Slumdog Millionare
Slumdog Millionaire was filmed in 2008 under the direction of Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan. Dev Patel stars as Jamal Malik, a teenage boy who grew up in the slums of Mumbai, India. He finds himself on “Kaun Banega Crorepati?”- India’s version of the American game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Jamal makes it to the final question on the show, which is worth 20 million rupees. The night before the final episode was supposed to air on national television, Jamal is arrested under accusations of cheating. While trying to prove that he is innocent, Jamal shares stories of his childhood that led him to be able to the answers on the show.
The first question on the game show is “who was the star in the 1973 hit film Zanjeer?” Jamal had a flashback to his younger years and remembered working as a bathroom guard with his brother. One day the boys looked up to find a helicopter flying over them, carrying their hero and the star of the movie Zanjeer, Amitabh Bachchan. Jamal’s older brother locked him in the outhouse while he ran to catch a glimpse of the actor. Jamal realized that his only way out was to jump through the toilet hole and into the waste; he did just that. Bachchan didn’t sign autographs to anyone in the swarming crowd of fans, except to little Jamal. Later on, Jamal’s brother Salim steals the autograph and sells it for a few coins.
Jamal was also asked this question: “the song ‘Darshan Do Ghanshyam’ was written by which famous Indian poet?” Maman, the crime boss who took Salim, Jamal, and Latika into his care after bribing them with the promise of a better life, had the children sing Darshan Do Ghanshyam. He also blinded the adolescent singing beggars because they would make a larger profit, just like the original singer. Jamal knew that the answer was Surdas, the blind poet and singer from the 1500’s.
The next question that Jamal was asked was “on an American $100 bill, there is a portrait of which American statesman?” He knew that the answer
The first question on the game show is “who was the star in the 1973 hit film Zanjeer?” Jamal had a flashback to his younger years and remembered working as a bathroom guard with his brother. One day the boys looked up to find a helicopter flying over them, carrying their hero and the star of the movie Zanjeer, Amitabh Bachchan. Jamal’s older brother locked him in the outhouse while he ran to catch a glimpse of the actor. Jamal realized that his only way out was to jump through the toilet hole and into the waste; he did just that. Bachchan didn’t sign autographs to anyone in the swarming crowd of fans, except to little Jamal. Later on, Jamal’s brother Salim steals the autograph and sells it for a few coins.
Jamal was also asked this question: “the song ‘Darshan Do Ghanshyam’ was written by which famous Indian poet?” Maman, the crime boss who took Salim, Jamal, and Latika into his care after bribing them with the promise of a better life, had the children sing Darshan Do Ghanshyam. He also blinded the adolescent singing beggars because they would make a larger profit, just like the original singer. Jamal knew that the answer was Surdas, the blind poet and singer from the 1500’s.
The next question that Jamal was asked was “on an American $100 bill, there is a portrait of which American statesman?” He knew that the answer