminded me of "City Of God," about the homeless kids in Brazil, but that film had far more violent kids. This one mainly had kids as pranksters and then victims of some sicko adult who wants to use them to make money.
The story will be fun for those who used to be hooked on the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" quiz show, but the host here in this Indian version is no lovable Regis Philbin. You won't like him.
Almost all of the story is told in flashback, so be prepared for that. It's one of those stories where all the little pieces fit together in the end to explain why things happened in the start of the film.
I wouldn't have voted for this as the Best Picture Of The Year but it is entertaining and a feast for the eyes.