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?".
- Won 8 Oscars
- 153 wins & 133 nominations total
Jira Banjara
- Airport Security Guard
- (as Hira Banjara)
Sunil Kumar Agrawal
- Mr. Chi
- (as Sunil Aggarwal)
- Directors
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Storyline
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- TriviaDirector 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.
- GoofsIn 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 creditsSeveral of the cast perform a traditional Bollywood song and dance number set in a train station over the end credits.
- ConnectionsEdited from Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000)
- SoundtracksO... 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
Featured review
Deserved The Oscar For Cinematography
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.
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.
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- ccthemovieman-1
- Apr 15, 2009
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- Also known as
- Triệu Phú Ổ Chuột
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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
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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